| Optional holiday - Thursday June 3, 2021 Catholic : Corpus Cristi
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| Regional holiday - Thursday June 24, 2021 Secular holiday : in the capital city only
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| Regional holiday - Monday June 28, 2021 Secular holiday : Ilhéus Day Ilhéus only
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| Regional holiday - Wednesday June 30, 2021 Secular holiday : Porto Seguro Day Porto Seguro only
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| Bahia Independence Day (Bahia only) - Friday July 2, 2021 Secular holiday : The Siege of Salvador occurred during the Brazilian War of Independence, during which the Brazilian Army, under Pierre Labatut, attempted to capture the city of Salvador in Bahia from its Portuguese Army defenders. The siege lasted from 2 March 1822 until 2 July 1823, finally ending when the Portuguese commander, Inácio Luís Madeira de Melo, surrendered his forces to the Brazilians [Wikipedia]
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| Regional holiday - Monday July 26, 2021 Secular holiday : Dia de Senhora Santana, Saint Patron of Feira de Santana city Feira de Santana only
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| Regional holiday - Sunday August 15, 2021 Secular holiday : Porto Seguro as well
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| Independence Day - Tuesday September 7, 2021 Secular holiday : In 1807, Napoleon's army marched on Lisbon. Two days before the invasion, the Portuguese Prince Regent set sail for Brazil. On arrival, he made Rio de Janeiro the capital of the United Kingdom of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarve; Brazil became the only New World colony to serve as the seat of a European monarch. In 1822 the Prince Regent's son, who had been left behind to rule the colony when his father returned to Portugal, pulled out his sword and yelled the battle cry 'Independência ou morte!' (independence or death). Portugal was too weak to fight its favourite son, so Brazil became an independent empire without spilling a drop of blood.
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| Regional holiday - Wednesday September 8, 2021 Secular holiday : Nossa Senhora da Pena Arraial d'Ajuda and Porto Seguro only
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