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Emancipation Day
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Emancipation Day commemorates the abolition of slavery across the British Caribbean, marking the anniversary of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833, which took effect on 1 August 1834. Full freedom for all formerly enslaved people came four years later, in 1838. Territories including Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, and Bermuda now hold their own ceremonies, parades, and public holidays around this date.
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Bermuda
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Emancipation Day is a public holiday across many former British Caribbean territories marking the end of slavery under the Slavery Abolition Act 1833, observed in late July or early August depending on the country.
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Morocco
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Throne Day, or Eid al-Arch, is Morocco's national holiday marking King Mohammed VI's accession, observed each year on 30 July with celebrations of the monarchy across the country.
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Bermuda observes Emancipation Day and Morocco marks Enthronement, known locally as Eid Al-Ârch, as this year's two public holidays fall on the same day. Both are public holidays, each observed nationwide in a single country. The pairing brings together a Caribbean commemoration and a North African observance, spanning two very different regions and traditions on the global calendar.
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Morocco's holiday today, Enthronement, is also known by its local name, Eid Al-Ârch, while Bermuda's public holiday on the same day goes by an entirely different name: Emancipation Day.
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