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Public holidays include New Year's Day, Ash Wednesday (beginning of Lent, 6 weeks before Easter), Good Friday, Easter Monday, Labor Day (May 23), Independence Day (1st Mon. in Aug.), National Heroes Day (Oct. 15), Christmas, and Boxing Day (Dec. 26).

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