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1、巴西设世界杯假日Thereareninenationalholidayseveryyear,notanexceptionallylargenumber.Butitissupplementedbyseven"optional"holidaysgrantedatemployers'discretion.Someofthoseapplytocertainprofessions,suchasTeachers'Day,CommerceDayandCivilServants'DayinOctober.Thentherearethestateandmunicipalho
2、lidays.InRiodeJaneiro,whosecitizensareknownfortheirlaid-backapproachtolife,therearethreelocalholidays:SaintSebastianDay,SaintGeorgeDayandBlackConsciousnessDay.Otherlocalholidaysremembereventssuchasthefoundingoftowns,colonialmassacresandaconflictknownastheRagamuffinWar.TheWorldCuph
3、asbroughtthephenomenontoawholenewlevel.WhenFIFAdemandedBrazilpassawide-ranging"GeneralLawoftheCup"regulatingtheorganizationofthetournament,Brazilianlegislatorsusedtheoccasiontoaddsomemoreholidaysinbetweenprovisionsontrademarkprotectionandspecialvisas.Thelaw,passedin2012andwidelycr
4、iticizedastoogeneroustoFIFA,providesforanafternoonoffeverydaythatBrazilhasamatch,aswellasaholidayforhostcitieseverytimetheyhostagame.Criticsofthedecisiontospendarecord$11billionontheWorldCupsaythedaysoffarejustanotherwaytohidethecountry'soverburdenedtransportsystemsandinfrastructu
5、reproblems.RioandBeloHorizonteinthesoutheasthavethreeextradaysoff,thewesterncityofCuiabaandthecapitalBrasiliahavefour,SaoPaulohassix.InSalvadorinthenortheast,thecombinationofweekends,nationalholidays,localholidaysandmatchdaysmeanspeoplewillonlyhavetoshowupatworkforfourfulldaysduri
6、ngthethree-weekperiodfromJune12toJuly2.ManyschoolshavealsostartedtheirJulyvacationsinJunetoletstudentstakepartintheWorldCupparty.众所周知,巴西是足球的王国,巴西人民对足球的热爱更是举世闻名。据法国媒体6月15日报道,本届世界杯期间,为了让国民尽情观赏赛事同时解决国内交通拥堵难题,巴西政府专门通过立法增加了不少“世界杯专属假日”。巴西原本就是一个公共假日较多的国家。据统计,巴西每年有9个全国性法定节假日,7个由雇主自行决定的假日,
7、例如商人节、教师节、公务员节等职业性节日。除此之外,巴西还有不少州级和市级节日,以“闲适之城”里约热内卢为例,当地就有3个地方性节日。而世界杯的到来,令巴西的节假日数量上升到一个全新的高度。2012年,在国际足球联盟(FIFA)的要求下,巴西通过一部《世界杯普通法》,在广泛范围内协调赛事组织工作。借此机会,巴西议员们在商标保护、发放特殊签证等法律条款中增加一项新内容——设定“世界杯专属假日”。按照规定,本届世界杯期间,只要有巴西队的比赛,当天下午就放假,而各个主办城市还可在该市比赛日放假。由此,里约热内卢和贝洛哈里桑塔的假期增加了3天,库亚巴和巴西利亚的市
8、民可以多休息4天,圣保罗则可以多放6天假。巴西东北部城市萨尔瓦多是