Public holidays in Guatemala (Redirected from Quema del Diablo)
This is a list of public holidays in Guatemala.
Public holidays
The Guatemalan Labor Code recognizes the following dates as public holidays with paid leave (unless marked as "Bank holiday"):
Date | English Name | Local Name | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|
January 1 | New Year's Day | Año Nuevo | The celebration of the first day of the Gregorian Calendar. |
March or April | Holy Week | Semana Santa | Holy Wednesday is a Bank holiday. Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday are official holidays. |
May 1 | Labour Day | Día del Trabajo | Also called International Workers' Day |
May 10 | Mother's Day | Día de la Madre | Only observed by mothers |
June 30 | Army Day | Día del Ejército | |
July 1 | Bank Holiday | Día del Empleado Bancario | The supervisory body in charge of the banking sector in Guatemala (la Superintendencia de Bancos de Guatemala) announced that bank holidays would be observed in Guatemala every year. |
August 15 | Assumption Day | Día de la Asunción | Assumption of Mary into Heaven (only in Guatemala City) |
September 15 | Independence Day | Día de la Independencia | Celebrates the Act of Independence of Central America in 1821. |
October 12 | Day of the Race | Día de la Raza | Celebrates the resistance to the European conquest of America. Bank holiday. |
October 20 | Revolution Day | Día de la Revolución | Celebrates the "Ten Years of Spring," the democratic period that began with the uprising against Jorge Ubico in 1944. |
November 1 | All Saints' Day | Día de Todos los Santos | |
December 24 | Christmas Eve | Noche Buena | From noon onward |
December 25 | Christmas | Navidad | |
December 31 | New Year's Eve | Víspera de Año Nuevo | From noon onward |
Variable | The local holiday | Usually day of a patron saint. For example, Assumption Day is celebrated in Guatemala City on August 15. |
Dates of variable holidays
- 2020
- April 9–11 – Holy Week
- June 29 – Army Day
- 2021
- April 1–3 – Holy Week
- June 30 – Army Day
- September 22 – September equinox
- December 21 – December solstice
- 2022
- March 20 – March equinox
- April 14–16 – Holy Week
- June 30 – Army Day
- December 21 – December solstice
- 2023
- March 20 – March equinox
- April 6–8 – Holy Week
- June 30 – Army Day
- 2024
- March 28–30 – Holy Week
- June 20 – June solstice
- June 30 – Army Day
- September 23 – September equinox