| New Year's Day - Wednesday January 1, 2020 Secular holiday : The world's most widely celebrated holiday, New Years was set on January 1 by Julius Caesar because that was the date the Roman consuls took over their duties. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Christmas holiday (beginning) - Monday January 6, 2020 School holidays : Http://lyceefrancaismalabo.org/
Calendar provided by the lycée français de Malabo official calendar gazetted by the University
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| Parliament recess (end) - Saturday January 11, 2020 Special Events :
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| Valentine's Day - Friday February 14, 2020 cards/flowers : Introduced by Pope Gelasus in 498, perhaps in response to a local Roman tradition of lovers writing their names on an urn in February
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| Mid-term holiday (beginning) - Friday February 21, 2020 School holidays :
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| Mid-term holiday (end) - Wednesday March 4, 2020 School holidays :
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| Spring holiday (beginning) - Monday April 6, 2020 School holidays :
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| Good Friday - Friday April 10, 2020 Catholic or protestant : The First Council of Nicaea (a gathering of bishops in the early days of Christianity) wanted to find a day to commemorate the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ.
This commemoration had to be linked to Jewish holiday traditions, since the last supper of Christ was believed to be a Jewish Passover meal. But the Jewish calendar is based on lunar and solar cycles, so the Easter celebration had to follow the same calendar.
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| Easter - Sunday April 12, 2020 Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday
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| Spring holiday (end) - Tuesday April 14, 2020 School holidays :
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