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EVENTS 2002
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JAN : 01 - NEW YEAR'S DAY CELEBRATIONS
10 - NATIONAL VOODOO DAY CELEBRATIONS, COTONOU
16 - MARTYRS DAY CELEBRATIONS
FEB : 23 - TABASKI (FEAST OF THE SACRIFICE), MOST IMPORTANT
CELEBRATION FOR MUSLIMS. WHEN ABRAHAM WAS ABOUT TO
SACRIFICE HIS SON IN OBEDIENCE TO GOD'S COMMAND,
GOD SENT ABRAHAM A SHEEP TO KILL INSTEAD OF HIS
SON, SINCE THEN THEY KILL A SHEEP.
AUG : 01 - INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS, NATION WIDE
NOV : 23-30 - INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION AND FILM FESTIVAL
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, COTONOU
DEC : 06 - EID AL-FITR, CELEBRATES THE END OF RAMADAN WITH A
FEAST, BEGINNING ON THE EVENING OF THE 30TH DAY.
25 - CHRISTMAS DAY CELEBRATIONS
31 - HARVEST DAY
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EVENTS 2001
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MAR : 06 - TABASKI (FEAST OF THE SACRIFICE), MOST IMPORTANT
CELEBRATION FOR MUSLIMS IN GABON. THEY KILL A
SHEEP TO COMMEMORATE THE MOMENT WHEN ABRAHAM
WAS ABOUT TO SACRIFICE HIS SON IN OBEDIENCE TO
GOD'S COMMAND, ONLY TO HAVE GOD INTERCEDE AT
THE LAST MOMENT AND SUBSTITUTE A RAM INSTEAD.
DEC : 16 - EID AL-FITR, CELEBRATES THE END OF RAMADAN WITH A
FEAST, BEGINNING ON THE EVENING OF THE 30TH DAY. |
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