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🇲🇼 Martyrs' Day in Malawi
Commemoration of the Batepá Massacre
Date in Malawi
March 3
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 Malawi
Historical significance
Remembers the 1959 uprising against British colonial rule.
Public life in Malawi
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Gregorian
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