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Brazil Our Lady of Aparecida Date: October 12

Brazil Celebrates Our Lady of Aparecida as a National Holiday.

Every year on October 12 more than a hundred thousand people flock to visit the National Sanctuary of Our Lady of Aparecida in Aparecida do Norte, São Paulo.

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Samoa Lotu-A-Tamaiti Date: October 12

Samoa Celebrates Lotu-A-Tamaiti is a public holiday.

The people of Samoa will celebrate its Lotu-A-Tamaiti or White Sunday on the Monday after the second Sunday of October.

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Bouk Ok Pansa: October 12

Bouk Ok Pansa is a public holiday in Laos.

“Bouk Ok Pansa” means, in Laotian, “End of the Rains Retreat”. It is the day that marks the end of the Buddhists three month retreat during the rainy season. The date changes every year, and falls on the full moon of the eleventh lunar month (October).
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Canary Islands Hispanic Day: October 12

Hispanic Day is a public holiday in the Canary Islands.

The Canary Islands are an autonomous region of Spain. They follow the same holiday calendar as the mainland Spaniards. On October 12th, they join all the Spanish communities all over the world in celebrating Hispanic Day (“Día de la Hispanidad”), otherwise known as Columbus Day or “Fiesta Nacional de España” (Spain’s National Feast).

History of Canary Islands Hispanic Day

The Hispanic identity started to be forged in October 12 of 1942 when Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americas. Most precisely to the island of Guanahany, which he named “La Española” (The Spanish). Columbus was captain of three ships: “Santa María”, the main ship, “La Niña” and “La Pinta”, two smaller ones. Creating therefore an overseas empire later united by the Spanish language.
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National Day Spain: October 12

National Day is a public holiday in Spain.

National Day in Spain commemorates Christopher Columbus’s first successful voyage to the new world in 1492. A variety of festivities take place throughout the day, with the center of the festival being long and lavish military parade through the center of Madrid.

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