Panama Holidays
Holidays in Panama - Lot's of em and Lot's of fun!
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Holidays
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2003
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2004
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2005
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| New
Year's Day |
January
1 |
January
1 |
January
1 |
| Dia
de los Tres Reyes Magos |
January
6 |
January
6 |
January
6 |
| Martyr's
Day |
January
9 |
January
9 |
January
9 |
| Carnival¹ |
March
3 and 4 |
February
23 and 24 |
February
5 to 8 |
| Ash
Wednesday² |
March
5 |
February
25 |
February
9 |
| Dia
de los Maestros |
March
11 |
March
11 |
March
11 |
| Good
Friday |
April
18 |
April
9 |
March
25 |
| Easter³ |
April
20 |
April
11 |
March
27 |
| Labor
Day |
May
1 |
May1 |
May
1 |
| Dia
del Padre |
June
16 |
June
16 |
June
16 |
| Anniversary
of the Founding of Panama City |
August
15 |
August
15 |
August
15 |
| Children's
Day |
November
1 |
November
1 |
November
1 |
| All
Souls' Day |
November
2 |
November
2 |
November
2 |
| Anniversary
of Separation from Colombia |
November
3 |
November
3 |
November
3 |
| Flag
Day |
November
4 |
November
4 |
November
4 |
| Colon
Day (Colon only) |
November
5 |
November
5 |
November
5 |
| Anniversary
of the First Call for Independence |
November
10 |
November
10 |
November
10 |
| Anniversary
of Independence from Spain |
November
28 |
November
28 |
November
28 |
| Mother's
Day |
December
8 |
December
8 |
December
8 |
| Christmas
Eve |
December
24 |
December
24 |
December
24 |
| Christmas
Day*¹ |
December
25 |
December
25 |
December
25 |
| New
Year's Eve |
December
31 |
December
31 |
December
31 |
¹ Carnival takes place one week before the beginning of
Lent. Mainly a Catholic observance.
² Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, the time of penance, reflection
and fasting. Mainly observed in the Catholic church, Ash Wednesday occurs 40
days before Easter.
³ Easter, a Christian holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
is the first Sunday after the full moon and the vernal equinox (fixed in the
Gregorian calendar at March 21), and often observed with Good Friday and Easter
Monday. In the West, Easter is predicted using the Gregorian calendar, while
Eastern Orthodox Christians use the much older Julian calendar, and celebrate
13 days later.
*¹ Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ. In A.D.320, Pope Julius
I fixed the date at December 25 based on the Gregorian calendar. The Orthodox
church calculates Christmas using the Julian calendar and celebrates 13 days
later on January 7.
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