| Optional holiday - Monday February 24, 2020 Secular holiday : www.brazilcarnival.com
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| Optional holiday - Tuesday February 25, 2020 Secular holiday : Carnival
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| Optional holiday - Wednesday February 26, 2020 Catholic or protestant : Ash Wednesday
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| Optional holiday - Thursday March 26, 2020 Secular holiday : Until 14:00
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| Optional holiday - Friday April 10, 2020 Catholic or protestant :
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| Easter - Sunday April 12, 2020 Catholic or protestant : Not a paid holiday
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| Tiradentes Day - Tuesday April 21, 2020 Secular holiday : In tribute to national hero Joaquim José da Silva Xavier, a resistant in the upraise against the Portuguese. Since he was a dentist, he was nicknamed tiradentes ( tooth-puller ). He was executed in 1789. Paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday
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| Labor Day/May Day - Friday May 1, 2020 Secular holiday : Chicago, Saturday May 1st, 1886: 350,000 workers go on strike to call for an 8-hour working day. Industries are paralyzed nationwide. On Monday, as demonstrations go on, the police open fire. On Tuesday, Chicago is again on strike. Following a bomb launched against them, the police shoot again. 12 dead, of which 7 policemen. 8 anarchists will be condemned and executed. In 1889, the Socialist International Movement met in Paris and declared this day international workers' day . The Soviets will follow suit, just as the Nazis. In France, under the Vichy regime (1940-1944), the celebration is renamed Labour Day .
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