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National holidays
Date
>> English
name >>> Portuguese
name >>>> Remarks
January
1 >> New
Year's Day >>> Ano Novo >>>> Celebrates
the beginning of the Gregorian
calendar year. Festivities include counting down to midnight on
the preceding night. Traditional
end of the holiday season.
February
or March
(date varies) >> Carnival and Ash Wednesday >>> Carnaval e Quarta-feira de Cinzas >>>> A festive season (Carnival) leading up to Shrove. Closes with Ash Wednesday (40 days before Easter, except Sundays), which starts the lent in the Christian liturgical year.
(date varies) >> Carnival and Ash Wednesday >>> Carnaval e Quarta-feira de Cinzas >>>> A festive season (Carnival) leading up to Shrove. Closes with Ash Wednesday (40 days before Easter, except Sundays), which starts the lent in the Christian liturgical year.
Late
March or April
(date varies) >> Good Friday >>> Sexta-feira Santa >>>> Commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
(date varies) >> Good Friday >>> Sexta-feira Santa >>>> Commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
April
(date
varies)
>> Easter >>>
Páscoa >>>> Celebrates the Christian
belief in the resurrection
of Jesus.
April
21 >> Tiradentes' Day >>> Tiradentes >>>
Commemoration of an early movement for Brazilian independence, headed
by Tiradentes.
May
1 >> Labor Day
>>> Dia do Trabalho >>>> Celebrates the
achievements of workers and the labor movement.
Late
May or June
(date varies) >> Corpus Christi >>> Corpus Christi >>>> Its purpose is to honor the Eucharist, and as such it does not commemorate a particular event in Jesus' life.
(date varies) >> Corpus Christi >>> Corpus Christi >>>> Its purpose is to honor the Eucharist, and as such it does not commemorate a particular event in Jesus' life.
September
7 >> Independence
Day >>> Dia da Independência >>>>
Celebrates the Declaration
of Independence, also called the Seventh of September.
October
12 >> Our
Lady of Aparecida >>> Nossa Senhora Aparecida
>>>>Commemorates the Virgin
Mary
as Nossa
Senhora da Conceição Aparecida,
Patron
Saint
of Brazil. Also celebrated as Children's
Day (Dia das Crianças) on the same date.
November
2 >> All
Souls Day >>> Dia de Finados >>>>
Commemorates the faithful departed.
November
15 >> Proclamation of the Republic Day >>> Proclamação
da República >>>> Commemorates the proclamation of the
republic in November 15, 1889.
December
25 >> Christmas Day >>> Natal >>>>Celebrates
the Nativity
of Jesus.
Public holidays in Brazil
In
Brazil,
public holidays are legislated at the federal, statewide and
municipal levels. Many of these holidays are observed nationwide, but
each state and city does have its own holidays as well.
Three
national holidays celebrates historic figures and events includes
Tiradentes' Day (April 21), Independence
Day
(September 7), and Proclamation of the Republic Day (November 15).
Because of its Catholic
majority, Brazil observes eight Christian holidays (Carnival, Ash
Wednesday,
Good
Friday,
Easter,
Corpus
Christi,
Our Lady of Aparecida Day, All
Souls Day,
and Christmas).
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Note: The Constitution establishes that electoral days are to be considered national holidays in Brazil. General elections are held on the first Sunday of October, in the first round, and last Sunday of October, in the second round, of election years (every two years).
Unofficial holidays
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Dia dos Namorados, the Brazilian equivalent of St. Valentine's Day, is observed on June 12. On this day, boyfriends and girlfriends, husbands and wives, exchange gifts, cards or a flower bouquet. It is celebrated on the St. Anthony of Padua's day, because, in Brazil, he is considered the patron of those who want a loving companion.
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Dia dos Pais, the Brazilian observation of Father's Day, is celebrated every second Sunday in August.
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Festa de São João (Saint John the Baptist Day) is a holiday celebrated June 24 in many Brazilian cities, especially in the Northeast region.
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Dia das Bruxas (Halloween) is not an official holiday but is being increasingly celebrated in some of the largest cities on the night of October 31, with costume parties and/or the custom of trick-or-treat. In 2005, some politicians voted for October 31 to be defined as the Dia do Saci, referring to the Saci, a Brazilian folklore legend, and aiming to preserve national culture from non-positive alien cultural influences such as Halloween.
Regional holidays
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April 23: Saint George (São Jorge), City of Rio de Janeiro only. In 2007, governor Sérgio Cabral expanded this holiday to all the State of Rio de Janeiro.
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September 8: Our Lady of the Light in the Pine (Nossa Senhora da Luz dos Pinhais), City of Curitiba only.
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October 11: Creation of the State of Mato Grosso do Sul, separated from Mato Grosso in 1977, State of Mato Grosso do Sul only.
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November 4: Founding of São Carlos, City of São Carlos only. (Aniversário de São Carlos), City of São Paulo only
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December 8: Our Lady of Conceição (Dia de Nossa Senhora da Conceição), State of Pernambuco, City of Belo Horizonte, City of Dourados, and City of Santa Maria only.
NATIONAL
HOLIDAYS
January 1 - New Year's Day
February (variable date) -
Carnival (Mardi Gras)
March/April (variable date) -
Good Friday
March/April (variable date)
Easter
April 21 - Tiradentes Day
May 1 - Labor Day
June (variable date) - Corpus
Christi
September 7 - Independence Day
October 12 - Our Lady Of
Aparecida Day
November 2 - All Souls’ Day
November 15 - Proclamation of
the Republic
December 25 – Christmas
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