Holidays in Liberia
Liberia sees itself as a Christian country, national holidays follow the example of the United States of America .
In addition to the national holidays, the religious festivals of Islam and Christianity are also celebrated. In addition to these holidays, religious, traditional and cultural festivals are celebrated at certain times of the year.
public holidays
| date | Surname | German name | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| fixed holidays | |||
| January 1st | New Year's day | New Years Day | |
| January 7th | Pioneer's day | Day of the Pioneers | (January 7, 1820) Arrival of the first American Colonization Society emigrants |
| February 11th | Armed Force Day | Armed Forces Day | |
| 2nd Thursday in March | Decoration Day | Day of remembrance of the dead / grave decoration | Remembrance day corresponding to the Sunday of the dead |
| March, 15 | President JJ Roberts' Birthday | Remembrance Day for President JJ Roberts | (March 15, 1809) birthday |
| 12. April | National Redemption Day | National reminder and remembrance day | (April 12, 1980) Military coup |
| May 14th | Unification Day | Unification Day | |
| 25. May | Africa day | Africa day | Festival day for the African peoples |
| July 26th | Independence Day | Independence day | National holiday |
| August 24th | Flag day | Liberian Flag Day | |
| 1st Thursday in November | Thanksgiving | Thanksgiving | based on the US model |
| November 29th | President Tubman's Birthday | Remembrance Day for President William Tubman | (November 29, 1895) birthday |
| 25 December | Christmas Day | Christmas holiday | Christian holiday |
| moving holidays | |||
| October 22, 2006 | Koriteh | End of Ramadan ('Īd al-fitr) | muslim holiday |
| January 1, 2007 | Eid al-Adha | Festival of Sacrifice | muslim holiday |
| March 31, 2007 | Prophet's Birthday | Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad (Mawlid an-Nabi) | muslim holiday |
| April 6, 2007 | Good Friday | Good Friday | Christian holiday |
| April 9, 2007 | Easter Monday | Easter Monday | Christian holiday |
| October 13, 2007 | Koriteh | End of Ramadan ('Īd al-fitr) | muslim holiday |
| December 20, 2007 | Eid al-Adha / Eid-e Ghorban | Islamic Festival of Sacrifice / Mount Arafat Day | muslim holiday |
As an unofficial holiday since 1823, December 1st has been celebrated in Monrovia as "Mathilda Newport Day".
Individual evidence
- ↑ Liberia. Bank holidays and public holidays. News digest. In: Q ++ Studio Portal (information on public holidays from around the world). Retrieved November 5, 2010 .
- ↑ Patricia Levy, Michael Spilling: Liberia . In: Cultures of the World . Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, New York 2010, ISBN 978-0-7614-3414-6 , pp. 140 .
- ↑ Thomas Streissguth: Liberia in pictures . In: Visual geography series . Twenty-First Century Books, Minneapolis 2006, ISBN 0-8225-2465-1 , pp. 80 .
- ↑ Heike Barnitzke u. a .: countries peoples continents. The great lexicon of the world . Universo-Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-940984-12-8 , Sierra Leone, Liberia, Burkina Fasso, p. 224 .
- ↑ Liberia. (No longer available online.) In: Landeskundliche Informationsseite (LIS). Archived from the original on March 9, 2010 ; Retrieved October 17, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Detlev Wissinger: Memories of a tropical doctor . Self-published, Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-8311-3383-2 , Liberia, p. 392 .
- ↑ Mathilda Newport Day: “This woman belonged to the first group of Afro-American settlers in Monrovia and on December 1, 1822 noticed a creeping group of enemy tribal warriors who were already close to the settlement. With her burning pipe she fired a signal cannon, alerting the citizen militia and probably saved the entire settlement from extinction. "