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Independence Day. Hari Kemerdekaan Republik Indonesia. Anniversary of the proclamation of independence read by Sukarno in 1945. National public holiday since 1946. 25 December. Christmas. Hari Raya Natal. Birth of Jesus Christ. National public holiday since 1953.
The following table is a list of countries by number of public holidays excluding non-regular special holidays. Nepal has the highest number of public holidays in the world with 35 annually. Also, Nepal has 6 day working schedule in a week. Country. Minimum number of public holidays.
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. [1][2] After Nyepi, youths of Bali in the village of Sesetan in South Bali practice the ceremony of omed-omedan or 'The Kissing Ritual' to celebrate the new year. [3]
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 ...
Being a culturally diverse country, there are many festivals celebrated in various regions across the country. There are only three national holidays declared by Government of India: Republic Day (26 January), Independence Day (15 August), and Gandhi Jayanti (2 October). Apart from this, certain holidays which are celebrated nationally are ...
It is an official holiday in a dozen countries, while the other festive days are regionally observed as either public or optional restricted holidays in India. [49] In Nepal, it is also a multiday festival, although the days and rituals are named differently, with the climax being called the Tihar festival by Hindus and Swanti festival by ...
India, officially the Republic of India(ISO: Bhārat Gaṇarājya),[21]is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area; the most populous countryfrom June 2023[22][23]and from the time of its independence in 1947, the world's most populous democracy.
Holi was not a public holiday in Pakistan from 1947 to 2016. Holi along with Diwali for Hindus, and Easter for Christians, was adopted as public holiday resolution by Pakistan's parliament in 2016, giving the local governments and public institutions the right to declare Holi as a holiday and grant leave for its minority communities, for the ...