Holidays

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SITUATION: A man tells us about traditional and modern holidays in Côte d'Ivoire

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Lonbalon cayara sisan anw ka jamana la. Fɔlɔ mislimiw ta lonbaw dannin tun bɛ baramɔgɔlafa, sunkaloseli ani layaseli ye. Olu kɔ, tubabutile la, anw fana tun bɛ Faransi fɛtiw fara an ta lonbaw kan. Nka kabini anw ta jamana kɛra à yɛrɛ ta ye, août-kalo tile wolonfila kɛra an ta lonba bɛɛ rɔ belebeleba ye. Kodiwarika minnu bɛ nansara-sira tagama fana ta lonbalon bɛ nansara-lonbalon ye ka fara jamana bɛɛ ta kan. Olu ta fɛtiba kelen tɔgɔ bɛ Noël. À kelen wɛrɛ tɔgɔ bɛ Pâques. O fɛtiw kɔ, jamana bɛɛ bɛ ɲɔgɔn bɛn janvier tile joona ni mai-kalo tile joona ma. Janvier tile joona bɛ nansara-sira ta sanyɛlɛma ye. Mai tile joona, o bɛ jamanaw bɛɛ la baarakɛlaw ta lonbalon ye.

Holidays [Lit. "big days"] are numerous nowadays in our country. In the past, Muslims' holidays were limited to "Baramogolafa" [as in, "Mid Sha'ban"], the celebration of the month of Ramadan, and Tabaski [as in, "Greater Eid"]. Beyond them, during the colonial era [Lit. "white man day"], we also would add France's holidays to our holidays. But since our country became its own [as in, "gained independence"], the 7th of August has become the biggest of our holidays. In addition to nation-wide ones, Christian holidays are also the holidays of Ivoirians who follow the Christian way. Their main major holiday's name is Christmas. Another one's name is Easter. Besides those holidays, all countries unit around the first of January and the first of May. The first of January is the Westerner's New Year. The first of May is the holiday of all countries' workers.
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