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Puerto Rico celebrates all official U.S. holidays, [1] and other official holidays established by the Commonwealth government. Additionally, many municipalities celebrate their own Patron Saint Festivals (fiestas patronales in Spanish), as well as festivals honoring cultural icons like bomba y plena, danza, salsa, hamacas (hammocks), and popular crops such as plantains and coffee.
The popular tradition of taking a trip during Ferragosto arose under the Fascist regime.In the second half of the 1920s, during the mid-August period, the regime organised hundreds of popular trips through the fascist leisure and recreational organisations of various corporations, and via the setting up of the "People's Trains of Ferragosto", which were available at discounted prices.
Dia da Pombinha Dia do Bodo Only celebrated in Azores. [5] 10 June: Portugal Day: Dia de Portugal, de Camões e das Comunidades Portuguesas: National Day. Commemorates the death of national poet Luís de Camões in 1580. 1 July: Autonomous Region of Madeira and Madeiran Communities Day: Dia da Região Autónoma da Madeira e das Comunidades ...
Dia de la Armada de Mexico: Celebrating the 1825 capture of the San Juan de Ulúa Fortress in Veracruz led by a joint force of Mexican Army and Navy units (the capture of the fortress is the Navy's baptism of fire, on which its first fleet under Captain Pedro Sainz de Baranda served with distinction). [7]
November 30: Evangelical Day (Dia do Evangélico), Federal District only. December 8: Our Lady of Conceição (Dia de Nossa Senhora da Conceição), State of Pernambuco, City of Belo Horizonte, City of Dourados, and Cities of Santa Maria and São Leopoldo only. December 19: Emancipation of the Province of Paraná, State of Paraná only.
The Catholic Monarchs gave the city the religious statue of the Virgen de la Victoria ("Virgin of Victory"). The recently formed city government began a tradition of commemorating the taking of the city. The first such celebration took place in the form of a procession on the Feast Day of the Assumption, 15 August 1491.
Día de las Glorias Navales: Commemorates the Battle of Iquique. June: 7 (Saturday) Battle of Arica: Asalto y Toma del Morro de Arica: This is a regional holiday, valid only in the Arica and Parinacota Region. 20 (Friday) National Day of Aboriginal Peoples: Día Nacional de los Pueblos Indígenas: This holiday is to be observed on each winter ...
Anexión del Partido de Nicoya a Costa Rica: Celebrates the annexation of the Party of Nicoya in 1824. August 2 Feast of Our Lady of the Angels Fiesta de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles: Employers must provide an unpaid day off. [1] August 15 Mother's Day: Día de la Madre: Also the Assumption of Mary. August 24 National Parks Day