Holidays in Panama

Friday before Easter Sunday (can be in March or April)

• January 9^th

• May 1^st

• Holy Friday

• November 28^th

What is celebrated on November 10^th?

• Colon Day.

• Separation from Colombia Day (beginning of ¨Fiestas Patrias,¨ term given to the patriotic celebrations during the month of November.)

• Independence Day.

• Day of the “Primer Grito de Independencia” (commemorates the uprising against the Spanish crown.)

The Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday (can be in March or April).

• Halloween

• Thanksgiving

• Carnival Monday and Tuesday

• Christmas

When is Flag Day celebrated?

• January 9^th

• November 4^th

• November 28^th

• November 5^th

What is celebrated on January 9^th?

• Separation Day from Colombia.

• Presidential Inauguration Day.

• Independence Day from Spain.

• Martyrs’ Day (commemorating the 1964 riots over the sovereignity of the Panama Canal Zone.)

On what date was the old Panama city founded?

• August 15^th, 1519.

• November 28^th, 1821.

• May 4^th, 2019.

• February 27^th, 1850.