Public holidays in Burkina Faso

This is a list of holidays in Burkina Faso.

Public holidays

Date	English name	Description
January 1	New Year's Day
January 3	Anniversary of the 1966 coup d’état
March 8	Women’s Day
May 1	Labor Day
August 5	Independence Day
August 15	Assumption
November 1	All Saints Day
December 11	Proclamation of the Republic	Upper Volta became an autonomous republic in the French Community
December 25	Christmas

August 4 (Revolution Day) and October 15 (Anniversary of the 1987 coup d’état) are mentioned in Article 2 of the aforementioned law of 2000, but they are only classified as commemorative dates (sont reconnus par l’Etat comme marquant des événements à caractère historique pouvant donner lieu à des cérémonies commémoratives) and the wording of Article 3 makes it obvious that only the holidays and dates mentioned in Article 1 are public holidays. This two dates were public holidays between 1992 and 2000.

Movable holidays

The following holidays are public holidays but the date on which each occurs varies, according to its corresponding calendar, and thus has no set date. In order in which they occur:

English Name	Local Name	Description
Eid ul-Fitr	Aid el Sagheer	Celebrates end of Ramadan
Easter
Easter Monday		The day after Easter Sunday
Ascension
Eid ul-Adha	Aid el Kebir	Feast of Sacrifice

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