Holidays in Philippines

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Holiday ListPhilippines - 2013

Date Week Day Name

January - 01 Tuesday New Year's Day

February - 25 Monday People Power Day

March - 28 Thursday Maundy Thursday

March - 29 Friday Good Friday

April - 09 Tuesday Day of Valor

May - 01 Wednesday Labor Day

June - 12 Wednesday Independence Day

August - 09 Friday Eidul Fitr

August - 21 Wednesday Ninoy Aquino Day

August - 26 Monday National Heroes' Day

October - 15 Tuesday Eidul Adha

November - 01 Friday All Saints Day

November - 02 Saturday Special Non-working Holiday November - 30 Saturday Bonifacio Day

December - 24 Tuesday Special Non-working Holiday

December - 25 Wednesday Christmas Day

December - 30 Monday Rizal Day

December - 31 Tuesday New Year's Eve

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Holidays in Philippines New Year'sDay

New Year's Day is the first day of the new year. On the modern Gregoriancalendar, it is celebrated on January 1. Almost all countries use the Gregoriancalendar as their main calendar.

People Power Day

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(Araw ngPeoplePower )

1986) was a series of nonviolent and prayerful mass street demonstrations in thePhilippines that occurred in 1986.

Day of Valour

(Araw ngKagitingan)

Araw ng Kagitingan ("Day of Valour") is a national holiday in the Philippineswhich commemorates the fall of Bataan during World War II. It falls annually on

April 9.

MaundyThursday(HuwebesSanto)

Maundy Thursday, also known as Holy Thursday, Covenant Thursday, Great &Holy Thursday, and Thursday of Mysteries, is the Christian feast or holy dayfalling on the Thursday before Easter that commemorates the Last Supper of JesusChrist with the Apostles. It is the fifth day of Holy Week, and is preceded by HolyWednesday and followed by Good Friday. The date is always between 19 Marchand 22 April inclusive.

Good Friday(Biyernes

Santo)

Good Friday, also known as Holy Friday, Black Friday, Great Friday, is areligious holiday observed primarily by Christians commemorating the crucifixion

of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary. The holiday is observed during HolyWeek as part of the Paschal Triduum on the Friday preceding Easter Sunday.

Labor Day(Araw ngManggagawa)

Labour Day or Labor Day is an annual holiday to celebrate the economic andsocial achievements of workers.

IndependenceDay(Araw ngKasarinlan)

Independence Day (Araw ng Kalayaan) is an annual national holiday observed onJune 12, commemorating the Philippine Declaration of Independence from Spainon June 12, 1898. It is the National Day of the Philippines.

Ninoy Aquino

Day(Araw ngKabayanihanni NinoyAquino)

It is a national holiday in the Philippines celibrate annually on August 21.This is aSpecial Non-Working Holiday in reference to the Republic Act 9256,datedFebruary 25, 2004. This day celibrate in order to commemorate the deathanniversary of former Senator Benigno Ninoy S. Aquino, Jr. Benigno "Ninoy"Aquino, Jr. treated as the hero of democracy in the country.

NationalHeroes Day(Araw ng mgaBayani)

National Heroes' Day (Araw ng mga Bayani) is a national holiday in thePhilippines. This day celebrate in honour of the national heroes,who fight for thefreedom Another aim of this day,to encourage the younger generation to emulatethe character of those who have fought for and made the country proud.

Eid ul Fitr

(Wakas ngRamadan)

Eid ul-Fitr (Id-ul-Fitr),also called as Eid.It is Muslim holiday that celibrates on the

completion of Ramadan. the Islamic holy month of fasting. The date of Eid ul-Fitr always get changed according to the Islamic calendar. Eid is an Arabic wordmeaning "festivity", while Fitr means "to break the fast" and so the holidaysymbolizes the breaking of the fasting period.

Eid-al-Adha(Araw ng Pag-alay)

Eid al-Adha "Festival of Sacrifice" or "Greater Eid" is a Muslim Holidaycelebrated by Muslims, worldwide to commemorate the willingness of Ibrahim tosacrifice his son Ismael as an act of obedience to God. Eid al-Adha annually falls


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on the 10th day of the month of Dhul Hijja of the Islamic calendar. This day comeapproximately 70 days after the end of the month of Ramadan.

All Saints Day(Undas/Todos

los Santos)

The Todos Los Santos day also know as All Saints Day, sometimes known as AllHallows or Hallowmas. This day celebrated in the honour of all the saints, known

and unknown. All Saints is also a Christian formula invoking all the faithful saintsand martyrs, known or unknown. This day celibrate on 1 st November.

Bonifacio Day(Kaarawan niBonifacio)

Andres Bonifacio Day is a national holiday.This day celibrates in honour of therenational hero Andres Bonifacio. Andres Bonifacio's birthday on November 30,sothis day celebrated as Bonifacio Day and is a public holiday in the Philippines.

Christmas(Araw ngPasko)

Birth of Jesus celibrated as the Christmas.It is annual holiday celibrated onDecember 25. Christmas in Indonesia is a popular festival Although Indonesia is

predominantly a Muslim country, it is a national holiday for Christmas inIndonesia.

Rizal Day(Araw ngKabayanihanni Dr. JosRizal )

Rizal Day is celibrated 30th December of every year, it is national holidays in thePhilippines. This day is celibrated in honor of the death of a hero named JosRizal who was killed on December 30, 1896. During Rizal Day there are paradeswith decorated floats, bands and marching organizations.

New Year'sEve(Bisperas ngBagongTaon).

Celebration of New Year's Eve; created as "filler" holiday between Rizal Day and New Year's Day.

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