Date
2008 |
Occasion |
January 1 |
Independence
Day/New Year's Day |
January 2 |
Ancestry
Day |
January 6 |
Epiphany |
February 19 - 21 |
Carnival |
March 21 |
Good Friday |
April 14 |
Pan-American Day /
Bastilla's Day |
May
1 |
Labour Day & Ascension Day |
May
18 |
Flag & University Day |
May 22 |
Corpus
Christi |
August 15 |
Assumption
of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
October
17 |
Death of
Jean-Jacques Dessalines |
October
24 |
United
Nations Day |
November
1 |
All
Saints Day |
November
2 |
All Soul's Day |
November
18 |
Vertières
Day or Armed Forces Day |
December
25 |
Christmas
Day |
|
*These
may not be public holidays
Carnival lasts a week but only the one day is an official
holiday. Many businesses may be closed Monday through Wednesday.
Weekend Sunday |
