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Venezuelan HolidaysVarious public & national holidays observed in Venezuela |
| sitesworld.comDate | Local Name | English Name | Remarks |
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| January 1 | Día de Año Nuevo | New Year's Day | Beginning of the Civil Year |
| January 6 | Día de Reyes | Epiphany | Christian feast, the visit of the three Magi to Jesus. Also Sports day |
| February 12 | Día de la Juventud | Youth Day | Commemorates the patriotic victory in the 1814 Battle of La Victoria led by rebel youth militias and patriots under Jose Felix Ribas |
| February 20 | Dia de la Federacion | Federation Day | Marks the start of the 4 year long Federal War |
| Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday | Carnaval | Carnival | - |
| March 8 | Dia Internacional de la Mujer | International Women's Day | - |
| From Palm Sunday to Easter (movable) | Semana Santa | Holy Week | Religious holiday marking the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. |
| March 19 | Día de San José | Saint Joseph's Day | In honor of Saint Joseph |
| April 19 | Diez y nueve de abril | Beginning of the Independence Movement, 19th April Day | Declaration of a local junta in Caracas on 19 April 1810, launching the First Republic of Venezuela and the start of the independence struggle, the first Junta in Latin America as a whole |
| May 1 | Día del Trabajador | Labor Day | |
| May 3 | Día del Cruz del Mayo | Fiesta de las Cruces | Honors the Holy Cross of May in the states of Miranda and Aragua as its patrons |
| Second Sunday of May (movable) | Dia de las Madres | Mother's Day | Honors all mothers |
| May 25 | Dia del Himno Nacional | National Anthem Day | Not a public holiday. Honors the Venezuelan National Anthem, Gloria al Bravo Pueblo, on the day of the 1881 presidential decree conferring its official status as the national anthem. |
| June 24 | Batalla de Carabobo | Battle of Carabobo | Key battle in the Venezuelan War of Independence; tagged also as Army Day |
| July 5 | Cinco de julio | Independence Day | Signing of the Venezuelan Declaration of Independence marking the birth of the first independent nation of South America, also Armed Forces Day |
| July 24 | Natalicio del Libertador , Dia de la Armada Nacional | Birth of Simón Bolívar, Navy Day | This day honors the 1783 birth of Simon Bolivar, also tagged as Navy Day honoring the Battle of Lake Maracaibo of 1823. |
| August 3 | Día de la Bandera | Flag Day | Previously, in Venezuela the Flag Day was celebrated on March 12. In 2006, it was designated August 3 in honor of the disembarkment of Francisco de Miranda in La Vela de Coro, 1806. |
| September 8 | Dia del Virgen del Valle, aparicion del Virgen del Coromoto | Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary and feasts of the Virgen del Valle and Our Lady of Coromoto | Honors the birth of Mary, the Blessed Virgin, and who, as Our Lady of Coromoto, whose picture was first seen on this day in 1562 after a second apparition, is since 1942, Patroness of Venezuela. Also the feast of the Patroness of the Bolivarian Armada of Venezuela, the Virgin of the Valley (Virgen del Valle), venerated and honored in the state of Nueva Esparta. |
| October 12 | Día de la Resistencia Indígena | Day of Indigenous Resistance | Previously, in Venezuela the holiday was called Día de la Raza , commemorating the arrival of Christopher Columbus to the Americas. Now honors the heroes of the anti-Spanish resistance of the indigenous peoples of Venezuela. |
| November 1 | Día de Todos los Santos | All Saints Day | - |
| November 2 | Día de los fieles difuntos | All Souls Day | - |
| November 17 to November 19 | Feria de la Chinita | Feria of La Chinita | Only in the state of Zulia; celebrating the miracle of Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá. |
| December 8 | Inmaculada Concepción | Immaculate Conception | Celebrating the preservance of Mary, the mother of Jesus from the original sin by the Grace of God. |
| December 10 | Dia de la Aviacion Militar | Venezuelan Air Force Day | Air Force Day honoring the founding of the Venezuelan Air Force and its Air Force Academy in Maracay on this day in 1920. |
| December 17 | Aniversario de la muerte de Libertador Simon Bolivar | Simon Bolivar Memorial Day | Honoring Simon Bolivar's demise on this day in 1830. As the nation's liberator died that day, the Flag of Venezuela is flown half mast nationwide in his honor and a moment of silence observed in commemorative events held that day. |
| December 24 | Nochebuena | Christmas Eve | The eve of the birth of Jesus ( Divino Niño ). |
| December 25 | Navidad | Christmas | The day of the birth of Jesus ( Divino Niño ), commemorated by all Venezuelans. |
| December 31 | Nochevieja | New Year's Eve | Final day of the Civil Yearsitesworld.com |