Lubango Festival in Angola
Lubango Festival in Angola is held on August 1. This event in the first decade of the month August is annual. 
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Based on the feast of Our Lady of the Hill, Lubango Festival is a 30-day celebration held in Lubango City in Angola’s Huila Province. Beginning in August, it features music performances, fashion parades, a sports tournament, motorbike racing, and the prestigious Miss Huila beauty pageant. The festival also kicks off the Expo-Huila trade show, along with some workshops and a cattle auction.
Similar holidays and events, festivals and interesting facts
Youth Day in Angola on April 14
Heroes' Day in Angola on September 17 (is also the birthday of Antonio Neto, Angola’s premier “founding father”);
Angola Armed Forces Day on October 9
Angola Independence Day on November 11 (celebrates the independence of Angola from Portugal in 1975);
National Festival of Angolan Culture on December 18 (It serves as a point of promotion of cohesion, unity and diversity of the Angolan culture);
Day of the Fallen against the Colonial Repression on January 4
Day of the Armed Struggle or Liberation Movement Day in Angola on February 4 (to commemorate the day in 1961 when Angolan MPLA (People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola) forces assaulted a prison house in Luanda and freed independence leaders who were incarcerated there)