| New Year's Day - Friday January 1, 2021 Secular holiday :
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| Christmas holiday (end) - Monday January 13, 2020 School holidays : Information provided by Aruba International School
www.isaruba.com We carry all confirmed dates till July 200
Contact edit@edit.fr to get the full calendar for Aruba or one file containing confirmed calendars of 550 countries and regions.
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| Betico Croes' Birthday - Monday January 25, 2021 Secular holiday : Politician (born in 1938) who devoted himself to the self-determination of the Aruban people. In 1976, he took the initiative to adopt an Aruban flag and an Aruban anthem. On March of 1977, on his initiative, a referendum was held.
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| Carnival - Monday February 24, 2020 Secular holiday :
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| National Anthem & Flag Day - Wednesday March 18, 2020 Secular holiday : Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Spring holiday (beginning) - Thursday April 9, 2020 School holidays :
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| Good Friday - Friday April 10, 2020 Catholic or protestant : The First Council of Nicaea (a gathering of bishops in the early days of Christianity) wanted to find a day to commemorate the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ.
This commemoration had to be linked to Jewish holiday traditions, since the last supper of Christ was believed to be a Jewish Passover meal. But the Jewish calendar is based on lunar and solar cycles, so the Easter celebration had to follow the same calendar.
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| Easter - Sunday April 12, 2020 Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday
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| Easter Monday - Monday April 13, 2020 Catholic or protestant : In the year 325, the Council of Nicée determined a date fo Easter. Full Moon would fall the 14th day of a moon month (1). Easter would be marked by the dominical letter(2)and the epactus(3). With the establishment of the equinox ne variatur on March 21, algorithms where elaborated to attribuate a date for Easter whatever the year.
Time between two consecutive new moons: 20 days 12 hours 44 minutes 2.8 - Gives a letter code for the year's calendar Age of the moon on January 1st, minus one unity, 0 being the new moon's age.
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| Spring holiday (end) - Monday April 20, 2020 School holidays :
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| King's Birthday - Monday April 27, 2020 Secular holiday : Koningsdag from 2014 onwards
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