Public holidays in Burundi

This is a list of public holidays in Burundi.^[1]

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Date	English Name	Comments
January 1	New Year's Day
February 5	Unity Day	Intended to help reconcile ethnic differences between the Tutsi and the Hutu.^[2]
April 6	Ntaryamira Day	Marks the anniversary of President Ntaryamira's death in 1994.^[3]
May 1	Labour Day	International Workers' Day
April or May 40 days after Easter	Ascension Day
June 8	Nkurunziza Day	Marks the anniversary of President Nkurunziza's death in 2020.^[4]
July 1	Independence Day	Independence from Belgium in 1962.^[5]
August 15	Assumption Day
October 13	Rwagasore Day	Prince Louis Rwagasore was a nationalist, assassinated in 1961.
October 21	Ndadaye Day	President Melchior Ndadaye's assassination in 1993 sparked the Burundian Civil War
November 1	All Saints' Day
December 25	Christmas Day
1 Shawwal date varies	Eid al-Fitr	This national holiday is the holiest day of the Islamic year; it celebrates Abraham′s ramadan of his son.
10 Dhu al-Hijjah date varies	Eid al-Adha	This national holiday is the holiest day of the Islamic year; it celebrates Abraham′s sacrifice of his son.

Dates of variable holidays