How customs and traditions are typically observed for Panama\u2019s National Public Holidays.
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Dia Feriado<\/i> is the Spanish phrase for holiday. Due to its diversity, Panama celebrates an interesting mix of cultural and religious holidays. Some provinces have their own unique celebrations, too, so be sure to check into those if you\u2019re interested!<\/p>\n
Panama may observe holidays a little differently from your home country. Here\u2019s an overview of some of the customs:<\/p>\n
Here is a list of Panama\u2019s national and public holidays for 2014.<\/p>\n
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| Weekday<\/b><\/td>\n | Date<\/b><\/td>\n | Holiday name<\/b><\/td>\n | Holiday type<\/b><\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n | ||||
| Wednesday<\/td>\n | Jan 1<\/td>\n | New Year’s Day<\/td>\n | National holiday<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Monday<\/td>\n | Jan 13<\/td>\n | Martyr\u00b4s Day<\/td>\n | National holiday<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Saturday<\/td>\n | Mar 1<\/td>\n | Carnival<\/td>\n | Observance<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sunday<\/td>\n | Mar 2<\/td>\n | Carnival<\/td>\n | Observance<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Monday<\/td>\n | Mar 3<\/td>\n | Carnival<\/td>\n | National holiday<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Tuesday<\/td>\n | Mar 4<\/td>\n | Carnival\/Shrove Tuesday<\/td>\n | National holiday<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Wednesday<\/td>\n | Mar 5<\/td>\n | Carnival\/Ash Wednesday<\/td>\n | National holiday<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Thursday<\/td>\n | Apr 17<\/td>\n | Maundy Thursday (\u00bd day)<\/td>\n | Christian, Common Local holiday<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Friday<\/td>\n | Apr 18<\/td>\n | Good Friday<\/td>\n | National holiday, Christian<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Saturday<\/td>\n | Apr 19<\/td>\n | Holy Saturday<\/td>\n | Observance, Christian<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Sunday<\/td>\n | Apr 20<\/td>\n | Easter Day<\/td>\n | Observance, Christian<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Thursday<\/td>\n | May 1<\/td>\n | Labor Day \/ May Day<\/td>\n | National holiday<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Friday<\/td>\n | Aug 15<\/td>\n | Foundation of Old Panama City<\/td>\n | Common Local holiday<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Monday<\/td>\n | Nov 3<\/td>\n | Independence Day<\/td>\n | National holiday<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Tuesday<\/td>\n | Nov 4<\/td>\n | Flag Day<\/td>\n | Common Local holiday<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Wednesday<\/td>\n | Nov 5<\/td>\n | Colon Day<\/td>\n | National holiday<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Monday<\/td>\n | Nov 10<\/td>\n | Shout in Villa de los Santos<\/td>\n | National holiday<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Friday<\/td>\n | Nov 28<\/td>\n | Independence from Spain<\/td>\n | National holiday<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Monday<\/td>\n | Dec 1<\/td>\n | Day off for Independence from Spain<\/td>\n | National holiday<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Monday<\/td>\n | Dec 8<\/td>\n | Mother\u2019s Day<\/td>\n | National holiday<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Wednesday<\/td>\n | Dec 24<\/td>\n | Christmas Eve (\u00bd day)<\/td>\n | Common Local holiday<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Thursday<\/td>\n | Dec 25<\/td>\n | Christmas Day<\/td>\n | National holiday, Christian<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Wednesday<\/td>\n | Dec 31<\/td>\n | New Year’s Eve ( \u00bd day)<\/td>\n | Common Local holiday<\/td>\n | <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" How customs and traditions are typically observed for Panama\u2019s National Public Holidays. Dia Feriado is the Spanish phrase for holiday. Due to its diversity, Panama celebrates an interesting mix of cultural and religious holidays. Some provinces have their own unique celebrations, too, so be sure to check into those if you\u2019re interested! Panama may observe […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":308,"featured_media":37901,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[6746,5337,30174,30173,30186,30182,30180,13380,30177,2150,30175,12437,30183,30172,30176,30185,30181,30178,30179,30184],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Panama\u2019s-National-Public-Holidays.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37924"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/308"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37924"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37933,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37924\/revisions\/37933"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37924"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=37924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} |