Public holidays in Burundi

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

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

2021

• Ascension: May 13
• Eid al-Adha: July 20

2022

• Labour Day: May 2
• Ascension: May 25
• Eid al-Adha: July 10
• Christmas: December 26

2023

• Ascension: May 18
• Eid al-Adha: June 28

2024

• Ascension: May 9
• Eid al-Adha: June 17

2025

• Ascension: May 29
• Eid al-Adha: June 7