|
Home > Haiti Government > Haiti National Holidays Haiti National Holidays There are many official national holidays in Haiti and here there are:
Haiti Official National Holidays:
January 1: Independence Day - Haiti became independent on January 1st 1804
January 2: Ancestors' Day
May 1: Agriculture and Labor Day
May 18: Haitian Flag Day / and University Day
October 17: Anniversary of the Death of Jean-Jacques Dessalines
October 24: United Nations Day
November 1: All Saints Day
November 2: All Souls Day
November 18: Battle of Vertieres' Day
December 25: Christmas Day
We also have some other Traditional Haitian holidays whose dates vary according to the liturgical calendar of the Catholic Church:
Haitian Carnaval (Monday through Ash Wednesday)
Good Friday
Pan-American Day: April 14
Ascension Thursday
Feast of the Assumption
Corpus Christi
source: haiti.org
» Post a comment or contribute to this topic
Additional haiti history, haitian culture topic of interest:
| 
