Public Holidays in Burkina Faso

The following holidays are public holidays but the date on which each occurs varies, according to its corresponding calendar, and thus has no set date. In order in which they occur:

English Name Local Name Description
Eid ul-Fitr Aid el Sagheer Celebrates end of Ramadan

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The day after Easter Sunday
Ascension
Eid ul-Adha Aid el Kebir Feast of Sacrifice
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Famous quotes containing the word public:

    “... here hundreds sit and play Bingo; here the bright lights of Broadway burn through a sea haze; here Somebodies tumble over other Somebodies and over Nobodies as well.”
    —For the State of New Jersey, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)