National Festival

The national festival commemorates an historical event, policy or cultural related to the history of the State. In the majority of the countries, it marks the birth of the nation: independence as with the the United States, emancipation with respect to the sovereign as in France, adoption of a Constitution… In some others, it is related to the personality of the sovereign to which the nation is identified: birthday as with the Netherlands or Luxembourg, date of the oath-taking of the first sovereign as in Belgium, etc

In certain territories as the Quebec which is only a Province Canada, the Saint-Jean-Baptist, festival of the patron saint of the French Canadian, was adopted by the Parlement like national Festival of Quebec, as a celebration of the Québécois nation (date: June 24th).

The majority of the countries adopted such a tradition and underline this festival by various celebrations: military processions, fires of artifices, short speeches of the political directors (case of the July 14th to Paris), etc

It is generally a Bank holiday, been unemployed and paid. It belongs to the symbols of the national Souveraineté.

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