| New Year's Day - Friday January 1, 2021 Secular holiday : The world's most widely celebrated holiday, New Years was set on January 1 by Julius Caesar because that was the date the Roman consuls took over their duties. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| School holidays - Saturday January 1, 2022 School holidays : Www.argentina.gob.ar
calendars gazetted by the respective Departments of Education
Each province carries its own specific set of holidays, please scroll on the concerned province
Number of teaching days: 187
PISA ranking (average 493): 475
Schooling is mandatory till age 16
average number of instructional hours per year in lower secondary education: 1370
many schools operate on Saturday
school uniforms are generally worn
University of Buenos Aires ranking: Times Higher Education #--/QS ranking #75/Shanghai #151-200
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| Epiphany - Thursday January 6, 2022 cards/flowers :
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| Valentine's Day - Sunday February 14, 2021 cards/flowers : Introduced by Pope Gelasus in 498, perhaps in response to a local Roman tradition of lovers writing their names on an urn in February
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| Carnival - Monday February 15, 2021 Secular holiday : The Gualeguaychu Carnival: dressed in colorful suits, groups of people are dancing. Bands of street musicians (Murgas) participate in giant parades or Corsos . from 2011 onwards
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| Carnival - Tuesday February 16, 2021 Secular holiday : The Gualeguaychu Carnival: groups of people dance dressed in colorful suits. Murgas bands of street musicians participate in giant parades or Corsos. from 2011 onwards
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| Daylight Saving Time - Sunday March 21, 2021 Special Events :
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| National day of the Memory by the Truth and Justice - Wednesday March 24, 2021 Secular holiday : Commemoration of the 1976 coup that ushered in the last dictatorship of the country. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Optional holiday - Sunday March 28, 2021 Jewish : Jewish Easter for the Jewish community only
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| Maundy Thursday - Thursday April 1, 2021 Catholic or protestant : Maundy Thursday: Commemorates the Last Supper when Jesus instituted the Holy Eucharist (Lord's Supper).
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| Maundy Thursday - Thursday April 1, 2021 cards/flowers :
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| Good Friday - Friday April 2, 2021 Catholic or protestant : The First Council of Nicaea (a gathering of bishops in the early days of Christianity) wanted to find a day to commemorate the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ.
This commemoration had to be linked to Jewish holiday traditions, since the last supper of Christ was believed to be a Jewish Passover meal. But the Jewish calendar is based on lunar and solar cycles, so the Easter celebration had to follow the same calendar.
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| Malvinas Day - Friday April 2, 2021 Secular holiday : Veterans Day and tribute to the fallen in the Malvinas War Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday Used to be celebrated on June 10 until 2004.
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| Passover - Saturday April 3, 2021 cards/flowers : Deliverance of the Jewish people from Egypt. The Seder service on the first two evenings recounts the story of the Exodus NOT a public holiday
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| Motorcycle Grand Prix - Sunday April 11, 2021 Sports events : Https://www.motogp.com/ 2021 edition confirmed (provided the Covid epidemics is stopped)
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| Optional holiday - Saturday April 24, 2021 Secular holiday : Commemoration of the 1915 genocide in Turkey for the Armenian community only
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