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🇹🇳 Martyrs' Day in Tunisia
Commemoration of the Batepá Massacre
Date in Tunisia
April 9
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 Tunisia
Historical significance
Marks the 1952 crackdown by French colonial forces.
Public life in Tunisia
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Gregorian
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