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Mauritius - Festivals

PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

New Year’s Day                                              1 January

Easter Monday                                               variable (March/April)

Labour Day                                                     1 May

1945 Victory                                                   8 May

Ascension Day                                                variable (May)

Whit Sunday                                                   variable (May)

Bastille Day                                                    14 July

Assumption                                                    15 August

All Saints’ Day                                                1 November

1918 Armistice                                               11 November

Abolition of Slavery                                       20 December

Christmas Day                                                25 December

FESTIVALS

JANUARY/FEBRUARY/MARCH

Fête du Miel (honey), La Plaine-des-Cafres, January (duration: seven days)

Thaipoosam Cavadee (Tamil festival), January/February (variable)

Chinese New Year, January/February (variable)

Tamil fire walking ceremonies, throughout the island, January/February

APRIL/MAY/JUNE

Varusha Pirappu (Tamil New Year), April

Fête du Vacoas, St-Benoît, April (duration: seven days)

Fête de la Vanille, Bras-Panon, May (duration: ten days)

Sacred Heart (Roman Catholic pilgrimage), St-Leu, June

Fête des Goyaviers, Plaine-des-Palmistes, June (duration: two days)

Festival of Music, main towns, 21 June

Comedy festival, main towns, June

Fête de la Randonnée (hiking), throughout the island, June

JULY/AUGUST/SEPTEMBER

Bastille Day, throughout the island, 14 July

Tamil fire walking ceremonies, August

La Salette (Roman Catholic pilgrimage), St-Leu, August

OCTOBER/NOVEMBER/DECEMBER

Flower show, Le Tampon, October (duration: two weeks)

Dipavali (Hindu Festival of Light), November

Fête du Curcuma (turmeric), St-Joseph, November

Fête des Lentilles (lentils), Cilaos, November

Foire de St-Pierre, St-Pierre, December (duration: ten days)

Fête des Letchis (lychees), St-Denis, December (duration: seven days)

Mauritius - Festivals

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