Day of respect for cultural diversity around the world in 2025

Day of respect for cultural diversity around the world in 2025
  How long until Day of respect for cultural diversity?
Day of respect for cultural diversity
  Dates of Day of respect for cultural diversity around the world
2026 Various Oct 12
ArgentinaMon, Oct 12National Holiday
ChileMon, Oct 12National Holiday
ColombiaMon, Oct 12National Holiday
UruguayMon, Oct 12National Holiday
VenezuelaMon, Oct 12National Holiday
2025 Various Oct 12, Oct 13
ArgentinaMon, Oct 13National Holiday
ChileMon, Oct 13National Holiday
ColombiaMon, Oct 13National Holiday
UruguaySun, Oct 12National Holiday
VenezuelaMon, Oct 13National Holiday
2024 Various Oct 12, Oct 14
ArgentinaSat, Oct 12National Holiday
ChileSat, Oct 12National Holiday
ColombiaMon, Oct 14National Holiday
UruguaySat, Oct 12National Holiday
VenezuelaSat, Oct 12National Holiday
2023 Various Oct 9, Oct 12, Oct 13, Oct 16
Argentina Oct 13, Oct 16
ArgentinaMon, Oct 16National Holiday
ArgentinaFri, Oct 13National Holiday (additional day)
ChileMon, Oct 9National Holiday
ColombiaMon, Oct 16National Holiday
UruguayMon, Oct 16National Holiday
VenezuelaThu, Oct 12National Holiday
2022 Various Oct 7, Oct 10, Oct 12, Oct 17
Argentina Oct 7, Oct 10
ArgentinaMon, Oct 10National Holiday
ArgentinaFri, Oct 7National Holiday
ChileMon, Oct 10National Holiday
ColombiaMon, Oct 17National Holiday
UruguayMon, Oct 10National Holiday
VenezuelaWed, Oct 12National Holiday
  Summary

Honors the indigenous people of the Americas on the date when Columbus first set foot in the Americas

  Which countries observe Day of respect for cultural diversity in 2025?
National Holiday Regional Holiday Not a public holiday Govt Holiday

When is this holiday?

The date of Columbus' arrival in the Americas is celebrated in Central and South America as the Día de la Raza ("day of the race"), commemorating the first encounters of Europe and Native Americans. It is a celebration of the diversity among Native Americans and Europeans.

The day commemorates the date when Christopher Columbus first set foot in the Americas. In the USA it is observed on the Second Monday in October.

Columbus' voyages across the Atlantic Ocean initiated the European exploration and colonization of the Americas.

While the first voyage in 1492 was immensely significant, Columbus did not actually reach the American mainland until his 3rd voyage in 1498. Instead, while trying to find a sea route to India, he made landfall on an island in the Bahamas that he named San Salvador.

He was also not the earliest European explorer to reach the Americas, with the indisputable evidence of Norsemen having reached the mainland of North America centuries before.

The day was first celebrated in Argentina in 1917, Venezuela in 1921, Chile in 1923, Colombia in 1921, and Mexico in 1928.

The Day of the Race

The term “La Raza” is believed to have been coined by Spanish minister Faustino Rodríguez-San Pedro, who, as president of the Ibero-American Union, initiated the first celebration in 1914 under the name “Feast of the Race”. In the 1925 book, La Raza Cósmica, which was written by the Mexican writer José Vasconcelos, he states his view that a continuous mixing of races had begun in the Latin world, which would result in a new race.

This concept is considered offensive to the indigenous community, for many believe that it forces the Hispanic heritage unto them. Due to the controversy surrounding the word “La Raza”, some countries like Venezuela have coined the term “Día de la Resistencia Indígena” to highlight the resistance of the Indigenous people and their refusal to yield to the imposition of European culture.


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