Public holidays in Panama
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Public holidays in Panama include:
Holidays
Panama's national public holidays are:
- January 1 New Year's Day
- January 9 Martyrs' Day
- Carnival Tuesday before Ash Wednesday
- Maundy Thursday
- Good Friday
- May 1 Labour Day
- November 3 Separation Day
- November 4 Flag Day -Observed only by Public Agencies and all schools. Not a holiday for the private sector.
- November 5 Colon Day
- November 10 "Primer Grito de Independencia de la Villa de Los Santos" celebrating The Gesture of Rufina Alfaro and the uprising in the Villa de Los Santos against Spain.
- November 28 Independence Day (from Spain, 1821)
- December 8 Mother's Day
- December 20 National Mourning Day
- December 25 Christmas Day
Variable dates
- 2023
- Carnaval begins (Monday) – February 24
- Ash Wednesday – February 26[1]
- Good Friday – April 10[2]
- 2021
- Carnaval begins (Monday) begins – February 15
- Ash Wednesday – February 17[1]
- Good Friday – April 2[2]
- 2022
- Carnaval begins (Monday) – February 28
- Ash Wednesday – March 2[1]
- Good Friday – April 15[2]
- 2023
- Ash Wednesday – February 22[1]
- Good Friday – April 7[2]
- 2024
- Ash Wednesday – February 14[1]
- Good Friday – March 29[2]
- 2025
- Good Friday – April 18[2]
Fiestas Patrias (National Holidays)
The holidays in November (starting from Separation Day), are called the Fiestas Patrias ("National Holidays").[3]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Ash Wednesday 2023 - Calendar Date". www.calendardate.com. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f "When Is Holy Friday 2020 & 2021? Dates Of Holy Friday". Avnitasoni. Retrieved September 13, 2020.
- ^ Chatlani, Manoj (7 November 2014). "Fiestas Patrias: Panama celebrates its history all through November". POLS - Attorneys. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
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