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NATIONAL AND LOCAL PUBLIC HOLIDAYS

Public holidays are typically carried out with great pomp and circumstance in Bolivia. Everything closes down. No one works, no one goes to school, there are no banks, and even public transportation may be hard to find. Families and friends gather, long-weekends “somewhere else” and grand events are planned, special typical foods are prepared, new dresses are fitted, hair and manicure salons brim over, long parades and hundreds of dancers fill the streets...

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A holiday is not just a day off! No no! Something truly grandiose must take place or it just wouldn’t be a holiday, would it? So is the mentality here in Santa Cruz, where preparations are made far in advance and no one says “Oh, nothing!” when you inquire about their plans!

The following public holidays are observed throughout Bolivia (dates are for 2008):

1 January. Año Nuevo.
(New Year’s Day)

4 February. Carnaval. Carnival.

21 March. Semana Santa.
(Easter - Holy Week)

1 May. Día del Trabajador. Labor Day.

22 May. Corpus Christi. Corpus Christi.

6 August. Día de la Independencia. Independence Day.

12 October. Día de la Raza. Columbus Day.

1 November. Día de los Santos Difuntos. Day of the Dead.

25 December. Navidad.
(Christmas Day)

Each of Bolivia’s nine departments has its own holiday, usually to commemorate the day on which the capital city of each department was founded.

DEPARTMENTAL HOLIDAYS

Santa Cruz 24 September
Pando 24 September
Beni 18 November
Tarija 15 April
Chuquisaca 25 May
Cochabamba 14 September
Potosí 1 April
Oruro 22 February
La Paz 16 July

In addition, many other national and worldwide holidays and special occasions, local and regional festivals, and even United Nations Holidays are observed in Bolivia.

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