Portuguese holidays and traditions Agrupamento de Escolas Professor Paula Nogueira Olhão - Portugal

January 01 - New Year (Ano Novo) Celebrates the International Day of Peace

February/March Carnival Before the Easter (Páscoa)

March 19 - Father's Day (Dia do Pai) Celebrate Father's Day. In Portugal it is this day, the Day of St. Joseph. Is a normal day.

March/April - Easter (Páscoa) Feast of the 'Resurrection of Christ "

April 25 de Abril - Freedom Day (Dia da Liberdade) Celebration of the Carnation Revolution, which marked the end of the dictatorship in 1974.

May 1- Labor Day (Dia do Trabalhador) Recalls manifestations of workers occurred in 1881 and 1886 in Paris and Chicago, which claimed the reduction of daily working hours to 8.

May Mother's Day (Dia da Mãe) Mother's Day is celebrated on the first Sunday in May

June 1- Children's Day (Dia da Criança) The UN official date is November 20, but each country has its own. Is a normal day.

June 10 - Day of Portugal (Dia de Portugal) Officially Camões Day in Portugal and the Portuguese Communities. Date of Luís Vaz de Camões death.

August 15 - Assumption of Mary (Assunção de Maria) Catholic celebration of “lifting Mary to eternity to be with God.”

October 5 - Implementation of the Republic (Implementação da República) Beginning of the Republic of Portugal

December 8 - Immaculate Conception (Imaculada Conceição) Patroness of the Kingdom of Portugal since 1640

December 25 - Christmas (Natal) Birth celebration of Christ