The year 2024 gives us a new calendar holidays and holidays in the country. Thus, in our note we provide you with the official calendar of Colombia, We invite you to consult what to expect and schedule for 2024. Review in detail what holidays and holidays are in the coffee-growing country, in addition to providing you with additional information on this topic of great interest to Colombian citizens.
HOW MANY FREE DAYS ARE THERE IN COLOMBIA
In the year 2024, Colombia has a total of 19 holidays, although not all of them translate into days off, since some coincide with weekends and do not carry over to the following Monday.
This distribution generates a decrease in the number of effective days of rest during the week, since not all holidays allow for an additional day of rest.
Thus, although the total number of holidays is significant, the number of days off may vary depending on how the dates coincide with business days.
HOW MANY HOLIDAY BRIDGES ARE THERE IN COLOMBIA
The number of holiday weekends in Colombia is limited in 2024 due to the ‘Emiliani Law’, which establishes that only some holidays are moved to the following Monday to create holiday weekends.
This reduces the possibility of enjoying long weekends with three consecutive days during the week. However, those that fall on a Monday allow the creation of festive long weekends, giving Colombians the opportunity to enjoy an extended weekend.
Despite the restriction, the existence of these festive long weekends continues to be a reason for celebration and planning for those looking to escape the daily routine and enjoy a well-deserved rest.
CALENDAR OF HOLIDAYS AND HOLIDAYS 2024 IN COLOMBIA
- Monday, January 1: New Year
- Monday, January 8: Three Kings Day
- Monday, March 25: Saint Joseph’s Day (after the 20th)
- Thursday, March 28: Holy Thursday
- Friday, March 29: Good Friday
- Sunday, March 31: Easter Sunday (it is always a holiday, but on a Sunday)
- Wednesday, May 1: Labor Day
- Monday, May 13: Ascension Day (after the 9th)
- Monday, June 3: Corpus Christi (after May 30)
- Monday, June 10: Sacred Heart Day
- Monday, July 1: Saint Peter and Saint Paul Day (after June 29)
- Saturday, July 20: Independence of Colombia
- Wednesday, August 7: Battle of Boyacá
- Monday, August 19: Assumption of the Virgin (after the 15th)
- Monday, October 14: Columbus Day (after the 12th)
- Monday, November 4: All Saints’ Day (comes from the 1st)
- Monday, November 11: Cartagena Independence Day
- Sunday, December 8: Day of the Immaculate Conception
- Wednesday, December 25: Christmas
WHAT ARE FESTIVE BRIDGES?
Bank holiday or weekend long are terms used in Western countries to refer to a period of holidays or vacations that is formed by joining one holiday with another, or a weekend, it must necessarily be on alternate days, and linking several days is not considered a bridge. holidays.
In some places the expression sandwich is used to refer specifically to the originally working day that, because it falls between holidays, is considered non-working.
Normally, in order to refer to a holiday weekend, a holiday that falls on a Thursday or Tuesday is usually combined with the weekend. On other occasions there are longer bridges. For example, in Spain, the year in which the celebration of the Spanish Constitution of 1978 (December 6) and the day of the Immaculate Conception (December 8) together with the weekend plus a mobile festival form a block of five days.
In this case, and informally, the analogy of the bridge is often extended and this double or triple bridge is called an aqueduct, but these are already very exceptional cases, which do not necessarily occur in those countries, but can occur in any context.
