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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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