| About Columbus Day |
| The Columbus Day is celebrated on October 12th of every year. It is an official holiday. Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy in 1451. In these holiday is celebrated unofficially since the late 18th century and officially in early 20th century. On October 12, 1492, Columbus first saw the islands of the new world, landing in the Bahamas. Celebrate the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas, which occurred on October 12, 1492 in the Julian calendar and October 21, 1492 in the modern Gregorian calendar. In Spain Columbus Day is national day. The day is celebrated as Columbus Day in the United States, as Día de la Raza (Day of the Race) in many countries in Latin America. In this day the Chile's Mapuche people parade through the streets of Santiago wearing colorful traditional dress on Columbus Day. The fiesta was first recognized in Chile in 1923. |
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