Check out the national, state, municipal holidays and optional points for 2017

Holidays 2017

 

"The year is just beginning"

Surely you must have heard that and even agreed. For don't they say that in Brazil the year only begins after Carnival? So pay attention, pay attention, people! Now you can take care to program a rest and/or even plan a trip. Have you stopped to check the calendar of holidays scheduled for 2017? By the way, the dates have already been confirmed and published by the Ministry of Planning since December last year.

Bodies and entities of the direct federal public administration, autonomous and foundational of the Executive Power must observe the dates, preserving the provision of services considered essential. The information is in Decree No. 369.

Holidays declared by state or municipal law will be observed by the offices of the direct federal public administration, autonomous and foundational, in the respective locations.

Given this information, it is time to check the upcoming dates and program yourself from now on. There are still a lot of good things ahead, especially if you are thinking of traveling.

 

Check out the list of holidays in 2017:

• January 1st (Sunday): Universal Holiday or New Year's Eve (national holiday) - The first national holiday of the year is already over, although it fell on a Sunday, remember? So it doesn't count for much.

• February 27th (Monday), Carnaval (optional day off); - has already passed

• February 28th (Tuesday), Carnival (non-working day); - has already passed

• March 1stAsh Wednesday (official holiday until 2pm); - it's already past

• April 14th (Friday), Passion of Christ (national holiday);

• April 21 (Friday), Tiradentes (national holiday);

• May 1st (Monday), Labor Day (National Holiday);

• June 15 (Thursday), Corpus Christi (City Holiday);

• September 5 (Tuesday) (Tuesday), Elevation of Amazonas to the category of province (State Holiday);

• September 7th (Thursday), Independence of Brazil (National Holiday);

• October 12th (Thursday), Nossa Senhora Aparecida (National Holiday);

• October 24 (Tuesday) (Tuesday), Anniversary of Manaus (City Holiday);

• October 28th (Saturday), Public Servant Day (holiday);

• November 02 (Thursday), Dead (national holiday);

• November 15 (Wednesday), Proclamation of the Republic (national holiday);

• November 20th (Monday), Black Consciousness (State Holiday);

• December 8th (Tuesday), Nossa Senhora da Conceição (State Holiday)

• December 25 (Monday), Christmas (National Holiday)