This is a list of public holidays in Rwanda. Rwanda observes eleven regular public holidays throughout the year, with others occasionally inserted by the government. Additionally, the week following Genocide Memorial Day on 7 April is designated an official week of mourning. The last Saturday of each month is umuganda, a national day of community service, during which most normal services close down.
| Holidays | |
|---|---|
| Date | English Name |
| 1 January | New Year's Day |
| 1 February | Heroes Day |
| Variable | Good Friday |
| 7 April | Genocide Memorial Day |
| 1 May | Labour Day |
| 1 July | Independence Day |
| 4 July | Liberation Day |
| 15 August | Assumption |
| Variable | Eid ul-Adha |
| 25 December | Christmas Day |
| 26 December | Boxing Day |
Famous quotes containing the word public:
“The urgent consideration of the public safety may undoubtedly authorise the violation of every positive law. How far that or any other consideration may operate to dissolve the natural obligations of humanity and justice, is a doctrine of which I still desire to remain ignorant.”
—Edward Gibbon (1737–1794)