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Opening Hours in Brazil

Opening Hours and Public Holidays

Generally the most of stores and businesses are open from 8:00 am to 9:00 pm, two hours for lunch, from noon to 2:00pm. Also there are stores 24h.

Brazilian public holidays

There are many public holidays, a list of them:

Date	English Name	Local Name
January 1	New Year's Day	Confraternização Universal, Ano Novo
floating	Carnival	Carnaval
floating	Ash Wednesday	Quarta-feira de Cinzas
floating	Good Friday	Sexta-Feira da Paixão, Sexta-Feira Santa
April 21		Tiradentes
May 1	Labour Day / May Day	Dia do Trabalho
floating (62 days after Good Friday)	Corpus Christi
September 7	Independence Day	Dia da Independência
October 12	Our Lady of Aparecida	Nossa Senhora de Aparecida
November 2	All Souls Day	Dia de Finados
November 15	Proclamation of the Republic Day	Proclamação da República
December 25	Christmas Day	Natal

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