Día de la Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria (Tenerife only)
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Thursday February 2, 2023
Catholic :
Regional holiday
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Monday February 20, 2023
Secular holiday : Carnival in Tenerife: Adeje, Arafo, Arico, Arona, Candelaria, El Rosario, El Sauzal, Fasnia, Granadilla, Icod, La Guanza, La Matanza, La Orotava, La Victoria, Puerto de la Cruz, la Laguna, San Miguel, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Santa Úrsula and Tacoronte,
Regional holiday
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Tuesday February 21, 2023
Secular holiday : Carnival in Tenerife only
Regional holiday
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Tuesday February 21, 2023
Secular holiday : Carnival in Santa Cruz only
Easter holiday (beginning)
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Friday March 31, 2023
School holidays :
Maundy Thursday
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Thursday April 6, 2023
Catholic :
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.
Easter holiday (end)
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Monday April 10, 2023
School holidays :
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 .
Regional holiday
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Wednesday May 3, 2023
Secular holiday : Santa Cruz Day in Santa Cruz only
Regional elections
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Sunday May 28, 2023
Special Events :
Canary Day
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Tuesday May 30, 2023
Secular holiday : Commemorates the anniversary of the first session of the Parliament of the Canary Islands, in the city of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, held on May 30, 1983, about ten months after publication of the Statute of Autonomy of the Canary Islands.
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday June 23, 2023
School holidays :
Regional holiday
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Saturday June 24, 2023
Secular holiday : in Las Palmas only
Regional holiday
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Thursday July 6, 2023
Catholic : Bajada de la Virgen Nuestra Señora de los Reyes in El Hierro only