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In Brazil, public holidays may be legislated at the federal, statewide and municipal levels. Most holidays are observed nationwide. [1] Apart from the yearly official holidays (listed below), [2] [3] [4] the Constitution of Brazil also establishes that election days are to be considered national holidays as well.
São João de Caruaru june festival in Pernambuco, Brazil. June festival in Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil.. Festas Juninas (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈfɛstɐs ʒuˈninɐs], June Festivals, "festivities that occur in the month of June"), also known as festas de São João for their part in celebrating the nativity of St. John the Baptist (June 24), are the annual Brazilian celebrations ...
Pages in category "Public holidays in Brazil" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
In 2017, Belo Horizonte had the largest carnival in its history and the third-largest in Brazil. There were more than three million people on the streets, with about 500,000 tourists. [25] The Baianas Ozadas block hit a record audience of 500,000 people. Juiz de Fora had one of the three largest carnivals in Brazil in the 1980s. But it has been ...
In Finland (and many other countries around the globe), St. Lucia Day on December 13 is one of the main events of the holiday season. On this date, the eldest girl in each family sometimes dons a ...
The Independence Day of Brazil (Portuguese: Dia da Independência, Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈdʒi.ɐ dɐ ĩdepẽˈdẽsjɐ]), commonly called Sete de Setembro ([ˈsɛtʃi dʒi seˈtẽbɾu], 'Seven of September'), is a national holiday observed in Brazil on 7 September of every year.
Kwanzaa also emerged as a contrast to the increased consumerism surrounding traditional holidays, says John El-Badr, the director of the Heritage Gallery of the Thurgood Marshall Center in ...
Brazil inherited a highly traditional and stratified class structure from its colonial period with deep inequality. In recent decades, the emergence of a large middle class has contributed to increase social mobility and alleviating income disparity, but the situation remains grave. Brazil ranks 54th among world countries by Gini index. [148]