School holidays
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Sunday January 1, 2023
School holidays : calendars gazetted by the respective Departments of Education
Average class size: more than 37
Each state carries its own specific set of holidays, please scroll to the concerned state
PISA ranking (average 493): 401
Schooling is mandatory till age 15
schools may open on Saturday
School day duration: 5:00 hours
school uniforms often required
Number of instructional days: 200
Please note that authorities may take last-minute decisions; please double-check if this information is vital to you
New Year's Day
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Sunday January 1, 2023
Secular holiday : The world's most widely celebrated holiday, New Years was set on January 1 by Julius Caesar because that was the date the Roman consuls took over their duties. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Epiphany
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Friday January 6, 2023
cards/flowers :
Daylight Saving Time
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Sunday February 19, 2023
Special Events : Does not apply to Equatorial regions
Optional holiday
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Monday February 20, 2023
Catholic : Carnival
Optional holiday
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Tuesday February 21, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Carnival
Banks close at 12:00
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Wednesday February 22, 2023
Banks only :
Optional holiday
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Wednesday February 22, 2023
Catholic or protestant : Until 14:00
Bank Holiday (from 13:00)
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Thursday April 6, 2023
Banks only :
Optional holiday
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Friday April 7, 2023
Banks only :
Reporter's Day
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Friday April 7, 2023
Special Events : Celebrado en homenaje al médico y periodista João Batista Líbero Badaró, asesinado en São Paulo el 7 de abril de 1830 durante una marcha de estudiantes que apoyaban los ideales libertarios de la Revolución francesa.2 El mismo día pero de 1908 fue creada por Gustavo de Lacerda la Asociación Brasileña de Prensa Wikipedia
Passover
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Wednesday April 12, 2023
cards/flowers : Deliverance of the Jewish people from Egypt. The Seder service on the first two evenings recounts the story of the Exodus
Tiradentes Day
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Friday April 21, 2023
Secular holiday : In tribute to national hero Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, a resistant in the upraise against the Portuguese. Since he was a dentist, he was nicknamed tiradentes ( tooth-puller ). He was executed in 1789. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Labor Day/May Day
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Monday May 1, 2023
Secular holiday : Chicago, Saturday May 1st, 1886: 350,000 workers go on strike to call for an 8-hour working day. Industries are paralyzed nationwide. On Monday, as demonstrations go on, the police open fire. On Tuesday, Chicago is again on strike. Following a bomb launched against them, the police shoot again. 12 dead, of which 7 policemen. 8 anarchists will be condemned and executed. In 1889, the Socialist International Movement met in Paris and declared this day international workers' day . The Soviets will follow suit, just as the Nazis. In France, under the Vichy regime (1940-1944), the celebration is renamed Labour Day .
Mothers' Day
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Sunday May 14, 2023
cards/flowers : Mothers day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mothers day has different origins in different countries and therefore occurs on different days in the year.
One school of thought claims that this day emerged from the custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the wife of Cronus, was held on March 15 to March 18 around Asia Minor. They insist that this custom spread around the world.
Mothering Sunday is the celebration of motherhood in the United Kingdom. It is also known as Mid-lent Sunday, Rose Sunday and Laetare Sunday. It originally comes from the Victorian practice of allowing servants to return home to visit their mothers on this day.
In the United States, Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 - October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. Howes Battle Hymn of the Republic was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862 and quickly became one of the most popular songs for the Union during the American Civil War. After the war she focused her activities on the causes of Pacifism and womens suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mothers Day, with her Mothers Day Proclamation. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson approved Mothers Day in 1914
Optional holiday
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Thursday June 8, 2023
Catholic : Corpus Cristi
Valentine's Day
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Monday June 12, 2023
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