Haitian Holidays from the Embassy of Haiti
Official Holidays
January 1 Independence Day
January 2 Ancestor's Day
May 1 Agriculture and Labor Day
May 18 Flag Day
October 17 Anniversary of the death of Jean-Jacques Dessalines
November 1 Death of Toussaint Louverture
November 2 Day of the dead
November 18 Battle of Vertières' Day
December 25 Christmas Day
Other Legal, Religious and Traditional Holidays for 2001
February 7 Presidential Inauguration
February 26-28 - Carnival Annually the Monday through Ash Wednesday
February 28 Ash Wednesday
April 13 - Good Friday The Friday before Easter Sunday
April 15 Easter Sunday
May 27 Haitian Mother's Day - Last Sunday in May
June 11 Fete Dieu - A Party for God
August 15 Feast of the Assumption

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