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Date
English Name
Local Name
Notes
January 1
Liberation Day
Dia de la Liberacion
The day of the victory of the
revolution
led by
Fidel Castro
in 1959 – after
Fulgencio Batista
fled the night before – which established the present government in
Cuba
.
January 2
Victory Day
Dia de la Victoria
date varies
Good Friday
Viernes Santo
[1]
Made a public holiday in 2012 at the request of
Pope Benedict XVI
, during his visit to Cuba in that year; confirmed as an annual holiday in 2013
May 1
International Workers' Day
Dia de los trabajadores
Labour Day
July 25
Day before the Commemoration of the
Assault on the Moncada Garrison
Conmemoracion del asalto a Moncada
[2]
Day before the anniversary of the assault on the Moncada Barracks.
July 26
Commemoration of the Assault on the Moncada Garrison (Official name means "Day of the National Rebellion")
Dia de la Rebeldia Nacional
[2]
The date after which the revolutionary movement (
M 26-7
) was named. In the morning of July 26, 1953, some 160 men under the command of Fidel Castro attacked the Moncada army garrison in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba's second-largest city. Although this action failed, it is seen as the beginning of the Castro-led insurrection that expelled Fulgencio Batista. There are normally two or three days of public holidays together.
July 27
Day after the Commemoration of the Assault on the Moncada Garrison
Conmemoracion del asalto a Moncada
[2]
Day after the anniversary of the assault on the Moncada Barracks.
October 10
Independence Day
Dia de la Independencia
This day in 1868,
Carlos Manuel de Cespedes
, "Father of the Homeland", gave freedom to his slaves and started the independence war against the Spanish colonial power, which led to the
Ten Years' War
.
[3]
December 25
Christmas Day
Navidad
From 1969 to 1998, Christmas was a normal working day in Cuba. Official observance of Christmas was reinstated in 1998 after
Pope John Paul II
's visit to Cuba.
References
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edit
]
Cuba portal
^
"Recesan las actividades laborales el viernes 18 de abril"
.
Granma
(in Spanish). 15 April 2014
. Retrieved
13 January
2022
.
^
a
b
c
"Fiestas y dias festivos en Cuba"
.
VisitarCuba
(in Spanish)
. Retrieved
3 March
2015
.
^
"Independence Day in Cuba in 2021"
.
Office Holidays
. Retrieved
January 5,
2021
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