School holidays
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Sunday January 1, 2023
School holidays : Www.educacao.ba.gov.br
calendar gazetted by the Ministry of Education
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Schooling is mandatory till age 15
Number of teaching days: 200
Average class size: more than 27
School day duration: 5:00 hours
Schools may open on Saturday
School uniforms often required
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New Year's Day
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Sunday January 1, 2023
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
Yemanjá Day
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Saturday February 4, 2023
Culture : In Salvador de Bahia Sea Goddess celebration
Summer holiday (end)
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Monday February 6, 2023
School holidays :
Carnival (first day)
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Friday February 17, 2023
School holidays :
Carnival (during 5 days from this date on)
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Friday February 17, 2023
Culture : 2023 edition confirmed
Banks close at 12:00
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Wednesday February 22, 2023
Banks only :
Carnival (last day)
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Wednesday February 22, 2023
School holidays :
Mid-Lent
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Thursday March 16, 2023
Culture : A French Middle-Age tradition, celebrated in some French villages, in the French Caribbean and in Brazil ( Micareta )
Salvador Day (Salvador only)
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Wednesday March 29, 2023
Culture :
Bank Holiday (from 13:00)
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Thursday April 6, 2023
Banks only :
Good Friday
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Friday April 7, 2023
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.
Tiradentes Day
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Friday April 21, 2023
Secular holiday : In tribute to national hero Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, a resistant in the upraise against the Portuguese. Since he was a dentist, he was nicknamed tiradentes ( tooth-puller ). He was executed in 1789. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
Labor Day/May Day
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Monday May 1, 2023
Secular holiday : Chicago, Saturday May 1st, 1886: 350,000 workers go on strike to call for an 8-hour working day. Industries are paralyzed nationwide. On Monday, as demonstrations go on, the police open fire. On Tuesday, Chicago is again on strike. Following a bomb launched against them, the police shoot again. 12 dead, of which 7 policemen. 8 anarchists will be condemned and executed. In 1889, the Socialist International Movement met in Paris and declared this day international workers' day . The Soviets will follow suit, just as the Nazis. In France, under the Vichy regime (1940-1944), the celebration is renamed Labour Day .
St Françis Xavier
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Wednesday May 10, 2023
Culture : Salvador only
Mothers' Day
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Sunday May 14, 2023
cards/flowers : Mothers day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mothers day has different origins in different countries and therefore occurs on different days in the year.
One school of thought claims that this day emerged from the custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the wife of Cronus, was held on March 15 to March 18 around Asia Minor. They insist that this custom spread around the world.
Mothering Sunday is the celebration of motherhood in the United Kingdom. It is also known as Mid-lent Sunday, Rose Sunday and Laetare Sunday. It originally comes from the Victorian practice of allowing servants to return home to visit their mothers on this day.
In the United States, Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 - October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. Howes Battle Hymn of the Republic was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862 and quickly became one of the most popular songs for the Union during the American Civil War. After the war she focused her activities on the causes of Pacifism and womens suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mothers Day, with her Mothers Day Proclamation. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson approved Mothers Day in 1914
Optional holiday
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Thursday June 8, 2023
Catholic : Corpus Cristi
Winter holiday (beginning)
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Friday June 16, 2023
School holidays :
Regional holiday
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Saturday June 24, 2023
Secular holiday : in the capital city only
Regional holiday
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Wednesday June 28, 2023
Secular holiday : Ilhéus Day Ilhéus only
Regional holiday
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Friday June 30, 2023
Secular holiday : Porto Seguro Day Porto Seguro only
Bahia Independence Day (Bahia only)
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Sunday July 2, 2023
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]
Winter holiday (end)
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Monday July 3, 2023
School holidays :
Regional holiday
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Wednesday July 26, 2023
Secular holiday : Dia de Senhora Santana, Saint Patron of Feira de Santana city Feira de Santana only