| New Year's Day - Saturday January 1, 2022 Secular holiday : The world's most widely celebrated holiday, New Years was set on January 1 by Julius Caesar because that was the date the Roman consuls took over their duties.
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| School holidays - Saturday January 1, 2022 School holidays : Www.cep.edu.uy
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Schooling is mandatory till age 15
Teaching languages: Spanish
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school uniforms required
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| Epiphany - Thursday January 6, 2022 Banks only :
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| Carnival - Monday February 15, 2021 Banks only :
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| Carnival Tuesday - Tuesday February 16, 2021 Banks only :
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| Regional holiday - Sunday February 28, 2021 Secular holiday : el Grito de Asencio y la toma de la Capilla Nueva in the Soriano district only (Mercedes)
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| Summer holiday (end) - Monday March 1, 2021 School holidays :
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| Easter holiday (beginning) - Friday March 26, 2021 School holidays :
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| Maundy Thursday - Thursday April 1, 2021 Catholic or protestant : Maundy Thursday: Commemorates the Last Supper when Jesus instituted the Holy Eucharist (Lord's Supper).
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| Good Friday - Friday April 2, 2021 Catholic or protestant : The First Council of Nicaea (a gathering of bishops in the early days of Christianity) wanted to find a day to commemorate the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. This commemoration had to be linked to Jewish holiday traditions, since the last supper of Christ was believed to be a Jewish Passover meal. But the Jewish calendar is based on lunar and solar cycles, so the Easter celebration had to follow the same calendar.
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| Passover - Saturday April 3, 2021 cards/flowers : Deliverance of the Jewish people from Egypt. The Seder service on the first two evenings recounts the story of the Exodus NOT a public holiday
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| Easter holiday (end) - Tuesday April 6, 2021 School holidays :
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| Landing of the 33 Patriots - Monday April 19, 2021 Secular holiday : In 1825. Those Orientals (exiles) were the beginners of the revolution that ended with the Declaration of Independence,in the same year
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