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🇧🇫 Day of Customs and Traditions in Burkina Faso
Celebration of Burkinabé cultural heritage
Date in Burkina Faso
May 15
A day dedicated to celebrating the rich cultural traditions and customs of Burkina Faso
Public life in Burkina Faso
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Gregorian
Types of celebration
CulturalTraditional
On this day in African history
- 1820 US Congress law equates slave trading with piracy punishable by death. · United States
- 1860 Slave ship Clotilda arrives at port of Whydah on West African coast. · Benin
- 1902 Anglo-Ethiopian Treaty signed regarding Nile waters and Sudan-Eritrea borders. · Ethiopia
- 1905 Maraka noble kills slave in Banamba starting symbolic slave exodus. · Mali
- 1916 African American farmhand Jesse Washington is lynched in Waco Texas. · United States
- 1939 ANC deputation meets Minister of Native Affairs to protest land restrictions. · South Africa