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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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