Public holidays in Panama

Public holidays in Panama include:

Holidays

Panama's national public holidays are:

• January 1 New Year's Day
• January 9 Martyrs' Day
• Carnival Tuesday before Ash Wednesday
• Maundy Thursday
• Good Friday
• May 1 Labour Day
• November 3 Separation Day
• November 4 Flag Day -Observed only by Public Agencies and all schools. Not a holiday for the private sector.
• November 5 Colon Day
• November 10 "Primer Grito de Independencia de la Villa de Los Santos" celebrating The Gesture of Rufina Alfaro and the uprising in the Villa de Los Santos against Spain.
• November 28 Independence Day (from Spain, 1821)
• December 8 Mother's Day
• December 20 National Mourning Day
• December 25 Christmas Day

Variable dates

Fiestas Patrias (National Holidays)

The holidays in November (starting from Separation Day), are called the Fiestas Patrias ("National Holidays").

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