Liberation Day is a Rwandan public holiday that commemorates the defeat of the genocide regime by the Rwandan Patriotic Front in 1994.
It is celebrated on July 4.
Two major ethnic groups that comprise Rwanda's indigenous population are the Tutsis and the Hutus.
Until 1959, the Tutsi minority formed the dominant cast in the country's feudal system.
In 1994 tensions finally sparked a genocidal mass slaughter against Tutsi and moderate Hutu.
The Rwandan Genocide began following the assassination of Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira on April 6, 1994.
The number of victims is estimated at between 500,000 and 1,000,000.
On July 4, 1994, the Rwandan Patriotic Front took over Kigali, which was the war's turning point.
It is now commemorated as Liberation Day.
