:This is a list of
holidays in
Equatorial Guinea.
*January 1:
New Year's Day
*
Good Friday
*May 1:
Labour Day
*May 30:
Feast of Corpus Christi
The Feast of Corpus Christi (), also known as the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, is a Christian liturgical solemnity celebrating the Real Presence of the Body and Blood, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ in the elements o ...
*June 5: President's Day, birthday of President
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo (; born 5 June 1942) is an Equatoguinean politician and former military officer who has served as the second president of Equatorial Guinea since August 1979. He is the longest-serving president of any country ev ...
.
*August 3: Freedom Day, marks the date in 1979 when Teodoro Obiang deposed the dictator
Macías Nguema.
*August 15:
Constitution Day
Constitution Day is a holiday to honour the constitution of a country. Constitution Day is often celebrated on the anniversary of the signing, promulgation or adoption of the constitution, or in some cases, to commemorate the change to constitut ...
, honors the Constitution of 1982.
*October 12:
Independence Day, from Spain, 1968.
*December 8:
Immaculate Conception
The Immaculate Conception is the belief that the Virgin Mary was free of original sin from the moment of her conception.
It is one of the four Marian dogmas of the Catholic Church, meaning that it is held to be a divinely revealed truth w ...
, Roman Catholic feast day.
*December 25:
Christmas
Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. A feast central to the Christian liturgical year ...
Day
References
Events in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea
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