Public holidays in Rwanda

This is a list of public holidays in Rwanda. Rwanda observes fourteen{{cite web |author=Republic of Rwanda|title=Official Holidays |url=http://www.gov.rw/home/official_holidays/ |access-date=September 9, 2015}} regular public holidays.

Additionally, the week following Genocide Memorial Day on 7 April is designated an official week of mourning.{{cite book |last1=Briggs |first1=Philip |last2=Booth |first2=Janice |year=2006 |title=Rwanda - The Bradt Travel Guide |page=61 |edition=3rd |location=London |publisher=Bradt Travel Guides |isbn=1-84162-180-3 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L2Sq4S3P5fQC |access-date=2010-09-21}} The last Saturday of each month is umuganda, a national day of community service, during which most normal services remain closed until midday.* {{cite news |author=Gahindiro, John |title=Making "Umuganda" More Useful |newspaper=The New Times |url=http://www.newtimes.co.rw/index.php?issue=14255&article=6830 |access-date=July 15, 2010 |date=2008-06-02}}

Public holidays

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Date ! English Name ! Comments
1-2 January \| New Year's Day
1 February \| National Heroes' Day \|An annual event to pay tribute to people who exemplified and defended the highest values of patriotism and sacrifice for the wellbeing of the country and its citizens.{{cite web \|title=Heroes' Day in Rwanda in 2021 \|url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/rwanda/rwanda-heroes-day \|website=Office Holidays \|access-date=January 14, 2021 \|language=en}}
Friday before Easter \| Good Friday
Monday after Easter \| Easter Monday
7 April \|Tutsi Genocide Memorial Day \|Tutsi Genocide Memorial Day public holiday memorializes victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.{{cite web \|title=Genocide against the Tutsi Memorial Day in Rwanda in 2021 \|url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/rwanda/genocide-against-the-tutsi-memorial-day \|website=Office Holidays \|access-date=January 14, 2021 \|language=en}}
1 May \|Labour Day \| Labour Day
1 July \| Independence Day \|Rwanda's National Day celebrates its independence from Belgium in July 1962.{{cite web \|title=Independence Day in Rwanda in 2021 \|url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/rwanda/rwanda-independence-day \|website=Office Holidays \|access-date=January 14, 2021 \|language=en}}
4 July \| Liberation Day \|Marks the end of the 100 day Genocide against the Tutsi that took place in 1994.{{cite web \|title=Liberation Day in Rwanda in 2021 \|url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/rwanda/rwanda-liberation-day \|website=Office Holidays \|access-date=January 14, 2021 \|language=en}}
First Friday in August \| Umuganura Day \|A Thanksgiving festival to mark the start of the harvest.{{cite web \|title=Umuganura Day in Rwanda in 2020 \|url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/rwanda/umuganura-day \|website=Office Holidays \|access-date=April 26, 2020 \|language=en}}
15 August \| Assumption Day
25 December \| Christmas Day \|
26 December \| Boxing Day
1 Shawwal \| Eid al-Fitr \|Festival of Breaking the Fast{{cite web \|title=Eid Ul Fitr in Rwanda in 2021 \|url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/rwanda/eid-al-fitr \|website=Office Holidays \|access-date=January 14, 2021 \|language=en}}
10 Dhu al-Hijjah \| Eid al-Adha \|Feast of the Sacrifice{{cite web \|title=Eid El Haj in Rwanda in 2021 \|url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/rwanda/eid-al-adha \|website=Office Holidays \|access-date=January 14, 2021 \|language=en}}

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Date

! English Name

! Comments

1-2 January

| New Year's Day

1 February

| National Heroes' Day

|An annual event to pay tribute to people who exemplified and defended the highest values of patriotism and sacrifice for the wellbeing of the country and its citizens.{{cite web |title=Heroes' Day in Rwanda in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/rwanda/rwanda-heroes-day |website=Office Holidays |access-date=January 14, 2021 |language=en}}

Friday before Easter

| Good Friday

Monday after Easter

| Easter Monday

7 April

|Tutsi Genocide Memorial Day

|Tutsi Genocide Memorial Day public holiday memorializes victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.{{cite web |title=Genocide against the Tutsi Memorial Day in Rwanda in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/rwanda/genocide-against-the-tutsi-memorial-day |website=Office Holidays |access-date=January 14, 2021 |language=en}}

1 May

|Labour Day

| Labour Day

1 July

| Independence Day

|Rwanda's National Day celebrates its independence from Belgium in July 1962.{{cite web |title=Independence Day in Rwanda in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/rwanda/rwanda-independence-day |website=Office Holidays |access-date=January 14, 2021 |language=en}}

4 July

| Liberation Day

|Marks the end of the 100 day Genocide against the Tutsi that took place in 1994.{{cite web |title=Liberation Day in Rwanda in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/rwanda/rwanda-liberation-day |website=Office Holidays |access-date=January 14, 2021 |language=en}}

First Friday in August

| Umuganura Day

|A Thanksgiving festival to mark the start of the harvest.{{cite web |title=Umuganura Day in Rwanda in 2020 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/rwanda/umuganura-day |website=Office Holidays |access-date=April 26, 2020 |language=en}}

15 August

25 December

26 December

1 Shawwal

|Festival of Breaking the Fast{{cite web |title=Eid Ul Fitr in Rwanda in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/rwanda/eid-al-fitr |website=Office Holidays |access-date=January 14, 2021 |language=en}}

10 Dhu al-Hijjah

| Eid al-Adha

|Feast of the Sacrifice{{cite web |title=Eid El Haj in Rwanda in 2021 |url=https://www.officeholidays.com/holidays/rwanda/eid-al-adha |website=Office Holidays |access-date=January 14, 2021 |language=en}}

References

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