Public Holidays in Venezuela | Public Holidays Venezuela

The table below shows a list of the most notable holidays in Venezuela.

Date	Local Name	English Name	Remarks
January 1	Día de Año Nuevo	New Year's Day	Beginning of the Civil Year
January 6	Día de Reyes	Epiphany	Christian feast, the visit of the three Magi to Jesus. Also Sports day
February 12	Día de la Juventud	Youth Day	Commemorates the patriotic victory in the 1814 Battle of La Victoria led by rebel youth militias and patriots under Jose Felix Ribas
February 20	Dia de la Federacion	Federation Day	Marks the start of the 4 year long Federal War
Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday	Carnaval	Carnival	-
March 8	Dia Internacional de la Mujer	International Women's Day	-
From Palm Sunday to Easter (movable)	Semana Santa	Holy Week	Religious holiday marking the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
March 19	Día de San José	Saint Joseph's Day	In honor of Saint Joseph
April 19	Diez y nueve de abril	Beginning of the Independence Movement	Declaration of a local junta in Caracas on 19 April 1810, launching the First Republic of Venezuela and the start of the independence struggle, the first Junta in Latin America as a whole
May 1	Día del Trabajador	Labor Day
May 3	Día del Cruz del Mayo'	Fiesta de las Cruces	Honors the Holy Cross of May in the states of Miranda and Aragua as its patrons
Second Sunday of May (movable)	Dia de las Madres	Mother's Day	Honors all mothers
May 25	Dia del Himno Nacional	National Anthem Day	Honors the Venezuelan National Anthem, Gloria al Bravo Pueblo, on the day of the 1881 presidential decree confering its official status as the national anthem.
June 24	Batalla de Carabobo	Battle of Carabobo	Key battle in the Venezuelan War of Independence; tagged also as Army Day
July 5	Cinco de julio	Independence Day	Signing of the Venezuelan Declaration of Independence marking the birth of the first independent nation of South America, also Armed Forces Day
July 24	Natalicio del Libertador	Birth of Simón Bolívar	Also tagged as Navy Day honoring the Battle of Lake Maracaibo of 1823.
August 3	Día de la Bandera	Flag Day	Previously, in Venezuela the Flag Day was celebrated on March 12. In 2006, it was designated August 3 in honor of the disembarkment of Francisco de Miranda in La Vela de Coro, 1806.
September 8	Dia del Virgen del Valle, aparicion del Virgen del Coromoto'	Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary and feasts of the Virgen del Valle and Our Lady of Coromoto	Honors the birth of May, the Blessed Virgin, and who, as Our Lady of Coromoto, whose picture was first seen on this day in 1562 after a second apparition, is since 1942, Patroness of Venezuela. Also the feast of the Patroness of the Bolivarian Armada of Venezuela, the Virgin of the Valley (Virgen del Valle), venerated and honored in the state of Nueva Esparta.
October 12	Día de la Resistencia Indígena	Day of Indigenous Resistance	Previously, in Venezuela the holiday was called Día de la Raza, commemorating the arrival of Christopher Columbus to the Americas. Now honors the heroes of the anti-Spanish resistance of the indigenous peoples of Venezuela.
November 1	Día de Todos los Santos	All Saints Day	-
November 2	Día de los fieles difuntos	All Souls Day	-
November 17 to November 19	Feria de la Chinita	Feria of La Chinita	Only in the state of Zulia; celebrating the miracle of Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá.
December 8	Inmaculada Concepción	Immaculate Conception	Celebrating the preservance of Mary, the mother of Jesus from the original sin by the Grace of God.
December 10	Dia de la Aviacion Militar	Venezuelan Air Force Day	Air Force Day honoring the founding of the Venezuelan Air Force and its Air Force Academy in Maracay on this day in 1920.
December 17	Muerte del Libertador	Death anniversary of Simon Bolívar	In solemn commemoration of the 1830 death of Simon Bolívar
December 24	Nochebuena	Christmas Eve	The eve of the birth of Jesus (Divino Niño).
December 31	Nochevieja	New Year's Eve	Final day of the Civil Year

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