Honduras+Holidays

__**Honduras' Holidays By: Rebecca G. (June 2012)**__



 * = Holidays ||= Date ||
 * = New Year's  ||=  January 1  ||
 * Holy Thursday || depends.. (day before Good Friday) ||
 * Pan american Day || April ||
 * Independence Day || September 15 ||
 * Army Day || October 21 ||

__//** New Year's **//__ This holiday is celebrated on the first day of each year of course. They celebrate and have parties. Some bands come to play live music! New Year's eve some go out some families stay together and celebrate the holiday together!



Honduras Independence is celebrated on September 15. On this day schools and colleges are closed. They have music and dances. Independence is usually 3 days of celebration. They got their independence in 1821. It was governed as a part of New Spain [|Dance] [|Another Video]
 * //__ Independence in Honduras __//**

Another holiday celebrated in Honduras is Army Day. This is usually celebrated on October 21 to celebrate of how the army in 1956 staged a coup from Lozano Diaz from power.
 * //__ Army Day __//**

__//** Pan American Day **//__ This holiday is to the bond of the American continent. Some people have parades or pageants. Next is Pan American Day celebrated on April 14. They celebrate this day to show the bond between the American continent. They usually have a parade or some type of pageant on this day.

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This holiday is to celebrate Jesus' Last Supper. This day happens right before Good Friday.
 * //__ Maundy/Holy Thursday __//**

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