In 2025, February is left without national holidays due to a change in the carnival calendar. Discover what happened and how it affects the celebrations.
February used to be synonymous with holidays and celebrations full of color and joy in every corner of the country. During the Carnivalthe neighborhoods and cities were transformed into scenarios of vibrant parades, with comparsas, costumes and enveloping music. However, in 2025 the panorama will be different: the month of February will not have national holidays
This change generates surprise and even a certain nostalgia between those who used to enjoy rest days and carnival celebrations. But why was this decision made? The answer has to do with the calendar and the history of this holiday.
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The reason why there is no national holiday in February 2025
The absence of holidays in February 2025 is due to a Adjust in the carnival calendar. Traditionally, Carnival holidays in Argentina correspond to Monday and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday, but this year this holiday will be transferred to March, leaving the second month of the year without days of rest at the national level.
Carnival is one of the oldest festivities in the world, with roots that date back to the old pagan celebrations, such as Roman saturnal and Greek Dionysian festivities. With the arrival of Christianity, this party adapted to religious tradition as a period of joy and debauchery before Lent, fasting time and reflection that culminates with Easter week.
In Argentina, Carnival has evolved over the centuries and is celebrated diverse according to the region. In Buenos Aires, It began in the seventeenth century with celebrations in clubs and private houses, while in Gualeguaychú He acquired worldwide fame for his dazzling parade of comparsas. In the north of the country, Carnival Jujeño It fuses indigenous and colonial elements, becoming a unique cultural manifestation. Although in 2025 February it will not have holidays, the essence of the Carnival is still alive and ready to shine in March.
2025 holidays: immovable and transferable calendar
2025 immovable holidays
- Wednesday January 1: New Year (Inglavable Holiday)
- Monday 3 and Tuesday, March 4: Carnival (immovable holiday)
- Monday, March 24: National Memory Day for Truth and Justice (immovable holiday)
- Wednesday April 2: Veteran day and the fallen in the Malvinas War (immovable holiday)
- Friday April 18: Good Friday (immovable holiday)
- Thursday May 1: Workers’ Day (immovable holiday)
- Sunday May 25: May Revolution Day (Inglavable Holiday)
- Friday June 20: Step to the immortality of General Don Manuel Belgrano (immovable holiday)
- Wednesday July 9: Independence Day (immovable holiday)
- Monday, December 8: Immaculate Conception Day of Mary (immovable holiday)
2025 translatable holidays
- Monday, June 16: Step to the immortality of General Don Martín Miguel de Güemes (moves on Tuesday, June 17)
- Sunday, August 17: Step to the immortality of General Don José de San Martín (translatable holiday)
- Sunday, October 12: Day of respect for cultural diversity (translatable holiday)
- Monday, November 24: National Sovereignty Day (moves on Thursday, November 20)
Source: Ambito
