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🇧🇫 Martyrs' Day in Burkina Faso
Commemoration of the Batepá Massacre
Date in Burkina Faso
October 31
Instituted2015
Honors Christian converts killed for their faith in the 1880s.
Commemorates the victims of the 1953 Batepá massacre during Portuguese colonial rule
How Martyrs' Day is observed in Burkina Faso
Historical significance
Commemorates the 1966 coup and subsequent resistance.
Public life in Burkina Faso
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Gregorian
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