The Ministry of Labor (Mitrab), through a statement released this week, decreed next Monday, December 9, as a national holiday in compensation for Sunday, December 8, a national holiday for the celebration of the Immaculate Conception of Mary.
«Because December 8, 2024 coincides with the seventh day, in accordance with article 68 of the Labor Code, this will be compensated with Monday, December 9 of the current year and the worker who works will be remunerated as an extraordinary day. of work,” indicates part of the Mitrab letter.
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The holiday is extended for both public and private sector workers in the country and, according to the Mitrab document, everyone must “resume their work until next Tuesday, December 10.”
Day of prayer for the Catholic Church of Nicaragua
This year, on December 8, in addition to celebrating the Immaculate Conception of Mary, the bishops of Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala have called for a day of prayer for the Catholic Church in Nicaragua.
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The prelate of the region has expressed his “deep solidarity and communion with the people of God in Nicaragua” and noted that this day will be held with the motto “We shout with Nicaragua.”
December 7 and 8 are very important in Nicaragua. On December 7, which culminates the novena in honor of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, the traditional Gritería begins at six in the afternoon, in which thousands of Nicaraguans, from altars raised in their homes, share a traditional “cap” with who come to sing to the Virgin Mary.
The “cap” that is shared in the shouterías traditionally contains sweets, food, drinks, dishes, clothes and even basic basket products have recently been added, since some of the promisers deliver pounds of rice, sugar, matches, toilet paper or dish soaps.
On December 8, after the shouting of the previous night, masses are held in each parish in which the Immaculate Conception of Mary is venerated and in most of these ceremonies are held in which it is handed over to minors for the first time. the sacrament of first communion.
