{
  "year": 2026,
  "country": "Brazil",
  "source": "Brazilian National Holidays 2026 (feriados nacionais)",
  "source_document": null,
  "source_note": "National holidays under federal law (Law No. 662/1949, Law No. 6.802/1980, Law No. 10.607/2002, and Law No. 14.759/2023). Carnival and Corpus Christi are optional days (ponto facultativo) for the federal public service, widely observed across the country. States and municipalities add their own holidays.",
  "last_updated": "2026-06-13",
  "license_note": "Public data from official government sources, compiled by CalendarWorld.",
  "holidays": [
    {
      "date": "2026-01-01",
      "day": "Thursday",
      "name": "New Year's Day",
      "type": "National Holiday"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-02-16",
      "day": "Monday",
      "name": "Carnival (optional holiday)",
      "type": "Optional Holiday"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-02-17",
      "day": "Tuesday",
      "name": "Carnival (optional holiday)",
      "type": "Optional Holiday"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-04-03",
      "day": "Friday",
      "name": "Good Friday",
      "type": "National Holiday"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-04-21",
      "day": "Tuesday",
      "name": "Tiradentes Day",
      "type": "National Holiday"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-05-01",
      "day": "Friday",
      "name": "Labour Day",
      "type": "National Holiday"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-06-04",
      "day": "Thursday",
      "name": "Corpus Christi (optional holiday)",
      "type": "Optional Holiday"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-09-07",
      "day": "Monday",
      "name": "Independence Day",
      "type": "National Holiday"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-12",
      "day": "Monday",
      "name": "Our Lady of Aparecida",
      "type": "National Holiday"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-11-02",
      "day": "Monday",
      "name": "All Souls' Day",
      "type": "National Holiday"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-11-15",
      "day": "Sunday",
      "name": "Republic Proclamation Day",
      "type": "National Holiday"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-11-20",
      "day": "Friday",
      "name": "Black Awareness Day",
      "type": "National Holiday"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-12-25",
      "day": "Friday",
      "name": "Christmas Day",
      "type": "National Holiday"
    }
  ]
}