Equatorial Guinea : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months
Currency: Communauté Africaine Financière Franc (XAF)
Internet domain: .gq - Telephone code: +240 - International dialing code: 00 - GMT offset: +1 (no DST)
Weekend: Sunday
Date | Name | Kind | More |
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Thursday November 17, 2022 | Saint Isabel Day | cards/flowers | |
Wednesday December 21, 2022 | Christmas holiday (beginning) | School holidays | |
Sunday December 25, 2022 | Christmas Day | Catholic or protestant | |
Monday December 26, 2022 | Christmas Day (forwarded to Monday) | Secular holiday | |
Sunday January 1, 2023 | New Year's Day | Secular holiday | |
Monday January 2, 2023 | New Year's Day (moved forward to Monday) | Secular holiday | |
Monday January 9, 2023 | Christmas holiday (end) | School holidays | |
Tuesday February 14, 2023 | Valentine's Day | cards/flowers | |
Saint Isabel Day
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Thursday November 17, 2022
cards/flowers :
Christmas holiday (beginning)
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Wednesday December 21, 2022
School holidays :
Christmas Day
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Sunday December 25, 2022
Catholic or protestant : Since pre-historic times in Europe, festivities (bonfires, offrerings) were marking the beginning of longer hours of daylight with fires and ritual. The Roman festival of Saturnalia lasted several days in December (gambling and offerings). Germanic tribes also celebrated mid-winter (drinking and rituals). The Bulgarian (with Koleduvane) and the Polish (with Gwiazdka) perpetuate this tradition. Jesus of Nazareth was probably born in springtime (Reformists favour autumn). But in the 4th century, December 25th was chosen for the celebration of his birth by Pope Julius I (Bishop Liberus is also mentioned in 354 A.D.). Thus, a Christian element was introduced in the long-established mid-winter festivals. Before 1582, the Papal States and other Italian city states celebrated New Years Day on Christmas Day.
Christmas Day (forwarded to Monday)
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Monday December 26, 2022
Secular holiday :
New Year's Day
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Sunday January 1, 2023
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
New Year's Day (moved forward to Monday)
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Monday January 2, 2023
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.
Christmas holiday (end)
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Monday January 9, 2023
School holidays : Calendar provided by the Ministry of Education
Schooling is mandatory till age 14
Number of instructional days: 200
schools may remain open on Saturday
school uniforms required
Dates confirmed till July 2023
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Valentine's Day
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Tuesday February 14, 2023
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