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Labour Day: May 15 Day of Customs and Traditions May or June Ascension Day: Ascension of Jesus into Heaven. August 5 Independence Day: From France, 1960. August 15 Assumption Day: Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven. October 31 Martyrs' Day: Dedicated to the victims of the 2015 Burkinabé coup d'état. [2] November 1 All Saints' Day ...
1 January - New Year's Day; 3 January - Revolution Day; 8 March - International Women's Day; 1 April - Easter Monday; 10 April – Korité; 1 May - Labour Day; 20 May - Whit Monday; 17 June – Tabaski; 16 July – Tamkharit; 5 August - Independence Day; 15 August - Assumption Day; 15 September – The Prophet's Birthday; 31 October - Martyrs' Day
Bulgarian Declaration of Independence. [21] Burkina Faso: Proclamation of Independence Day: 11 December: 1958 France: Effective date when French Upper Volta became an autonomous republic in the French Community. Independence Day: 5 August: 1960 [22]
8 March - International Women's Day; 30 March – Korité; 21 April - Easter Monday; 1 May - Labour Day; 29 May - Ascension Day; 6 June – Tabaski; 5 July – Tamkharit; 5 August - Independence Day; 15 August - Assumption Day; 4 September – The Prophet's Birthday; 31 October - Martyrs' Day; 1 November - All Saints' Day; 11 December ...
Burkina Faso's 23 million people belong to two major West African ethnic cultural groups: the Voltaic and the Mandé (whose common language is Dioula). The Voltaic Mossi make up about one-half of the population. The Mossi claim descent from warriors who migrated to present-day Burkina Faso from northern Ghana around 1100 AD. They established an ...
The Republic of Upper Volta declared independence on 5 August 1960. [3] The first president, Maurice Yaméogo, [3] was the leader of the Voltaic Democratic Union (UDV). [6] The 1960 constitution provided for election by universal suffrage of a president and a national assembly for 5-year terms. [3]
From 1971, the professional theatre of Burkina Faso emerged when the government created a Directorate of Culture to oversee the management of cultural affairs. [2] They organised an annual cultural festival called the "semaines de la jeunesse" (or "youth week"). [7] This festival was responsible for developing rural theatre in the country. [7]
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