When is Carnival 2025?
The dates for Carnival 2025 have already been set and all those interested can now find out when these days of rest are , which make up the first long weekend of the coming year .
This traditional holiday is eagerly awaited, since, outside of the January 1st holiday, it is the first national holiday of the year . In addition, its date changes from year to year, since it is the day before Lent and the Catholic celebration of Easter , which is calculated following the lunar cycles.
It is the farewell to excesses and carnal pleasures, before the frugal days begin when Christians emulate the habits of Jesus Christ, in the aforementioned Lent. These days conclude 40 days after the end of Carnival , when the resurrection of Christ is celebrated with the Easter day, which in turn culminates Holy Week.
Next year, Carnival Monday and Tuesday will fall on March 3 and 4. These two days will be public holidays , which will mean that most people will not work until the fifth day of the second month of the year.
Carnival days feature celebrations, street bands and parades throughout the country , especially in Gualeguaychú, Entre Ríos , considered the national capital of this celebration. The Autonomous City of Buenos Aires (CABA) also has a tradition of parades in different neighborhoods of Buenos Aires, with the epicenter in the Boedo area.
Since these are national holidays guaranteed by law, people who are called back to work must be paid double the regular workday, as defined by the Employment Contract Law .
Carnival , like other national celebrations, was introduced to Argentine territory by the population of Spanish origin , according to the Ministry of Culture of the Nation . In turn, the tradition in the Iberian country and in Europe in general comes from the celebration that precedes the Christian Lent , a period of preparation and fasting prior to the feast of Easter .
Since colonial times, the Carnival celebrations, associated with masked balls, had their epicenter in the first theater in Buenos Aires , the Casa de Comedias, popularly called La Ranchería and located on the current corners of Perú and Alsina. In Gualeguaychú , the other carnival capital in the country, the first authorization for this celebration was granted in 1840.
At that time , traditional street games were common, in which children and adults threw water mixed with different ingredients at each other, depending on their relationship with the other: lavender for friends and salt for rivals.
While these initial festivals were permeated by Creole customs, the arrival of the 20th century and the Italian and Spanish immigrants of the new generation brought about a change in the dynamics of this festival: the beginning of the murga .
The carnival celebration was then officially put on hold during the de facto government of the self-proclaimed National Reorganization Process (1976-1983), which banned this type of celebration.
The return of democracy allowed the remaining murgas to return to the streets and gain momentum again in the neighborhoods. Then, in In 2010, the official reinstatement of the national holidays on Carnival Monday and Tuesday definitively supported this cultural expression, which will offer two days of rest next year.
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