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🇨🇩 Martyrs' Day in DRCongo
Commemoration of the Batepá Massacre
Date in DRCongo
January 4
Instituted1959
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 DRCongo
Historical significance
Marks the 1961 assassination of Patrice Lumumba.
Public life in DRCongo
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Gregorian
In DRCongo, around 1959
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