Sources: La Voz de Lanzarote and Spain public holidays. The Governing Council of the Canarias Autonomy has announced its 2008 list of regional public holidays. Note that each of the following islands has its own specific regional public holidays (Gran Canaria, isla de Tenerife, isla de El Hierro, Fuerteventura, isla de La Gomera, isla de La Palma, and isla de Lanzarote).Analysis: Recall that Spanish regions, towns, villages and cities can each have additional public holidays of their own. There is a base of, usually 9, public holidays that are common to all regions of Spain, plus Epiphany and Maundy Thursday which each region can replace with one or two region-specific public holidays. Regions also have the option of adding a regional public holiday, without removing any of the common ones, or Epiphany and Maundy Thursday. The main reason why the specific public holidays for each province and municipality change every year, such as is the case here, is that these are usually patron saint days, which always occur on a fixed date. Therefore, when these fixed dates fall on a weekend, another holiday or patron saint is chosen for that year, to avoid "wasting" a holiday.
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