FRENCH POLYNESIA

Holidays and Festivals


Public Holidays:

New Year's Day
Good Friday
Easter Monday
Ascension Day
Whitmonday
Assumption Day
Missionary Day (March 5)
Labor Day (May 1)
Bastille Day (July 14)
Internal Autonomy Day (September 8)
All Saints Day (November 1)
Armistice Day (November 11)
Christmas Day (December 25)


Festivals:
January
Chinese New Year
(mid-Jan. to mid-Feb.)

February
Moorea International Marathon
(third Saturday)
Cultural Exhibitions (mid-Feb. to mid-Mar.)

March
Arrival of First Misionaries
(March 5)
Week of the Fish (last week in March)

April
International Triathlon
(mid-April)
Maohi Sports Festival (late April)

May
Taputapuatea Inaugural Ceremony
(early May)
Fête de Mère (second Sunday in May)
Tahiti Black Pearl Festival (late May)

June
World Environment Day
(early June)
Miss Tahiti Contest (mid-June)
Maire Fern Day (late June)
Horue International Pro-Am Surfing Open (late June to early July)
International Pro-Open Golf Tournament (late June to early July)

July
Heiva i Tahiti
(end of June to end of July)

August
Mini Fêtes
(all month)
Te Aito (early August)

September
Floralies Day
(mid-Sept.)
World Tourism Day (late Sept.)

October
Stone Fishing Ceremony
(first half of Oct.)

November
All Saints Day
(Nov. 1)
Hawaiki Nui (early Nov.)

December
Tiare Tahiti Days
(first week in Dec.)

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