Public holidays in Venezuela

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The table below shows a list of the most notable holidays in Venezuela.

Date	Local Name	English Name	Remarks
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.
Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday	Carnaval	Carnival	-
From Palm Sunday to Easter	Semana Santa	Holy Week	Commemoration of the Passion and Resurrection of Christ.
March 19	Día de San José	Saint Joseph's Day	In honor of Saint Joseph
April 19	19 de abril	Beginning of the Independence Movement	Remembering the 1810 coup and start of the Venezuelan Independence
May 1	Día del Trabajador	Labour Day	-
June 24	Batalla de Carabobo	Battle of Carabobo	Ensurance of the Venezuelan Independence; tagged also as Army's Day
July 5	5 de julio	Independence Day	Signing of the Venezuelan Declaration of Independence
July 24	Natalicio del Libertador	Birth of Simón Bolívar	Also tagged as Navy's Day.
August 3	Día de la Bandera	Flag Day	Previously, in Venezuela the Flag Day was celebrated in March 12, until August 3, 2006, in honor of the disembarkation of Francisco de Miranda in La Vela de Coro, 1806.
October 12	Día de la Resistencia Indígena	Day of Indigenous Resistance	Previously, in Venezuela the holiday was called Día de la Raza, conmemorating the arrival of Christopher Columbus to the Americas.
November 1	Día de Todos los Santos	All Saints Day	-
November 17 to November 19	Feria de la Chinita	Feria of La Chinita	Only in the Zulian region; celebrating the miracle of Our Lady of Rosario 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 24	Nochebuena	Christmas Eve	Birth of Jesus (Divino Niño).
December 31	Nochevieja	New Year's Eve	Final day of the Civil Year