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Date English name Local name Remarks 1 January New Year's Day: Tahun Baru Masehi New Year of Gregorian calendar; National public holiday since 1946. January/February Lunar New Year (specifically the Chinese New Year) Tahun Baru Imlek National public holiday since 2003. March Day of Silence: Hari Suci Nyepi National public holiday since 1983 ...
Nyepi is a Balinese "Day of Silence" that is commemorated every Isakawarsa (Saka new year) according to the Balinese calendar (in 2024, it falls on March 11). Nyepi, a public holiday in Indonesia, is a day of silence, fasting and meditation for the Balinese. The day following Nyepi is also celebrated as New Year's Day.
In Singapore, Vesak Day was made a public holiday in 1955 after many public petitions, replacing Whit Monday. [48] [49] [50] In the early decades of the 20th century, Vesak Day was associated with the Ceylonese community which then celebrated it along with their National Day in a two-day event. After World War II, there was a movement to make ...
Good Friday is a widely instituted legal holiday around the world, including in most Western countries and 12 U.S. states. [8] [needs update] [failed verification] Some predominantly Christian countries, such as Germany, have laws prohibiting certain acts—public dancing, horse racing—in remembrance of the somber nature of Good Friday. [9] [10]
depending on the canton, including holidays falling on a weekend Taiwan [76] 12 12 Thailand [31] 16 16 Tanzania [77] 16 16 Trinidad and Tobago [31] 18 18 Turkey [31] 14 14 Ukraine [78] 11 11 United Kingdom [79] 8 10 depending on nation, but 8 for England and Wales [80] United States [81] 6 11 Uruguay [82] 12 12 Venezuela [83] 14 14 Vietnam [84 ...
Every year, the Ministry of Religious Affairs set the specific date of religious holiday based on input from religious leaders. [141] The Chinese New Year is the only national religious holiday in Indonesia that was enacted specifically with the Presidential Decree, in this case with the Presidential Decree No. 19 of 2002 dated on 9 April 2002.
2023 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2023rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 23rd year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 4th year of the 2020s decade.
Bahasa Indonesia; Lietuvių; Magyar ... the Islamic New Year does not occur on the same Gregorian calendar date every year. ... Gregorian date 1445 AH: 19 July 2023 ...