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Public holidays in Haiti
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<p> The following are public <a href="/facts/Holiday/kM9E3s9q">holidays</a> in <a href="/facts/Haiti/yjgyeK9w">Haiti</a>. Many <a href="/facts/Haitian_Vodou/20Pw3fb3">Vodou</a> holidays are also celebrated, but are not considered public holidays. </p><p>The two most important holidays for Haitian Americans are <a href="/facts/Independence_Day_(Haiti)/s35lfenk">Haitian Independence Day</a> and <a href="/facts/Haitian_Flag_Day/FqUFpgSK">Haitian Flag Day</a>. </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Date</th><th>English name</th><th>Local name (in <a href="/facts/French_language/qe1DnaQh">French</a>)</th><th>Remarks</th></tr><tr><td>1 January</td><td><a href="/facts/New_Year%2527s_Day/6XQyYPCn">New Year's Day</a> <i>and</i> <a href="/facts/Independence_Day_(Haiti)/s35lfenk">Independence Day</a></td><td><i>Nouvel an / Jour de l'an / Premier de l'a </i>et<i> Jour de l'Indépendance</i></td><td>Commemorates the day in 1804 when <a href="/facts/Jean-Jacques_Dessalines/zxhAbVjn">Jean-Jacques Dessalines</a> declared independence and restored the country's native name.</td></tr><tr><td>2 January</td><td><a href="/facts/Ancestor/oslX3GRb">Ancestry Day</a></td><td><i>Jour des Aieux</i></td><td>Commemorates <a href="/facts/Ancestor/oslX3GRb">Ancestor</a> and other loved ones who have died fighting for freedom.</td></tr><tr><td>6 January</td><td><a href="/facts/Epiphany_(holiday)/j4pUmR6j">Epiphany</a></td><td><i>Le Jour des Rois</i></td><td>Celebrates the Three Wise Men's visit to see the newborn Christ.</td></tr><tr><td>12 January</td><td>Remembrance Day</td><td><i>Jour De Remembrance</i></td><td>Celebrates the victims of the <a href="/facts/2010_Haiti_earthquake/fffulr9x">January 2010 earthquakes</a>.</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Moveable_feast/0TzbTtxw">moveable</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Haitian_Carnival/AN9LEemU">Carnival</a>/<a href="/facts/Mardi_Gras/qDXELb9v">Mardi Gras</a></td><td><i>Carnaval/Mardi Gras</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1 May</td><td><a href="/facts/Labour_Day/FgFFs2hk">Labour and Agriculture Day</a></td><td><i>Fête du Travail / Fête des Travailleurs</i></td><td>International holiday</td></tr><tr><td>18 May</td><td><a href="/facts/Haitian_Flag_Day/FqUFpgSK">Flag Day</a> and Universities Day</td><td><i>Jour du Drapeau et de l'Université</i></td><td>Celebrates its educational system and commemorates the creation of the <a href="/facts/Flag_of_Haiti/e5K7Ul0e">flag</a> at the 1803 Arcahaye Conference.</td></tr><tr><td>15 August</td><td><a href="/facts/Assumption_of_Mary/4mfyc0NP">Assumption of Mary</a></td><td><i>L'Assomption de Marie</i></td><td>Roman Catholic holiday</td></tr><tr><td>17 October</td><td><a href="/facts/Jean-Jacques_Dessalines/zxhAbVjn">Dessalines Day</a></td><td><i>Anniversaire de la mort de Dessalines</i></td><td>Commemorates the death of <a href="/facts/Jean-Jacques_Dessalines/zxhAbVjn">Jean-Jacques Dessalines</a>.</td></tr><tr><td>1 November</td><td><a href="/facts/All_Saints_Day/6GYlXR2c">All Saints Day</a></td><td><i>La Toussaint</i></td><td>Roman Catholic holiday; commemorates the <a href="/facts/Saint/lDE6So1B">sainthood</a>.</td></tr><tr><td>2 November</td><td><a href="/facts/All_Souls%2527_Day/aAFzwzEo">All Souls' Day</a></td><td><i>Jour des Morts</i></td><td>Roman Catholic holiday; commemorates the faithful departed.</td></tr><tr><td>18 November</td><td><a href="/facts/Battle_of_Verti%25C3%25A8res/597YhFkT">Battle of Vertières Day</a></td><td><i>Vertières</i></td><td>Commemorates the victory over the French in the Battle of Vertières in the year 1803.</td></tr><tr><td>5 December</td><td><a href="/facts/Discovery_Day/PrDKLshB">Discovery Day</a></td><td><i>Découverte d'Haïti</i></td><td>Commemorates <a href="/facts/Christopher_Columbus/8hLAb46S">Christopher Columbus</a>' landing on <a href="/facts/Hispaniola/fPKbRTcD">Hispaniola</a> in 1492.</td></tr><tr><td>25 December</td><td><a href="/facts/Christmas/EsuI0Gds">Christmas</a></td><td><i>Noël</i></td><td>Celebrates the <a href="/facts/Nativity_of_Jesus/LlgLcFVz">nativity of Jesus</a>.</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>In addition, the following <a href="/facts/Christianity/nKyJHlqq">Christian</a> holidays are celebrated; their dates vary <a href="/facts/Computus/HUosdPeP">according to the date of Easter</a> each year. </p> <table><tbody><tr><th>Date</th><th>Name</th><th>Local name (in <a href="/facts/French_language/qe1DnaQh">French</a>)</th><th>Remarks</th></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Moveable_feast/0TzbTtxw">moveable</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Ash_Wednesday/yPeo60jL">Ash Wednesday</a></td><td><i>Mercredi Des Cendres</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Moveable_feast/0TzbTtxw">moveable</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Maundy_Thursday/7sNTWDVs">Maundy Thursday</a></td><td><i>Jeudi saint</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Moveable_feast/0TzbTtxw">moveable</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Good_Friday/kX2fcjE2">Good Friday</a></td><td><i>Vendredi saint</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Moveable_feast/0TzbTtxw">moveable</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Easter_Sunday/LYPGCQge">Easter Sunday</a></td><td><i>Pâques</i></td><td></td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Moveable_feast/0TzbTtxw">moveable</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Ascension_of_Jesus/kahwnqxB">Ascension Day</a></td><td><i>Ascension</i></td><td>Thursday, 40th day after Easter Sunday</td></tr><tr><td><i><a href="/facts/Moveable_feast/0TzbTtxw">moveable</a></i></td><td><a href="/facts/Corpus_Christi_(feast)/SgSw0TPM">Corpus Christi</a></td><td><i>Fête-Dieu</i></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>