JANUARY
Año Nuevo , Brand New Year’s Day.
DГa de los Reyes Magos or DГa de los Santos Reyes, Epiphany. In a lot of Catholic countries, it is now time for Christmas fun. Typically the youngsters receive gift suggestions about this time in place of on xmas. Considering that the Three Kings brought gifts, people change presents and children create their shoes for the magi to inside leave the presents.
Birthday of Eugenio Maria de Hostos (Puerto Rico). An educator and journalist whom fought Spanish rule that is colonial helped abolish slavery in Cuba and Puerto Rico.
Feast of Nuestra Sra. de Altagracia, or Our Lady of Highest Grace, the patron virgin associated with the Dominican Republic.
Juan Pablo Duarte Day (Dominican Republic). Commemorates the hero of Dominican self-reliance from Haiti.
Birth of José Martà (Cuba). an activist that is political self-reliance hero and poet who led the battle for Cuba’s independency from Spain.
FEBRUARY
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (Mexico). This treaty, which marked the finish associated with Mexican War, founded U.S. sovereignty over 1,193,061 square miles of previously disputed or territory that is mexican like the current states of Texas, Arizona, Ca and Utah, and areas of brand brand New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming.
Constitution Day (DГa de la Constitucion), Mexico.
Flag Day (Mexico).
Dominican Republic Independence and beginning of Dominican Carnival day. Continue reading “Significant Vacations and Festivities of Spanish-Speaking Countries”