List of legal holidays in Uruguay

Uruguay has a five-day work week, with Saturdays and Sundays off. In addition to weekends, Uruguay also has the following holidays (in chronological order): January 1, New Year's Day, also known as the "New Calendar Year", which refers to January 1 of the current Gregorian calendar year. But before 1911,"New Year's Day" was today's "Spring Festival", which is the Summer Calendar New Year. New Year's Day is a legal holiday in many countries or regions in the world, such as the mainland of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, etc. Among them, China and Singapore both take one day off as a legal holiday, and Japan takes six days off. From December 29 before the New Year to China and Singapore both take one day off as a legal holiday. Japan takes six days off, from December 29 before the New Year to January 3 of the following year. In terms of customs, New Year's Day mainly blessings each other in various ways, with New Year cards being the main form.

January 6 The Epiphany (Greek: επ π φάν ε π π α, English: Epiphany, meaning to appear or appear; the Orthodox Church is commonly known as Baptism Day) is an important Catholic and Christian festival to commemorate and celebrate Jesus 'first appearance to Gentiles after his birth as a human (referring to the Three Magi of the Orient); the Epiphany is celebrated on January 6 every year, but different festivals are celebrated according to different religions. The meaning of Epiphany from a Christian perspective mainly includes the birth of Jesus Christ, the visit of the Magi of the Orient (Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar) to worship the Holy Child (Jesus) in Bethlehem, and all events that occurred in Jesus 'childhood before he was baptized on the Jordan River in 30 AD (i.e., three years before Jesus preached the doctrine of the Kingdom of Heaven). The ancient form of the festival of Epiphany is the Jewish Hanukkah, which was already celebrated on January 6.

February 17th Carnival Tuesday February 18th Llamadas Call Festival The first Friday after the Carnival is a unique national festival in Uruguay.

The Last Supper on April 5, April 6, Good Friday, also known as Good Friday, is the day when Christian believers commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. It is the Friday before Easter. According to the Bible, Jesus was crucified at about 9:00 a.m. on the 14th day of the Jewish calendar in 33 A.D. and died at about 3:00 p.m. Jesus only commanded His disciples to remember His death.

On April 19 unloaded thirty-three compatriots from the Orient) thirty-three citizens arrived in 1825 from abroad. They began to advocate the independence of Uruguay. International Labor Day, also known as "May 1st International Labor Day" and "International Demonstration Day", is Labor Day in most countries in the world.

May 18, Battle of Las Piedras, June 22, José Artigas's birthday Jose Gervasio Artigas (June 19, 1764-September 23, 1850) was a Uruguayan national hero and the father of Uruguay's independence. Led the War of Independence in 1811. In the Battle of Las Piedras, he defeated the Spanish colonial army and then led his troops to besiege Spanish-controlled Montevideo. From 1814 to 1816, the five northeastern provinces of Uruguay and Argentina successively separated from the United Province of La Plata to form the "Federal Alliance" headed by him, and he served as the "protector" of the alliance. In February 1815, Artigas's troops once captured Montevideo under Argentine occupation and established a parliament and government. In 1816, Portugal troops invaded Uruguay from Brazil and occupied Montevideo in January of the following year. Artigas led his troops to retreat into the interior to continue fighting. In 1820, he was defeated and retreated to Paraguay. He lived in seclusion there for 30 years and died on September 23, 1850 in Asunción.

July 18 The First Constitutional Declaration August 25 Independence Day October 8 Columbus Day Columbus Day, also known as Colombia Day, is a festival in some American countries, commemorating Christopher Columbus's crossing of the Atlantic from Europe in 1492 to "discover" the "New World" of the Americas. In the United States, most banks and schools have holidays on this day. Columbus Day is October 12 or the second Monday in October, the day when Columbus landed on the American continent in 1492. Columbus Day was first launched by the United States in 1792, marking the 300th anniversary of Columbus's discovery of America. Later, in 1893, Chicago held the Columbus Exposition and held a grand commemorative event. Since then, every year on October 12, most states in the United States hold commemorative activities. This custom has also begun to spread throughout the Americas, and now countries in North America, South America, and the Caribbean hold commemorative activities on Columbus Day.

November 2, All Souls 'Day of Remembrance of the Dead (also known as All Souls' Day) is celebrated on November 2 every year. This festival is the second day of the Catholic Spirit Training Month, which is used as a ceremonial day to commemorate relatives, spirit training, etc. As for praying for the dead, in the early days of Catholicism, there was a widespread habit of praying for the dead. Benedictines have always been accustomed to chanting scriptures for the dead during evening classes on November 1st. Influenced by this tradition, the church later designated November 2nd as the Day of Remembrance of the Dead. The church hopes that its members will pray for the dead souls and hope that they will reach heaven as soon as possible. Since the church designated November 2 as the Day of Remembrance of the Dead, it hoped that believers would pray for dead souls, and later encouraged believers to pray for spiritual refinement in November. Therefore, the church designated November as Spirit Refining Month, especially praying for souls in purgatory. On the afternoon of Remembrance of the Dead Day, a sacred ceremony will be held at a Catholic Cemetery to remember all deceased believers.

December 25 Christmas, also known as Christmas in Taiwan, is a traditional festival in the church calendar. It is a celebration day for Christians to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. On Christmas Day, most Catholic churches hold midnight Mass on Christmas Eve on December 24, that is, in the early morning of December 25, while some Christian churches hold good news and then celebrate Christmas on December 25; while the Christmas celebration of the Orthodox Church, another major branch of Christianity, is held on January 7 every year. According to the Catholic Gospels, Jesus was born of Mary, the Virgin Mary of Bethlehem, who was pregnant with the Holy Spirit. Mary and her husband Joseph were on their way to the Roman census and register. Jesus 'birth appears to believers to be the fulfillment of the Jewish prophetic plan for the coming of Messiah, because Bethlehem was the home of Joseph's ancestor, David. Christmas is also a public holiday in the Western world and in many other places, such as Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia and Singapore in Asia. But the exact date of Jesus 'birth is controversial.