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Agência Brasil The month of June 2022 will have an optional national holiday: it is Corpus Christi Day (which is not on the list of national holidays), which falls on June 16 this year. There is also St. John’s Day on June 24, which is a public holiday in several Northeast cities. By the way, the month is full of religious celebrations.
In June, the three Catholic saints are commemorated: St. Anthony (on the 13th), St. John (on the 24th) and St. Peter (on the 29th). After two years of canceled celebrations (due to the health emergency imposed by Covid19), Brazilians meet again to celebrate the traditional June parties in all corners of the country.
Winter also begins in the southern hemisphere in June. The solstice, also known as the “shortest day of the year,” will be on June 21st. In 2022, at exactly 6:13 a.m. on this day, the coldest season of the year will begin in Brazil.
The month also marks the 100th anniversary of two outstanding figures in the art world. On the 1st, the birth of actress Abigail Izquierdo Ferreira, better known as Bibi Ferreira, turns 100 years old. The 10th marks a century since the birth of American actress, singer and songwriter Judy Garland the eternal Dorothy from the classic The Wizard of Oz.
On the 26th the singer, composer and immortal of the Brazilian Academy of Letters Gilberto Gil will be 80 years old. Who also “has a birthday” is the Brazilian Navy. On June 11 the same day as “Brazilian Navy Day” the founding of the Naval Forces celebrates its 200th anniversary.
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