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EVENTS 2002 ----------- FEB : 23-25 - TABASKI ALSO KNOWN AS EID-AL-KABIR, THE FEAST OF SACRIFICE, WHEN MUSLIMS KILL A SHEEP IN COMMEMORATION OF THE TIME GOD ASKED ABRAHAM TO SACRIFICE HIS SON. APR : 03 - NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATIONS MAY : NO DATE - ATA 27TH INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS, CONAKRY. 24 - MOULOUD (PROPHET'S BIRTHDAY).
OCT : 02 - INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS, PARADES, MUSIC, DANCING AND SPORTING EVENTS ARE HELD AROUND THE COUNTRY FOR THIS MOST IMPORTANT HOLIDAY. NOV : 07-05DEC- RAMADAN MONTH, THE BIGGEST FESTIVAL OF MUSLIMS. BELIEVERS TAKE NO FOOD, DRINK OR TOBACCO FROM SUNRISE TO SUNSET, DURING THIS PERIOD. DEC : 06 - EID AL FITR, THE FEAST TO MARK THE END OF THE RAMADAN MONTH. THE BIGGEST FESTIVAL OF MUSLIMS. ON THIS DAY PEOPLE GREET & DISTRIBUTE SWEETS AMONG EACH OTHER.
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EVENTS 2001 ----------- FEB : 06-08 - TABASKI (EID-AL-KABIR) FEAST OF SACRIFICE, WHEN MUSLIMS KILL A SHEEP IN COMMEMORATION OF THE TIME GOD ASKED ABRAHAM TO SACRIFICE HIS SON. APR : 03 - NATIONAL DAY CELEBRATIONS 03-06 - ANOTHER WORLD- EXHIBITION OF PRIMITIVE ART OF AFRICA & GUINEA. SEP : SEP-OCT - THE 6TH PLEC WEST AFRICA CLUSTER REGIONAL WORKSHOP. OCT : 02 - INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS, EVENTS INCLUDE PARADES, MUSIC, DANCING AND SPORTING EVENTS ARE HELD ALL THROUGH OUT THE COUNTRY. NOV : 17-15DEC- RAMADAN MONTH. THE BIGGEST FESTIVAL OF MUSLIMS. ON THIS DAY PEOPLE GREET & DISTRIBUTE SWEETS AMONG EACH OTHER
DEC : 16 - EID AL FITR- THE FEAST TO MARK THE END OF THE RAMADAN MONTH. THE BIGGEST FESTIVAL OF MUSLIMS. ON THIS DAY PEOPLE GREET & DISTRIBUTE SWEETS AMONG EACH OTHER |