There are at least 10-15
(5 main ones):
Holidays:
January 1 Liberation Day
May 1 May Day
July 26 Day of National Rebelliousness, together with the 25th. and 27th. of that month.
October 10 Anniversary of the beginning of the War of Independence in 1868.
December 25 Christmas Day
Official Commemorations
Although they are not holidays, they are also considered important dates:
January 28 Anniversary of the birth of José Martí, Cuba's National Hero, in 1853.
February 24 Anniversary of the beginning of the War of Independence, in 1895.
March 8 International Woman's Day.
March 13 Anniversary of the attack to the Presidential Palace of Havana, by a groTop of revolutionary youths that sought to execute the tyrant Fulgencio Batista, in 1957.
April 19 Anniversary of the defeat of the mercenary attack at the Bay of Pigs, in 1961.
July 30 Day of the Martyrs of the Revolution.
October 8 Anniversary of the death of Major Ernesto Ché Guevara, in 1967.
October 28 Anniversary of Major Camilo Cienfuegos' death, in 1959.
November 27 Commemoration of the execution of eight students of Medicine, by the Spanish colonial government, in 1871.
December 7 Anniversary of Antonio Maceo's death in combat in 1896, an outstanding figure in Cuba's War of Independence against the Spanish colonial rule.
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Public holidays:
Holidays:
1 January Triumph of the Revolution - also 31 December and 2 January (this year, at least).
1 May May Day - International Day of the Worker
26 July Day of National Rebelliousness, together with the 25th. and 27th. of that month.
10 October Beginning of the War of Independence in 1868.
25 December Christmas Day
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