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2008 Holiday Schedule
The U.S. Mission will observe the following U.S. and Mauritian holidays in 2008.
New Year | Tuesday January 1 | Mauritian/U.S. |
New Year (observed) | Wednesday January 2 | Mauritian |
Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. | Monday January 21 | U.S. |
Thaipoosam Cavadee | Tuesday January 22 | Mauritian |
| Abolition of Slavery | Friday February 1 | Mauritian |
Chinese Spring Festival | Thursday February 7 | Mauritian |
President's Day | Monday February 18 | U.S. |
Maha Shivratree | Wednesday March 5 | Mauritian |
National Day | Wednesday March 12 | Mauritian |
Ougadi | Monday April 7 | Mauritian |
Labor Day | Thursday May 1 | Mauritian |
Memorial Day | Monday May 26 | U.S. |
Independence Day | Friday July 4 | U.S. |
| Assumption Day | Friday August 15 | Mauritian |
| Labor Day | Monday September 1 | U.S. |
Ganesh Chaturthi | Thursday September 4 | Mauritian |
Eid-Ul-Fitr* | Wednesday October 1 | Mauritian |
Columbus Day | Monday October 13 | U.S. |
Divali | Tuesday October 28 | Mauritian |
Arrival of Indentured Laborers | Sunday November 2 | Mauritian |
Veterans Day | Tuesday November 11
| U.S. |
Thanksgiving Day | Thursday November 27 | U.S |
Christmas | Thursday December 25 | Mauritian/U.S |
*The exact date of this festival will depend on the visibility of the moon.
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