Public holidays in Paraguay

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Date	English Name	Local Name	Remarks
January 1	New Year's Day	Año Nuevo
March 1	Heroes' Day	Día de los Héroes	End of the Triple Alliance War
March/ April	Monday Thursday	Jueves Santo	Movable, Lunar Calendar
March/ April	Good Friday	Viernes Santo	Movable, Lunar Calendar
May 1	Labor Day	Día de los Trabajadores
May 15	Independence Day	Día de la Independencia	May 14 and 15 for schools
June 12	Chaco Armistice	Dia de la Paz del Chaco	End of the Chaco War
August 15	Founding of Asunción	Fundación de Asunción	Arrival of the Spaniards
September 29	Boqueron Battle Victory Day	Victoria de Boquerón	Chaco War version of D-day
December 8	Virgin of Caacupe	Virgen de Caacupé	Immaculate Conception
December 25	Christmas Day	Día de Navidad	Jesus's Birthday

[edit] References

• "Paraguay Public Holidays 2008". Retrieved on 2008-04-21.

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