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Costa Rican Holidays

January 1st: New Year Day

April 11th: Día de Juan Santamaria*

Maundy Thursday

Good Friday

May 1st: International Workers Day

July 25th: Anexión del Partido de Nicoya**

August 2nd: Día de la Virgen de los Ángeles***

August 15th: Mother’s Day

September 15th: Independence Day

October 12: Day of the Race (Columbus Day)

December 25th: Christmas

*Día de Juan Santa María

This is a public holiday to commemorate the national hero who fought at the battle of Rivas against invader William Walker in 1856

** Anexión del Partido de Nicoya

The Anexión del Partido de Nicoya Day, celebrated on July 25th, commemorates the annexation of the province of Guanacaste to Costa Rica, which occurred in 1824 - prior to this year, Guanacaste was part of Nicaragua.

*** Día de la Virgen de los Ángeles

August 2nd each year Costa Rica celebrates it’s third most important religious holiday, The Feast Day of the Virgin de los Angeles (Christmas and Easter being the two other most important religious holidays)The banks and other government buildings are closed, as well as many businesses.This holiday is celebrated August 2nd with a pilgrimage to Cartago to the country’s principal cathedral, the Basilica de Nuestra Señora de Los Angeles, on the Feast Day of the Virgin of the Angeles.