Public holidays in Bolivia
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| Date | English English language English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria... name | Spanish Spanish language Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the... name | Remarks |
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| January 1 | New Year's Day New Year's Day New Year's Day is observed on January 1, the first day of the year on the modern Gregorian calendar as well as the Julian calendar used in ancient Rome... |
Año Nuevo | |
| February 2 | Fiesta de la Virgen de Candelaria | ||
| floating | Good Friday Good Friday Good Friday , is a religious holiday observed primarily by Christians commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary. The holiday is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum on the Friday preceding Easter Sunday, and may coincide with the Jewish observance of... |
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| floating | Corpus Christi Corpus Christi (feast) Corpus Christi is a Latin Rite solemnity, now designated the solemnity of The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ . It is also celebrated in some Anglican, Lutheran and Old Catholic Churches. Like Trinity Sunday and the Solemnity of Christ the King, it does not commemorate a particular event in... |
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| May 1 | Labor Day Labor Day Labor Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday in September that celebrates the economic and social contributions of workers.-History:... |
Dia del trabajo | |
| June 21 | Andean-Amazonic New Year Andean-Amazonic New Year The Andean-Amazonic New Year is a national holiday in Bolivia which celebrates the winter solstice in the Southern Hemisphere on June 21 as the Aymara New Year. It was declared a national holiday in Bolivia for the first time in 2010 by the government of Evo Morales, despite opposition from the... |
Año Nuevo Andino Amazónico | On traditional date of Aymara New Year (Aymara: Willka Kuti) and the winter solstice Winter solstice Winter solstice may refer to:* Winter solstice, astronomical event* Winter Solstice , former band* Winter Solstice: North , seasonal songs* Winter Solstice , 2005 American film... . Declared official holiday in 2010. |
| August 2 | Agrarian Reform Day | Día de la Revolución Agraria, Productiva y Comunitaria | Day of the Indian (Día del Indio), promulgated by President Germán Busch Germán Busch Germán Busch Becerra was a former Bolivian military officer, hero of the Chaco War , and president of Bolivia between 1937 and 1939.Germán Busch was born in San Javier, in central Bolivia's hot, fertile, coffee-growing region to a physician, a German... in 1937. Anniversary of Agrarian Reform Agrarian reform Agrarian reform can refer either, narrowly, to government-initiated or government-backed redistribution of agricultural land or, broadly, to an overall redirection of the agrarian system of the country, which often includes land reform measures. Agrarian reform can include credit measures,... law of 1953. Briefly known as Día del Indio y la Interculturalidad and Día de los Pueblos Originarios in the 21st century. |
| August 6 | Independence Day Independence Day An Independence Day is an annual event commemorating the anniversary of a nation's assumption of independent statehood, usually after ceasing to be a colony or part of another nation or state, and more rarely after the end of a military occupation... |
Dia de la Patria | |
| November 1 | All Saints Day | Todos Santos | |
| December 25 | Christmas Day | Navidad | |