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Celebrate Your Wedding in Nicaragua |
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National and Local Holidays in Nicaragua
January
- New Years Day celebrated on a nationally scale on the 1st of January each year.
February
- Air Force Day held on the 1st of February in honor of the nations air force.
April
- Semana Santa 2012 - March 30th through April 9th when all of Nicaragua descends on San Juan del Sur for a long weekend.
May
- Labor Day celebrated nationally on the first 1st of May.
- Army Day held on May 27 in honor of the nations army.
- Mother's Day celebrated annually on May 30th in honor of all the mothers in world.
July
- Liberation Day/Sandinista Revolution Day celebrated on the 19th of July on a national level. It marks the day that the National Liberation Army defeated the Somoza dictatorship.
- Fiesta de Santiago celebrated on the 25th of July in Boaco, Somoto and Managua.
- Fiesta de Santa Ana celebrated on the 26th of July in Nandaime, Niquinohomo, Moyogalpa and Ometepe.
August
- Fiesta de Santo Domingo celebrated on the 1st of August in Managua.
- Fiesta de San Roque celebrated from the 8th to the 16th of August in Chinandega.
- Fiesta de Asuncion celebrated on the 14th and 15th of August in Masaya, Granada, Juigalpa, Ocotal.
September
- Battle of San Jacinto celebrated on the 14th of September on a National level. It is held on the anniversary of the battle of San Jacinto which took place in 1856.
Independence Day a national holiday held on September 15 to celebrate Central Americas declaration of Independence in 1821.
- Fiesta de San Jeronimo celebrated in Masaya and Leon on the 20th of September.
- Virgen de Mercedes celebrated on September 24th in Leon and Chinandega.
- Fiesta de San Miguel celebrated on the 29th of September in Masaya.
October
- Mes del Rosario celebrated in Granada on all Saturdays of October.
- Festividades de San Jeronimo celebrated on Sundays during October in Masaya.
- Fiesta de San Rafael celebrated on October 29 in Pueblo Nuevo.
November
- Fiesta de San Diego celebrated in Altagracia and Ometepe during November.
- All Souls Day celebrated nationally on November 2nd.
December
- Immaculate Conception celebrated nationally on December 8th and in Leon on December 7th.
- Pase de la Virgen celebrated in Granada on December 8th.
- Procesion de la Virgen de Guadalupe celebrated in Masaya on December 12.
- Fiesta de Santa Lucia celebrated in Leon on the 13th of December.
- Christmas Day celebrated nationally on December 25th.
- Dia del Nino Dios celebrated in Masaya and Esteli on December 25th.
- Fiesta de San Silvestre celebrated in Catarina on December 31st.
- New Years Eve celebrated nationally on December 31st.
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