National Holidays in Tarija in 2023
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: New Year's Day
- New Year's Day is a public holiday in all countries that observe the Gregorian calendar, with the exception of Israel
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: Plurinational State Foundation Day
- Known in Spanish as 'Día del Estado Plurinacional', it celebrates the adoption of a new constitution in 2010
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: Carnival Monday
- The Carnival is an annual festival held in several countries in Latin America and the Caribbean in the days before Ash Wednesday
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: Carnival Tuesday
- Carnival Tuesday, also known as Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday, takes place on the day before Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent
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: Good Friday
- Good Friday occurs on the Friday before Easter. The day commemorates the Crucifixion of Jesus.
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: Public Holiday
- The city of Tarija commemorates the Batalla de la Tablada which was fought on April 15th 1817.
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: Labour Day
- This holiday is most commonly associated as a commemoration of the achievements of the labour movement
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: Corpus Christi
- The Feast of Corpus Christi is a Catholic festival celebrated on the second Thursday after Whitsun
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: Andean New Year
- Traditional date of Aymara New Year and the winter solstice. Declared official holiday in 2010
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: Independence Day
- This is Bolivia's National day. It commemorates independence from Spain in 1825
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: All Souls' Day
- Dedicated to the remembrance of the departed. All Souls' Day follows All Saints' Day.
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: Christmas Day
- Christmas celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which according to tradition took place on December 25th 1 BC
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