2024-03-07 09:19:34
The Transition authorities have decided to make it a “paid, non-working day”.
The Transitional Government established, Wednesday March 6, 2024, a Day of Customs and Traditions in Burkina Faso (JCT), on May 15 of each year, reports the report of the Council of Ministers.
« After the exchanges [entre le gouvernement et les autorités coutumières], the day of May 15 was chosen. From now on, all days of May 15 will be dedicated to commemorating our customs and traditions », Indicates the Minister of Territorial Administration, Émile Zerbo, specifying that this day aims to promote the customs and traditions of the country.
« The Day of Customs and Traditions aims to reaffirm the secularism of the State; to strengthen fairness in the treatment of religious expressions and to offer followers of traditional religion a framework for promoting ancestral values and practices “, we can read in the report.
The government is increasing initiatives aimed at promoting local culture.
In February 2024, he revised the Constitution in which national languages were made official languages.
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