Emancipation Day

Friday, August 1, 2025

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· Guyana
Public holiday
460DAYS AGO

Weekday

Friday

Week

31

Day of year

213

Country

🇬🇾 GY

GYD

About this holiday

Emancipation Day commemorates the abolition of slavery. In most of the Caribbean it is observed on or around 1 August, marking the Slavery Abolition Act of 1834 in the British Empire. The day combines solemn remembrance with celebrations of freedom, heritage and culture.

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