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Férias escolares :

Feriado secular : In celebration of the Springboks momentous achievement in Paris

Feriado secular : Iniciado em 1994 (no final do apartheid), para promover a unidade nacional entre as comunidades sul-africanas. Not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

Cultura :

Católica ou Protestante : Através dos tempos os povos celebraram o meio do inverno com fogueiras,oferendas e festividades. No século IV o Papa Julio I estabeleceu o dia 25 de dezembro para comemorar o nascimento de Jesus, acrescentando um elemento Cristão às festividades.

Feriado secular : Boxing Day foi renomeada em 1994 a se separar do passado colonial da África do Sul e incluir todos os sul-africanos.

Cultura : Szilveszter

Feriado secular : O feriado mais celebrado do mundo. Júlio Cesar estabeleceu o 1ºde janeiro para comemorar o novo ano por ser o dia em que os consules romanos assumiam os seus cargos. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

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Cartões/Flores : Introduced by Pope Gelasus in 498, perhaps in response to a local Roman tradition of lovers writing their names on an urn in February

Eventos desportivos : Cycling race 2024 edition confirmed

Férias escolares :

Feriado secular : On this day in 1960 the police killed 69 people at Sharpeville who were participating in a protest against the pass laws. Many were shot in the back. The carnage made world headlines. Four days later the government banned black political organizations, many leaders were arrested or went into exile. During the Apartheid era there were human rights abuses by all sides; Human Rights Day is but one step to ensure that the people of South Africa are aware of their human rights and to ensure that such abuses never again occur. [http://africanhistory.about.com]

Católica ou Protestante : The First Council of Nicaea (a gathering of bishops in the early days of Christianity) wanted to find a day to commemorate the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. This commemoration had to be linked to Jewish holiday traditions, since the last supper of Christ was believed to be a Jewish Passover meal. But the Jewish calendar is based on lunar and solar cycles, so the Easter celebration had to follow the same calendar.

Feriado secular : It was typical in South Africa to take a day off of work after Easter. This day, which is also known as Easter Monday, was renamed as Family Day in 1995. This extra day off for the holiday was meant to give families more quality family time together and to allow them to go on vacations with friends and family.

Cartões/Flores : As the story goes, in 1564, France was one of the first nations to make January 1 officially New Year's Day, instead of the last week of March which was previously observed. In 1582, the Pope followed suit. Those who went on celebrating April 1st were mocked. As the zodiacal sign was the fish, The French placed dead fish on the backs of one another. Traditions vary from country to country.

Férias escolares :

Feriado secular : As primeiras eleições livres tiveram lugar em 1994. Sul-africanos de todas as raças foram autorizados a determinar o futuro da sua democracia. Nelson Mandela foi eleito presidente.

Cartões/Flores : Deliverance of the Jewish people from Egypt. The Seder service on the first two evenings recounts the story of the Exodus

Feriado secular : Chicago, Saturday May 1st, 1886: 350,000 workers go on strike to call for an 8-hour working day. Industries are paralyzed nationwide. On Monday, as demonstrations go on, the police open fire. On Tuesday, Chicago is again on strike. Following a bomb launched against them, the police shoot again. 12 dead, of which 7 policemen. 8 anarchists will be condemned and executed. In 1889, the Socialist International Movement met in Paris and declared this day international workers' day . The Soviets will follow suit, just as the Nazis. In France, under the Vichy regime (1940-1944), the celebration is renamed Labour Day .

Cartões/Flores : A mais antiga comemoração do dia das mães é mitológica. Na Grécia antiga, a entrada da primavera era festejada em honra de Rhea, a Mãe dos Deuses. A Enciclopédia Britânica diz: Uma festividade derivada do costume de adorar a mãe, na antiga Grécia. A adoração formal da mãe, com cerimônias para Cibele ou Rhea, a Grande Mãe dos Deuses, era realizada nos idos de março, em toda a Ásia Menor. Nos Estados Unidos, as primeiras sugestões em prol da criação de uma data para a celebração das mães foi dada pela ativista Ann Maria Reeves Jarvis, que fundou em 1858 os Mothers Days Works Clubs com o objetivo de diminuir a mortalidade de crianças em famílias de trabalhadores. Jarvis organizou em 1865 o Mother's Friendship Days (dias de amizade para as mães) para melhorar as condições dos feridos na Guerra de Secessão que assolou os Estados Unidos no período. Em 1870 a escritora Julia Ward Howe (autora de O Hino de Batalha da República) publicou o manifesto Mother's Day Proclamation, pedindo paz e desarmamento depois da Guerra de Secessão.

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Feriado secular : In 1975 protests started in African schools after a directive from the then Bantu Education Department that Afrikaans had to be used on an equal basis with English as a language of instruction in secondary schools. The issue, however, was not so much the Afrikaans as the whole system of Bantu education which was characterised by separate schools and universities, poor facilities, overcrowded classrooms and inadequately trained teachers. On 16 June 1976 more than 20 000 pupils from Soweto began a protest march. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday Previously known as Soweto Day.

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