Public holidays in Burkina Faso

This is a list of holidays in Burkina Faso

Date	English Name	Description
January 1	New Year's Day
January 3	Anniversary of the 1966 coup d’état
March 8	Women’s Day
May 1	Labor Day
August 4	Revolution Day[citation needed]
August 5	Independence Day
August 15	Assumption
October 15	Anniversary of the 1987 coup d’état
November 1	All Saints Day
December 11	Proclamation of the Republic	Upper Volta became an autonomous republic in the French Community
December 25	Christmas

Movable holidays

The following holidays are public holidays but the date on which each occurs varies, according to its corresponding calendar, and thus has no set date. In order in which they occur:

English Name	Local Name	Description
Eid ul-Fitr	Aid el Sagheer	Celebrates end of Ramadan
	---- ]]		The day after Easter Sunday
Ascension
Eid ul-Adha	Aid el Kebir	Feast of Sacrifice