Public holidays in Brazil

Date	English Name	Local Name	Remarks
January 1	New Year's Day	Confraternização Universal, Ano Novo
floating	Carnival	Carnaval	Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, although festivities begin in the preceding Friday
floating (44 days before Good Friday)	Ash Wednesday	Quarta-feira de Cinzas	Only the morning is considered a holiday
floating	Good Friday	Sexta-Feira da Paixão, Sexta-Feira Santa
April 21		Tiradentes
May 1	Labor Day / May Day	Dia do Trabalho
floating (62 days after Good Friday)	Corpus Christi
September 7	Independence Day	Dia da Independência
October 12	Our Lady of Aparecida	Nossa Senhora de Aparecida	Also celebrated as Children's Day (Dia das Crianças) on the same date
November 2	All Souls Day	Dia de Finados
November 15	Proclamation of the Republic Day	Proclamação da República
December 25	Christmas Day	Natal

[edit] Other holidays

Dia dos Namorados - not a holiday - celebrated on June 12 as the Brazilian equivalent of St. Valentine's Day. On this day, boyfriends and girlfriends, husbands and wives, exchange gifts (lingerie, chocolates, and more), cards or a flower bouquet. It is celebrated on the St. Anthony of Padua's day, because, in Brazil, he is considered the patron of who want a loving companion.

Dia das Mães, the Brazilian observation of Mother's Day, is celebrated every second Sunday on May.

Dia dos Pais, the Brazilian observation of Father's Day, is celebrated every second Sunday on August.

Festa de São João (Saint John the Baptist) is a holiday celebrated June 24th in many Brazilian cities - especially the one in the Northeast area like Recife and Maceió.

Dia das Bruxas (Halloween) is not an official holiday but is being increasingly celebrated in some of the largest cities on the night of October 31, with costume parties with or without the custom of trick-or-treat. In 2005, some politicians voted for October 31st to be defined the Dia do Saci, referring to the Saci, a Brazilian Folklore image, and aiming to preserve national culture from Halloween, deemed to be an alien non-positive cultural influence.

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January 20: Saint Sebastian (São Sebastião), City of Rio de Janeiro only
January 25: Founding of São Paulo (Aniversário de São Paulo), City of São Paulo only
February 2: star's birthday* April 23: Saint George (São Jorge), City of Rio de Janeiro only. In 2007 the Governor Sérgio Cabral expanded the holiday to all the State of Rio de Janeiro.
July 9: Constitutionalist Revolution (Revolução Constitucionalista), State of São Paulo only (São Paulo Stock Exchange and BM&F are closed)
August 15: Our Lady of the Good Trip (Nossa Senhora da Boa Viagem), City of Belo Horizonte only
September 8: Our Lady of the Light in the Pine (Nossa Senhora da Luz dos Pinhais), City of Curitiba only
September 20: Farroupilha's Revolution (Revolução Farroupilha), State of Rio Grande do Sul only
November 20: Zumbi of Palmares, Black Consciousness Day (Zumbi dos Palmares, Dia da Consciência Negra), States of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro only
December 8: Our Lady of Conceição (Dia de Nossa Senhora da Conceição), State of Pernambuco, City of Belo Horizonte
October 3: Uruaçú and Cunhaú Martyrs Day, State of Rio Grande do Norte only
October 24: founding of Goiânia, State of Goiás only
November 21: Our Lady of Apresentação (Nossa Senhora da Apresentação) Day, City of Natal only

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