MOBILE VERSION Holiday Calendar for Samoa
The Lapita people discovered and settled the Samoan Islands around 3,500 years ago. They developed a unique Samoan language and Samoan cultural identity. The fa’a Samoa, or traditional Samoan way, remains a strong force in Samoan life and politics. Despite centuries of European influence, Samoa maintains its historical customs, social and political systems, and language. The main island of Upolu is home to nearly three-quarters of Samoa’s population, and to the capital city, Apia.
National traditions, public holidays and notable observances for 2019-2020 year
April 2019Thursday 25 April - Anzac Day (Australia, New Zealand, Nauru, Solomon Islands, Tonga and Western Samoa. It commemorates the landing of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps - ANZAC - on the Gallipoli peninsula in 1915)May 2019Sunday 12 May - Mother’s Day (Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bonaire, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Dem. Rep., Congo, Rep., Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, Germany, Gabon, Gambia, Greenland, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Macau, Malaysia, Malta, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Slovakia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Vietnam, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe)June 2019Saturday 1 June - Independence Day in Samoa (celebrates the independence of Samoa from New Zealand in 1962)August 2019Sunday 11 August - Father's Day in Brazil and Samoa (celebrated on the second Sunday in August)October 2019Sunday 13 October - White Sunday in Samoa and Tonga (celebrated on the second Sunday in October)November 2019Friday 1 November - Arbor Day in Samoa (Date for 2019. Celebrated on the first Friday in November)December 2019Thursday 26 December - Boxing Day in Fiji, The Bahamas, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Samoa..January 2020Wednesday 1 January - Samoa Independence Day (1962); New Year’s DayApril 2020Some samoan traditions
Currently 98% of the population identify themselves as Christian. Some Samoans live a communal way of life, participating in activities collectively.
Cultural customs such as the Samoa ’ava ceremony are significant and solemn rituals at important occasions including the bestowal of matai chiefly titles. Items of great cultural value include the finely woven ’ie toga.
Some Samoans are spiritual and religious, and have subtly adapted the dominant religion of Christianity to ’fit in’ with fa’a Samoa and vice versa.
The Samoan culture is centred around the principle of vāfealoa’i, the relationships between people. These relationships are based on respect, or fa’aaloalo.
Sunday 12 May - Mother’s Day (Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bonaire, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Dem. Rep., Congo, Rep., Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, Germany, Gabon, Gambia, Greenland, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Macau, Malaysia, Malta, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Slovakia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Vietnam, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
June 2019Saturday 1 June - Independence Day in Samoa (celebrates the independence of Samoa from New Zealand in 1962)August 2019Sunday 11 August - Father's Day in Brazil and Samoa (celebrated on the second Sunday in August)October 2019Sunday 13 October - White Sunday in Samoa and Tonga (celebrated on the second Sunday in October)November 2019Friday 1 November - Arbor Day in Samoa (Date for 2019. Celebrated on the first Friday in November)December 2019Thursday 26 December - Boxing Day in Fiji, The Bahamas, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Samoa..January 2020Wednesday 1 January - Samoa Independence Day (1962); New Year’s DayApril 2020Some samoan traditions
Currently 98% of the population identify themselves as Christian. Some Samoans live a communal way of life, participating in activities collectively.
Cultural customs such as the Samoa ’ava ceremony are significant and solemn rituals at important occasions including the bestowal of matai chiefly titles. Items of great cultural value include the finely woven ’ie toga.
Some Samoans are spiritual and religious, and have subtly adapted the dominant religion of Christianity to ’fit in’ with fa’a Samoa and vice versa.
The Samoan culture is centred around the principle of vāfealoa’i, the relationships between people. These relationships are based on respect, or fa’aaloalo.
Sunday 11 August - Father's Day in Brazil and Samoa (celebrated on the second Sunday in August)
October 2019Sunday 13 October - White Sunday in Samoa and Tonga (celebrated on the second Sunday in October)November 2019Friday 1 November - Arbor Day in Samoa (Date for 2019. Celebrated on the first Friday in November)December 2019Thursday 26 December - Boxing Day in Fiji, The Bahamas, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Samoa..January 2020Wednesday 1 January - Samoa Independence Day (1962); New Year’s DayApril 2020Some samoan traditions
Currently 98% of the population identify themselves as Christian. Some Samoans live a communal way of life, participating in activities collectively.
Cultural customs such as the Samoa ’ava ceremony are significant and solemn rituals at important occasions including the bestowal of matai chiefly titles. Items of great cultural value include the finely woven ’ie toga.
Some Samoans are spiritual and religious, and have subtly adapted the dominant religion of Christianity to ’fit in’ with fa’a Samoa and vice versa.
The Samoan culture is centred around the principle of vāfealoa’i, the relationships between people. These relationships are based on respect, or fa’aaloalo.
Friday 1 November - Arbor Day in Samoa (Date for 2019. Celebrated on the first Friday in November)
December 2019Thursday 26 December - Boxing Day in Fiji, The Bahamas, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Samoa..January 2020Wednesday 1 January - Samoa Independence Day (1962); New Year’s DayApril 2020Some samoan traditions
Currently 98% of the population identify themselves as Christian. Some Samoans live a communal way of life, participating in activities collectively.
Cultural customs such as the Samoa ’ava ceremony are significant and solemn rituals at important occasions including the bestowal of matai chiefly titles. Items of great cultural value include the finely woven ’ie toga.
Some Samoans are spiritual and religious, and have subtly adapted the dominant religion of Christianity to ’fit in’ with fa’a Samoa and vice versa.
The Samoan culture is centred around the principle of vāfealoa’i, the relationships between people. These relationships are based on respect, or fa’aaloalo.
Wednesday 1 January - Samoa Independence Day (1962); New Year’s Day
April 2020Some samoan traditions
Currently 98% of the population identify themselves as Christian. Some Samoans live a communal way of life, participating in activities collectively.
Cultural customs such as the Samoa ’ava ceremony are significant and solemn rituals at important occasions including the bestowal of matai chiefly titles. Items of great cultural value include the finely woven ’ie toga.
Some Samoans are spiritual and religious, and have subtly adapted the dominant religion of Christianity to ’fit in’ with fa’a Samoa and vice versa.
The Samoan culture is centred around the principle of vāfealoa’i, the relationships between people. These relationships are based on respect, or fa’aaloalo.
Cultural customs such as the Samoa ’ava ceremony are significant and solemn rituals at important occasions including the bestowal of matai chiefly titles. Items of great cultural value include the finely woven ’ie toga.
Some Samoans are spiritual and religious, and have subtly adapted the dominant religion of Christianity to ’fit in’ with fa’a Samoa and vice versa.
The Samoan culture is centred around the principle of vāfealoa’i, the relationships between people. These relationships are based on respect, or fa’aaloalo.
Sunday 21 April 2019
Sunday 21 April 2019
Sunday 21 April 2019
Sunday 21 April 2019
Monday 22 April 2019
Confederate Memorial Day in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia (State holiday)
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Monday 22 April 2019
Monday 22 April 2019
Easter Monday in U.S. Virgin Islands
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Monday 22 April 2019
Environmental Awareness Day in Wisconsin
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Tuesday 23 April 2019
Wednesday 24 April 2019
Wednesday 24 April 2019
Wednesday 24 April 2019
Thursday 25 April 2019
Thursday 25 April 2019
Friday 26 April 2019
Friday 26 April 2019
Confederate Memorial Day in Florida (Local observance)
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Friday 26 April 2019
Saturday 27 April 2019
Sunday 28 April 2019
Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust
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Sunday 28 April 2019
World Day for Safety and Health at Work
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Monday 29 April 2019
Confederate Memorial Day in Mississippi (State holiday)
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Monday 29 April 2019
Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare
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