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The following public holidays are observed in The Bahamas:

• New Year's Day                                                                 
• Good Friday                                                                      
• Whit Monday (seven weeks after Easter)     
• Labor Day (first Friday in June)
• Independence Day (July 10)
• Emancipation Day (first Monday in August)
• Christmas Day (December 25)
• Boxing Day (December 26)                                                 

Holidays, which fall on Saturdays or Sundays, are usually observed on the previous Friday or following Monday.