Holiday Calendar for Brazil in June
Brazil is the world’s fifth largest country by both population and geographical area. The country’s motto is “Ordem e Progresso”, meaning “order and progress”. 
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June 2024
Sunday 9 June - Day of the Apostle of Brazil José di Ansieta (national holiday of Brazil)
Wednesday 12 June - Dia dos Namorados in Brazil (or Brazilian Valentine's Day)
Tuesday 18 June - National Day of Japanese Immigration in Brazil (Dia da Imigraçăo Japonesa)
Sunday 23 June - International Women in Engineering Day (National Women in Engineering Day was launched for the first time in the UK on 23 June 2014 by the Women’s Engineering Society (WES) to celebrate its 95th anniversary. Since that launch in 2014 the day has grown enormously over the subsequent years to the point where it received UNESCO patronage in 2016. In 2017, National Women in Engineering Day became international for the first time due to the interest and enthusiasm developed by the international audience and participants in the previous years)
Thursday 27 June - Mixed Race Day in Brazil (Dia do Mestiço); International Day of Deafblind Persons
Saturday 29 June - Oil Worker's Day in Brazil (Dia do Engenheiro de Petróleo)
July 2024
Tuesday 9 July - Constitutional Revolution Day in Sao Paulo, Brazil (Dia da Revoluçăo Constitucionalista)
Friday 26 July - Grandparents Day in Brazil (Dia dos avós)
August 2024
Saturday 3 August - Capoeira Day in Brazil (Capoeira is a Brazilian national martial art that combines elements of dance, acrobatics, games and is accompanied by national Brazilian music)
Sunday 11 August - Father's Day in Brazil and Samoa (celebrated on the second Sunday in August)
Friday 23 August - Brazilian Naval Aviation Day (Dia do aviador naval)
Sunday 25 August - Soldier's Day in Brazil (Dia do Soldado)
September 2024
Saturday 7 September - Brazil Independence Day (celebrates the independence of Brazil from Portugal in 1822)
Friday 13 September - Beginning of the Week of Remembrance of the Farropiglia Revolution in Brazil; National Cachaça Day in Brazil; Farrupilla Week in Brazil (in honor of the movement from 1835 to 1845, known as the Farrupilla Revolution, which ended in the victory of the leaders of Gauchos)
Sunday 15 September - Founding Day of Jaguariaiva Municipality in Brazil (1823, Ponta Grossa [1855, state of Parana], Barra do Garsas [1914, state of Mato Grosso], Limeira [1826] and Avare [1861, state of São Paulo])
Saturday 21 September - Arbor Day in Brazil; International Day of Struggle against Monoculture Tree Plantations
October 2024
Saturday 12 October - Children's Day in Brazil (Nossa Senhora Aparecida); Agronomist Engineer Day in Brazil
November 2024
Saturday 2 November - All Souls' Day (Roman Catholic Church and Anglican Communion)
Saturday 9 November - Model Day and National Hotel Day in Brazil (Dia do Manequim and Dia Nacional do Hoteleiro)
Saturday 16 November - National Ostomy Patient Support Day in Brazil (Dia Nacional dos Ostomizados)
Tuesday 19 November - Brazil Flag Day (The current design of the national flag was officially adopted by Brazil on November 19, 1889)
Wednesday 27 November - Brazil Labor Safety Day (Dia do Técnico de Segurança do Trabalho); Occupational Safety Engineer Day in Brazil (Dia do Engenheiro de Segurança do Trabalho)
Saturday 30 November - Argentine-Brazilian Friendship Day (in Portuguese : Dia da Amizade Argentino-Brasileira or Día de la Amistad Argentino-Brasileña)
December 2024
Sunday 8 December - Festa da Conceição da Praia in El Salvador (celebrating Yemanjá, Queen of the Ocean in Umbanda, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil)
Tuesday 10 December - Clown Day in Brazil (In Brazil, they call it dia Internacional do palhaço)
Wednesday 11 December - Engineer's Day in Brazil (11 December 1933 Day that the Law 23.659 regulated the Engineer, Architect and Surveyor professions)
Friday 13 December - Sailor's Day in Brazil; Engineer Appraiser and Engineering Expert Day in Brazil
Tuesday 31 December - Festa de Imanja in Brazil (A celebration that stems from Umbanda, an Afro-Brazilian religion, gives thanks to Iemanja, the mother of the waters and all of the gods and goddesses); New Year’s Eve
January 2025
Wednesday 1 January - Itaú Unibanco Holding Day; Universal Confraternization Day in Brazil; New Year’s Day
Monday 20 January - Day of St. Sebastian in Rio de Janeiro (is celebrated with big festive processions that usually pass the streets of Tijuca, the Center, and the Glory)
Friday 31 January - Environmental Engineer Day in Brazil (Dia do Engenheiro Ambiental)
February 2025
Sunday 2 February - Our Lady of Navigators in Brazil (it is the official day of Iemanja and celebrations take place throughout the city)
Friday 28 February - Carnival in Rio de Janeiro (While carnival is found throughout Brazil, Rio’s carnival is one of the biggest, most vibrant and electric to be found)
March 2025
April 2025
Tuesday 1 April - Day of lies in Brazil and Portugal (Dia da lieira)
Thursday 10 April - Metallurgist Engineer Day in Brazil; Military Engineer Day and Engineering Day in Brazil
Thursday 17 April - Peasant Struggle Day in Brazil (established in 1996 in memory of repressions against the Landless Movement)
Saturday 19 April - Brazilian Army Day (Dia do Indio or Dia do Exército); Indian Day in Brazil; Holy Saturday
Monday 21 April - Tiradentes' Day in Brazil (Joaquim José da Silva Xavier known as Tiradentes)
Tuesday 22 April - Discovery Day in Brazil (Dia do Descobrimento do Brasil)
May 2025
Monday 12 May - Mother’s Day (Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bonaire, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Dem. Rep., Congo, Rep., Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, Germany, Gabon, Gambia, Greenland, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Macau, Malaysia, Malta, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Slovakia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Vietnam, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe)
Tuesday 13 May - Pretos Veljos Festival in Brazil (or Preto Velho, anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the country)
Monday 19 May - Festa do Divino in Paraty, Brazil (in the south of the Rio de Janeiro state. The week-long celebration happens 50 days after Easter and is one of the most important folkloric festivals in the area)
Friday 30 May - Corpus Christi (Held on the Thursday after the Trinity. Monaco, Trinidad and Tobago, Austria, Venezuela)
About some brazilian traditions
Brazil has been the world’s largest exporter of coffee for more than 150 years. Brazilians tend to be deeply passionate about football. Samba lies at the soul of Brazilian music, representing the country unlike any other genre.
Nearly two-thirds of the rainforest is located in Brazil and in cities like Manaus, which straddles the border of the forest, the Amazon plays an important role in tourism and supply.
Tours of Brazil’s shanty towns, or “favelas”, have become popular tourist attractions in recent years. Rio de Janeiro, as well as other cities, do have favelas. The actual percentage of the population that lives in favelas is 6%.
Nearly two-thirds of the rainforest is located in Brazil and in cities like Manaus, which straddles the border of the forest, the Amazon plays an important role in tourism and supply.
Tours of Brazil’s shanty towns, or “favelas”, have become popular tourist attractions in recent years. Rio de Janeiro, as well as other cities, do have favelas. The actual percentage of the population that lives in favelas is 6%.
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Jefferson Davis’ birthday in Alabama
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World Environment Day
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World Oceans Day
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World Day Against Child Labour
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International Albinism Awareness Day
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Flag Day and Army Birthday in the United States
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Robert La Follette Sr. Day in Wisconsin
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World Blood Donor Day
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Elder Abuse Awareness Day in Ohio
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World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
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International Day of Family Remittances
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Bunker Hill Day in Massachusetts
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World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
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Emancipation Day in Texas (Juneteenth)
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International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
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Juneteenth National Freedom Day in Ohio
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Summer Solstice (International Day of the Celebration of the Solstice)
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West Virginia Day
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World Refugee Day
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Go Skateboarding Day
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International Day of Yoga
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International Widows’ Day
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United Nations Public Service Day
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Day of the Seafarer
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International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
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United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
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Helen Keller Day
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Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day
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South Carolina Day
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International Day of the Tropics
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