MOBILE VERSION Holiday Calendar for Guyana
Guyana is often considered part of the Caribbean region because of its strong cultural, historical, and political ties with other Anglo-Caribbean countries and the Caribbean Community. Guyana is the only South American nation in which English is the official language.
National traditions, public holidays and notable observances for 2019-2020 year
April 2019May 2019Sunday 5 May - Indian Arrival Day in GuyanaSunday 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)Sunday 26 May - Guyana Independence Day (celebrates the independence of Guyana from the United Kingdom in 1966)July 2019Monday 1 July - CARICOM Day in Guyana (celebrated on the first Monday in July)August 2019Thursday 1 August - Emancipation Day in Barbados, Bermuda, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica (Celebration of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 which ended the slavery in the British Empire, generally celebrated as a part of Carnival, as the Caribbean Carnival takes place at this time)September 2019Tuesday 10 September - Amerindian Heritage Day in GuyanaOctober 2019December 2019Thursday 26 December - Boxing Day in Fiji, The Bahamas, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Samoa..January 2020February 2020Sunday 23 February - Mashramani-Republic Day (Guyana); Mashramani Festival in Guyana (From the children smiling as all eyes are on them during the parade, to the beautifully crafted floats and beaded costumes, this is not a festival to miss if you plan on visiting Guyana in February)March 2020Monday 9 March - Phaghwa (or Holi Phagwa is considered as the famous Hindu spring festival and has got many names as per the region and the community like its knwon as Phaghwa in Bhojpuri and in west Bengal, it is known as Dolyatra)April 2020
Sunday 5 May - Indian Arrival Day in Guyana
Sunday 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)
Sunday 26 May - Guyana Independence Day (celebrates the independence of Guyana from the United Kingdom in 1966)
July 2019Monday 1 July - CARICOM Day in Guyana (celebrated on the first Monday in July)August 2019Thursday 1 August - Emancipation Day in Barbados, Bermuda, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica (Celebration of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 which ended the slavery in the British Empire, generally celebrated as a part of Carnival, as the Caribbean Carnival takes place at this time)September 2019Tuesday 10 September - Amerindian Heritage Day in GuyanaOctober 2019December 2019Thursday 26 December - Boxing Day in Fiji, The Bahamas, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Samoa..January 2020February 2020Sunday 23 February - Mashramani-Republic Day (Guyana); Mashramani Festival in Guyana (From the children smiling as all eyes are on them during the parade, to the beautifully crafted floats and beaded costumes, this is not a festival to miss if you plan on visiting Guyana in February)March 2020Monday 9 March - Phaghwa (or Holi Phagwa is considered as the famous Hindu spring festival and has got many names as per the region and the community like its knwon as Phaghwa in Bhojpuri and in west Bengal, it is known as Dolyatra)April 2020
Thursday 1 August - Emancipation Day in Barbados, Bermuda, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica (Celebration of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 which ended the slavery in the British Empire, generally celebrated as a part of Carnival, as the Caribbean Carnival takes place at this time)
September 2019Tuesday 10 September - Amerindian Heritage Day in GuyanaOctober 2019December 2019Thursday 26 December - Boxing Day in Fiji, The Bahamas, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Samoa..January 2020February 2020Sunday 23 February - Mashramani-Republic Day (Guyana); Mashramani Festival in Guyana (From the children smiling as all eyes are on them during the parade, to the beautifully crafted floats and beaded costumes, this is not a festival to miss if you plan on visiting Guyana in February)March 2020Monday 9 March - Phaghwa (or Holi Phagwa is considered as the famous Hindu spring festival and has got many names as per the region and the community like its knwon as Phaghwa in Bhojpuri and in west Bengal, it is known as Dolyatra)April 2020
December 2019Thursday 26 December - Boxing Day in Fiji, The Bahamas, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Samoa..January 2020February 2020Sunday 23 February - Mashramani-Republic Day (Guyana); Mashramani Festival in Guyana (From the children smiling as all eyes are on them during the parade, to the beautifully crafted floats and beaded costumes, this is not a festival to miss if you plan on visiting Guyana in February)March 2020Monday 9 March - Phaghwa (or Holi Phagwa is considered as the famous Hindu spring festival and has got many names as per the region and the community like its knwon as Phaghwa in Bhojpuri and in west Bengal, it is known as Dolyatra)April 2020
February 2020Sunday 23 February - Mashramani-Republic Day (Guyana); Mashramani Festival in Guyana (From the children smiling as all eyes are on them during the parade, to the beautifully crafted floats and beaded costumes, this is not a festival to miss if you plan on visiting Guyana in February)March 2020Monday 9 March - Phaghwa (or Holi Phagwa is considered as the famous Hindu spring festival and has got many names as per the region and the community like its knwon as Phaghwa in Bhojpuri and in west Bengal, it is known as Dolyatra)April 2020
Monday 9 March - Phaghwa (or Holi Phagwa is considered as the famous Hindu spring festival and has got many names as per the region and the community like its knwon as Phaghwa in Bhojpuri and in west Bengal, it is known as Dolyatra)
April 2020
Sunday 21 April 2019
Sunday 21 April 2019
Sunday 21 April 2019
Sunday 21 April 2019
Monday 22 April 2019
Confederate Memorial Day in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia (State holiday)
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Monday 22 April 2019
Monday 22 April 2019
Easter Monday in U.S. Virgin Islands
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Monday 22 April 2019
Environmental Awareness Day in Wisconsin
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Tuesday 23 April 2019
Wednesday 24 April 2019
Wednesday 24 April 2019
Wednesday 24 April 2019
Thursday 25 April 2019
Thursday 25 April 2019
Friday 26 April 2019
Friday 26 April 2019
Confederate Memorial Day in Florida (Local observance)
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Friday 26 April 2019
Saturday 27 April 2019
Sunday 28 April 2019
Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust
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Sunday 28 April 2019
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Monday 29 April 2019
Confederate Memorial Day in Mississippi (State holiday)
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Monday 29 April 2019
Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare
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