Day |
Date |
Holiday |
Comment |
Sunday |
January 01 |
New Years Day |
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Friday |
January 06 |
Epiphany |
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Saturday |
January 21 |
Lady of Altagracia |
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Thursday |
January 26 |
Juan Pablo Duarte Day |
Birthday of one of the founding fathers of the Dominican Republic |
Monday |
February 27 |
Independence Day |
Autonomy From Haiti in 1844 |
Friday |
April 14 |
Good Friday |
Friday before Easter Sunday |
Sunday |
April 16 |
Easter day |
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Monday |
May 01 |
Labor day |
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Sunday |
May 28 |
Mother’s Day |
Last Sunday in May. Not a Public holiday |
Thursday |
June 15 |
Corpus Christi |
Second Thursday after Whitsun |
Sunday |
July 30 |
Father’s Day |
Last Sunday in July. Not a Public holiday |
Wednesday |
August 16 |
Restoration Day |
Commemorates the start of the war against Spain |
Sunday |
September 24 |
Our Lady of Mercedes Day |
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Monday |
November 06 |
Constitution Day |
6 November-may be moved to Monday or Friday |
Monday |
December 25 |
Christmas Day |
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