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fiogf49gjkf0d EVENTS 2002
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FEB : 02-03 - VIRGIN OF SUYAPA FESTIVAL,VIRGIN OF SUYAPA STANDS
EIGHT CENTIMETERS HIGH BUT SHE IS WORSHIPPED WITH
THE VENERATION WORTHY OF A GIANT, PILGRIMS COME
FROM FAR AND WIDE TO PRAY TO TINY WOODEN IMAGE,
DWARFED IN ITS GRAND CHURCH, SUYAPA.
MAR : 23-30 - EASTER WEEK, HONDURAN CAPITAL'S EASTER WEEK
CELEBRATION FEATURES GRAND & BEAUTIFUL
PROCESSIONS TO MARK THE DEATH OF CHRIST.
APR : NO DATE - GARIFUNA DAY, GARIFUNA DAY COMMEMORATES ARRIVAL
OF GARIFUNA PEOPLE TO HONDURAS, PUNTA GORDA.
NO DATE - PINE FESTIVAL.
MAY : 18-24 - THE FAIR OF SAN ISIDIRO, THE MOST GLORIOUS OF
HONDURAS MANY CARNIVALS, LA CEIBA
JUN : 13 - FIESTA OF SAN ANTONIO, TELA
24 - FIESTA OF SAN JUAN BATISTA, TAKES PLACE IN OLDEST
& ONE OF PRETTIEST TOWNS OF HONDURAS, TRUJILLO.
AUG : 24-25 - FESTIVAL OF CORN (FIESTA DE MAIZ), DANLI
DANLI GOES MAD ON LAST WEEKEND OF AUGUST EVERY
YEAR, A HOST OF CULTURAL & SPORTING EVENTS AND
EXUBERANT ALL NIGHT STREET PARTY
SEP : 15 - INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS, NATION WIDE
OCT : 03 - MORAZAN DAY, "ROUGHLY EQUIVALENT TO GEORGE
WASHINGTON IN THE UNITED STATES" ACCORDING TO
THE LOCAL PRESS, MORAZAN IS A NATIONAL HERO.
THIS DAY IS A PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN COMMEMORATION
OF HIS BIRTHDAY, CELEBRATIONS ARE STAGED IN HIS
HONOUR ACROSS HONDURAS.
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EVENTS 2001
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JAN : 15 - SANTA LUCIA FAIR, MORAZAN.
FEB : 02-03 - VIRGIN OF SUYAPA FESTIVAL, VIRGIN OF SUYAPA STANDS
EIGHT CENTIMETRES HIGH BUT SHE IS WORSHIPPED WITH
THE VENERATION WORTHY OF A GIANT, PILGRIMS COME
FROM FAR AND WIDE TO PRAY TO TINY WOODEN IMAGE,
DWARFED IN ITS GRAND CHURCH, SUYAPA.
28 - ORANGE FESTIVAL, EL PARAISO.
MAR : 15-20 - FIESTA IN COPAN RUINAS, A SAINT'S DAY FAIR WITH
A DIFFERENCE, THIS TAKES PLACE AT COPAN.
APR : 08-15 - EASTER WEEK, HONDURAN CAPITAL'S EASTER WEEK
CELEBRATION FEATURES GRAND & BEAUTIFUL
PROCESSIONS TO MARK THE DEATH OF CHRIST.
12 - GARIFUNA DAY, GARIFUNA DAY COMMEMORATES ARRIVAL
OF GARIFUNA PEOPLE TO HONDURAS, PUNTA GORDA.
NO DATE - PINE FESTIVAL.
MAY : 03 - FESTIVAL OF THE HOLY CROSS, TELA AND TRIUNFO
DE LA CRUZ.
19 - GRAND NATIONAL CARNIVAL IN HONOUR OF ST ISIDRO,
LA CEIBA
29 - MANGO FESTIVAL, EL PARAISO.
JUN : 03 - FIESTA OF SAN ANTONIO, ALTHOUGH HONDURANS ARE
ENDEAVOURING TO PERSUADE VISITORS THAT THEY ARE
NOT SOLELY TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH BANANAS,
PINEAPPLES AND FEROCIOUS TROPICAL STORMS, TELA.
23-29 - JUNE FAIR, CORTES.
24 - FIESTA OF SAN JUAN BATISTA, TAKES PLACE IN OLDEST
& ONE OF PRETTIEST TOWNS OF HONDURAS, TRUJILLO.
JUL : 22-29 - POTATO FESTIVAL, INTIBUCA.
AUG : 15 - PUERTO CORTES FAIR.
25-26 - 25 MAIZE CARNIVAL, DANLI GOES MAD ON LAST WEEKEND
OF AUGUST EVERY YEAR, A HOST OF CULTURAL & SPORTING
EVENTS GET AN EXUBERANT ALL NIGHT STREET PARTY
SEP : 15 - INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATIONS.
OCT : 03 - MORAZAN DAY, "ROUGHLY EQUIVALENT TO GEORGE
WASHINGTON IN THE UNITED STATES" ACCORDING TO
THE LOCAL PRESS, MORAZAN IS A NATIONAL HERO.
THIS DAY IS A PUBLIC HOLIDAY IN COMMEMORATION
OF HIS BIRTHDAY, CELEBRATIONS ARE STAGED IN HIS
HONOUR ACROSS HONDURAS.
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