| Official
Holidays - (Same date every Year) |
| January
1 |
Jour de l'Indépendance;
Jour De l'An - Independence Day; New Year's Day |
| January
2 |
Jour Des Aieux - National
Day of the forefathers |
| May
1 |
Fête de l'Agriculture
et du travail - Agriculture and Labor Day |
| May
18 |
Jour du Drapeau -
Flag Day |
| October
17 |
Mort de Dessalines
- Anniversary of Dessalines's death |
| November
1 |
La Toussaint - All
Saints' Day |
| November
2 |
Jour des Morts - Day
of the Dead |
| November
18 |
Bataille de Vertières;
Jour Des Forces Armées - Battle of Vertières'
Day* also used to be Armed Forces Day |
| December
25 |
Jour de Noel - Christmas |
| Other
Legal, Religious and Traditional Holidays for
2003 |
| March
2-4 |
Carnaval - Annually
from the Sunday through the Tuesday (Mardi Gras)
preceding Ash Wednesday |
| March
5 |
Mercredi Des Cendres
- Ash Wednesday |
| April
18 |
Vendredi Saint - Good
Friday |
| April
20 |
Dimanche de Pâques
- Easter Sunday |
| May
25 |
Fêtes des Mères
- Haitian Mother's Day the last Sunday in May |
| June
19 |
Fête Dieu -
Corpus Christi. The Thursday following Trinity
Sunday |
| August
15 |
Assumption - Feast
of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary |
| *Vertières
is the site of the last battle for Haitian Independence
versus the French |
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