Holidays and Observances in Colombia in 2008
Date | Name | Type | |
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Jan 1 | Tuesday | New Year's Day | National holiday |
Jan 6 | Sunday | Epiphany | Observance |
Jan 7 | Monday | Epiphany | National holiday |
Mar 8 | Saturday | Women's Day | Observance |
Mar 16 | Sunday | Palm Sunday | Observance, Christian |
Mar 19 | Wednesday | Saint Joseph's Day | Observance |
Mar 20 | Thursday | Maundy Thursday | National holiday, Christian |
Mar 20 | Thursday | March Equinox | Season |
Mar 21 | Friday | Good Friday | National holiday, Christian |
Mar 23 | Sunday | Easter Sunday | Observance, Christian |
Mar 24 | Monday | Saint Joseph's Day | National holiday |
Apr 23 | Wednesday | Language Day | Observance |
Apr 26 | Saturday | Secretaries' Day | Observance |
Apr 26 | Saturday | Children's Day | Observance |
Apr 29 | Tuesday | Day of Trees | Observance |
May 1 | Thursday | Labor Day / May Day | National holiday |
May 5 | Monday | Ascension Day | National holiday |
May 11 | Sunday | Mothers' Day | Observance |
May 15 | Thursday | Teacher's Day | Observance |
May 22 | Thursday | Corpus Christi | Observance |
May 26 | Monday | Corpus Christi | National holiday |
Jun 2 | Monday | Sacred Heart | National holiday |
Jun 15 | Sunday | Fathers' Day | Observance |
Jun 20 | Friday | June Solstice | Season |
Jun 29 | Sunday | Feast of Saint Peter and Saint Paul | Observance |
Jun 30 | Monday | Feast of Saint Peter and Saint Paul | National holiday |
Jul 20 | Sunday | Independence Day | National holiday |
Aug 7 | Thursday | Battle of Boyacá Day | National holiday |
Aug 15 | Friday | Assumption of Mary | Observance |
Aug 18 | Monday | Assumption of Mary | National holiday |
Sep 20 | Saturday | Valentine's Day | Observance |
Sep 22 | Monday | September Equinox | Season |
Oct 12 | Sunday | Columbus Day | Observance |
Oct 13 | Monday | Columbus Day | National holiday |
Oct 31 | Friday | Halloween | Observance |
Nov 1 | Saturday | All Saints' Day | Observance |
Nov 3 | Monday | All Saints' Day | National holiday |
Nov 11 | Tuesday | Independence of Cartagena | Observance |
Nov 14 | Friday | Colombian Women's Day | Observance |
Nov 17 | Monday | Independence of Cartagena | National holiday |
Dec 7 | Sunday | Eve of the Feast of the Immaculate Conception | Observance |
Dec 8 | Monday | Feast of the Immaculate Conception | National holiday |
Dec 21 | Sunday | December Solstice | Season |
Dec 24 | Wednesday | Christmas Eve | Observance |
Dec 25 | Thursday | Christmas Day | National holiday, Christian |
Dec 31 | Wednesday | New Year's Eve | Observance |
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