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Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Virgen del Carmen)
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Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a Catholic title honoring the Virgin Mary as patroness of the Carmelite religious order. Since the 19th century she has also been venerated as the patroness of Chile, where her July 16 feast day is observed as a nationwide public holiday.
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Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Virgen del Carmen)
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Chile
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Our Lady of Mount Carmel is a Catholic feast honoring the Virgin Mary under her title as patroness of the Carmelite order, celebrated as a national public holiday in Chile every July 16.
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Our Lady of Mount Carmel takes centre stage as the day's only widely observed holiday, a nationwide public holiday across Chile. With just one country marking an occasion today, the celebration has the global calendar to itself, unshared by any other nation's observance. It's a rare quiet stretch in the yearly rhythm of holidays worldwide, spotlighting a single national celebration rather than a crowded mix of observances.
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In Chile, this public holiday goes by another name: Virgen del Carmen. Both names refer to the same July 16 observance, just presented in English and Spanish.
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