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Movable Christian observances, 2021 January. First Sunday of the year, unless the Sunday falls on January 1, 6, or 7, then January 2: January 5. Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus (Roman Catholicism, according to the General Roman Calendar of 1960) First Monday: January 6 . Handsel Monday (Scotland and Northern England)
After they had taken Mauritius from the French during the Napoleonic Wars, the British tried to turn Mauritius Protestant during the 1840s and 1850s. [5] Another account states that Christianity was the first religion in the island country and is the religion for both the Creole and the White population, with more than 80 per cent being Sino ...
Non-denominational although 60% Protestant and 90% Christian. August 13: Independence Day: From France, 1960 August 15: Assumption Day: November 1: All Saints Day: December 1: National Day: Commemorates the anniversary of the Central African Republic becoming an autonomous territory within the French Community in 1958. December 25: Christmas ...
Public holidays in Mauritius This page was last edited on 21 February 2023, at 05:16 (UTC) . Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0 ; additional terms may apply.
I. Indian Arrival Day. Categories: Public holidays in Africa. Public holidays by country. Observances in Mauritius. Events in Mauritius.
Christian Festival: During odd years, and Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in even years. The decision to alternate between the two dates was a government decision to avoid increasing the number of unworked days after abolition of slavery (1 February) and Arrival of Indentured Labourers (2 November) were declared public holidays in the ...
Statue of Hindu Goddess Durga at Ganga Talao.. Mauritius is a religiously diverse nation, with Hinduism being the most widely professed faith. According to the 2011 census made by Statistics Mauritius, Hinduism is the major religion at 48.54%, followed by Christianity at 32.71% (with Catholicism as the largest Christian denomination at 26.26%), followed by Islam 17.30% and Buddhism 0.18% in ...
March 5 – The World Health Organization (WHO) says Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, and Liberia are not prepared for ebola vaccines. 1,604 people have been vaccinated in Guinea. [32] March 6 – More than 1,500 candidates peacefully contest 255-seats in the 2021 Ivorian parliamentary election.