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Holidays and Festivals in Brazil

Date Holiday Festival - Fiesta de Location
January 1 New Year Año Novo   National
January 1   Festa de Iemanjá Rio de Janeiro
January 1   Procissão de Senhor Bom Jesus dos Navegantes Salvador Bahia
January 1 - 20   Folia de Reis Parati, Rio de Janeiro
January 6 Epiphany   National
Second Thursday in January   Lavagem do Bonfim Salvador Bahia
Second Sunday in January   Senhor Bom Jesus dos Navegantes Penedo Alagoas
January 24 - February 2   NS de Nazaré Nazaré Bahia
February 2   Festa de Iemanjá Salvador Bahia
February   Grande Vaquejada do Nordeste Natal Rio Grande do Norte
February or March   Lavagem da Igreja de Itapoã Itapoã Bahia
February or March   Shrove Tuesday Various locations
February or March Carnaval   National
March or April Good Friday and Easter   National
Mid April   Drama da Paixão de Cristo Brejo da Madre de Cristo Pernambuco
April 21 Tiradentes   National
April or May   Festival Amazonas de Ópera Manaus
April or May   Cavalhadas Pirenópolis Goiás
May 1 Labor Day   National
Late may or early June   Divino Espiritu Santo Parati Rio de Janeiro
June Corpus Christi   National
June Festas Juninas and Bumba Meu Boi   National
June   Festival Folcórico do Amazonas Manaus Amazonas
June 24   São João Cachoeira and others Paraíba
June/July   Pacote Festival de Parintins Parintins
July   Festa do Divino Diamantina Minas Gerais
July   Regata de Jangadas Dragão do Mar Fortaleza Ceará
August 15   Festa de Iemanjá Fortaleza Ceará
Mid August   Festa da NS de Boa Morte Cachoeira Bahia
September   Festival de Cirandas Itamaracá Pernambuco
September   Cavalhada Caeté Minas Gerais
September 7 Independence Day   National
September 8 Festa de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios Paraty
October 1 Our Lady of Aparecida   National
October 12   Festa de NS Aparecida Aparecida São Paulo
Second Sunday of October on   Cirio de Nazaré Belém Pará
Second half of October   NS do Rosário Cachoeira Bahia
November 1 - 2   Festa do Padre Cicero Juazeiro do Norte Ceará
November 2 All Souls Day   National
November   NS do Ajuda Cachoeira Bahia
November 15 Proclamation Day   National
December 8 Festa do NS da Conção Navidad   National
December 8   Festa de Iemanjá Belem Parã and João Pessoa Paraíba
December 25 Christmas Day Navidad   National

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