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Public holidays in Burundi
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This is a list of <a href="/facts/Public_holiday/1HEEHTX6">public holidays</a> in <a href="/facts/Burundi/GTNtpIra">Burundi</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a> <table><tbody><tr><th>Date</th><th>English Name</th><th>Comments</th></tr><tr><td>January 1</td><td><a href="/facts/New_Year%27s_Day/6XQyYPCn">New Year's Day</a></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>February 5</td><td><a href="/facts/Unity_Day_(Burundi)/fQhYvPCF">Unity Day</a></td><td>Intended to help reconcile ethnic differences between the <a href="/facts/Tutsi/3TGso07v">Tutsi</a> and the <a href="/facts/Hutu/aFuxImu0">Hutu</a>.</td></tr><tr><td>April 6</td><td><a href="/facts/Cyprien_Ntaryamira/nkohu90f">Ntaryamira Day</a></td><td>Marks the anniversary of President Ntaryamira's death in 1994.</td></tr><tr><td>May 1</td><td><a href="/facts/Labour_Day/FgFFs2hk">Labour Day</a></td><td><a href="/facts/International_Workers%27_Day/KLHQ4Qvu">International Workers' Day</a></td></tr><tr><td>April or May40 days after <a href="/facts/Easter/LYPGCQge">Easter</a></td><td><a href="/facts/Ascension_of_Jesus_Christ/kahwnqxB">Ascension Day</a></td></tr><tr><td>June 8</td><td><a href="/facts/Pierre_Nkurunziza/rg6LUgdp">Nkurunziza Day</a></td><td>Marks the anniversary of President Nkurunziza's death in 2020.</td></tr><tr><td>July 1</td><td><a href="/facts/Independence_Day/wmmSnxBV">Independence Day</a></td><td>Independence from Belgium in 1962.</td></tr><tr><td>August 15</td><td><a href="/facts/Assumption_of_Mary/4mfyc0NP">Assumption Day</a></td></tr><tr><td>October 13</td><td><a href="/facts/Prince_Louis_Rwagasore/UVjN3bjH">Rwagasore Day</a></td><td>Prince Louis Rwagasore was a nationalist, assassinated in 1961.</td></tr><tr><td>October 21</td><td><a href="/facts/Ndadaye_Day/6QKEIbFb">Ndadaye Day</a></td><td>President Melchior Ndadaye's assassination in 1993 sparked the <a href="/facts/Burundian_Civil_War/Da9WJeB1">Burundian Civil War</a></td></tr><tr><td>November 1</td><td><a href="/facts/All_Saints%27_Day/6GYlXR2c">All Saints' Day</a></td></tr><tr><td>December 25</td><td><a href="/facts/Christmas_Day/EsuI0Gds">Christmas Day</a></td></tr><tr><td>1 <a href="/facts/Shawwal/jQUfcffS">Shawwal</a>date varies</td><td><a href="/facts/Eid_al-Fitr/C1brNDJX">Eid al-Fitr</a></td><td>This national holiday is the holiest day of the Islamic year; it celebrates <a href="/facts/Abraham_in_Islam/5cMzq6Ez">Abraham</a>′s ramadan of his son.</td></tr><tr><td>10 <a href="/facts/Dhu_al-Hijjah/fXfMFUeQ">Dhu al-Hijjah</a>date varies</td><td><a href="/facts/Eid_al-Adha/lxHKhuDt">Eid al-Adha</a></td><td>This national holiday is the holiest day of the Islamic year; it celebrates <a href="/facts/Abraham_in_Islam/5cMzq6Ez">Abraham</a>′s sacrifice of his son.</td></tr></tbody></table>