Bolivia Holidays and Festivals

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Holidays and Festivals in Bolivia

Date	Holiday	Festival - Fiesta de	Location
January 1	New Year Año Nuevo		National
January 24		Alasitas	La Paz
February 2		Virgen de la Candelaria	Copacabana
February or March	Carnaval and La Diablada		Oruro La Paz and other locations
February or March	Carnaval		Santa Cruz
February 22	Local Holiday		Oruro
March or April	Good Friday and Easter Semana Santa		National
Second Sunday in March		Phuyllay	Tarabuco
April 15	Local Holiday		Tarija
May 1	Dia de los Trabajadores Labor Day		National
May 25	Local Holiday		Chuquisaca
Late May or early June		El Gran Poder	La Paz
July 16	Local Holiday		La Paz
July 31		Santo Patron de Moxos	San Ignacio de Moxoz
August 5	Nuestra Señora de Copacabana		Copacabana
August 5 -7	Dias de la Independencia		National
August 10 - 13		San Lorenzo	San Lorenzo
August 15 - 18		Virgen de Urcupiña	Quillacollo
Late August		Chu'tillos	Potosí
First week of September		San Roque	Tarija
September 14	Local Holiday		Cochabamba
September 24	Local Holiday		Santa Cruz and Pando
October 12	Columbus Day Dia de la Raza		National
November 1	Dia de Todos los Santos All Saints Day		National
November 2	Dia de los Muertos All Souls Day		National
November 18	Local Holiday		Beni
December 25	Christmas Day Navidad		National

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