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Chele/Yalda (Persian calendar) 21 Winter Solstice Summer Solstice Yule: 22: 23 Saturnalia ends. Humanlight: 24 Christmas Eve : 25 Christmas & Yule : 26 La an Dreolin Kwanzaa Begins: 27 Uwiha Ch'uyay : 28 Dia de Innocentadas (Spain, Latin America) 29: 30 Rizal day (Philippines) 31 New Years Eve (Gregorian calendar) Hogmanay
January 1: New Year's Day, national holiday [2] January 6: Epiphany (Dia de Los Reyes), national holiday [2] January 21: Our Lady of High Grace, national holiday [3] January 26: Duarte's Birthday, national holiday [2]
Santo Domingo (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsanto ðoˈmiŋɡo] meaning "Saint Dominic" but verbatim "Holy Sunday"), once known as Santo Domingo de Guzmán, known as Ciudad Trujillo between 1936 and 1961, is the capital and largest city of the Dominican Republic and the largest metropolitan area in the Caribbean by population. [7]
1-2 February: Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs, has an official visit to the Dominican Republic hosted by Minister of Foreign Affairs Miguel Vargas at the Palacio Nacional in Santo Domingo. During the visit, they sign an agreement on tourism between the nations. [2]
For 2017, the Ultimate Mega Fest (UMF) kicks off the Houston Caribbean festival season with soca, reggae, chutney, and Latin music. Jersey City, New Jersey — the fourth Saturday of July from Lincoln Park (Jersey City) parade route leading to the Festival at Exchange Place.
In 2007, the Dominican National Brewery cancelled the festival due to the new tax for beer sells imputed by the Dominican Government.- In 2010 The Festival came back in August, as well as in 2014. 2017 was the biggest version of the festival, held the first weekend of November at Estadio Olímpico Félix Sánchez .
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.
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