| 2013 Date |
Name |
Remarks |
| January 1 |
New Years Day
|
Dia Mundial da Paz |
| February 11 |
Carnival
|
Celebrated Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday |
| February 12 |
Carnival
|
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| February 13 |
Ash Wednesday
|
Unofficial |
| March 29 |
Good Friday
|
Friday before Easter Sunday |
| April 21 |
Tiradentes Day
|
Tiradentes |
| May 1 |
Labour Day
|
Dia do Trabalho |
| May 30 |
Corpus Christi
|
second Thursday after Whitsun |
| September 7 |
Independence Day
|
Declared Independence from Portugal on this date in 1822 |
| October 12 |
Lady of Aparecida
|
Holy Marys Day/Nossa Senhora da Aparecida |
| November 1 |
All Saints Day
|
Defuncts' Day |
| November 2 |
All Souls Day
|
Dia de Finados |
| November 15 |
Republic Day
|
Proclamação da República |
| November 20 |
Zumbi dos Palmares
|
Black Consciousness Day |
| December 25 |
Christmas Day
|
Natal |
National public holidays of Brazil in 2013 
