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  2. List of countries by number of public holidays - Wikipedia

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    Sri Lanka [74] 25 25 Sweden [75] 12 12 Switzerland [76] 9 15 depending on the canton, including holidays falling on a weekend Taiwan [77] 12 12 Thailand [31] 16 16 Tanzania [78] 16 16 East Timor [79] 18 18 Trinidad and Tobago [31] 18 18 Turkey [31] 14 14 Ukraine [80] 11 11 United Kingdom [81] 8 10 depending on nation, but 8 for England and ...

  3. Category:Public holidays in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Public holidays in Sri Lanka" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. ... This page was last edited on 8 March 2024, at 21:04 ...

  4. Template:Public holidays in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    Template: Public holidays in Sri Lanka. 2 languages. ... This page was last edited on 16 March 2024, at 14:44 (UTC).

  5. Puthandu - Wikipedia

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    A traditional arrangement of festive foods for Puthandu. The Tamil New Year follows the spring equinox and generally falls on 14 April of the Gregorian year. [1] The day celebrates on the first day of the traditional Tamil calendar and is a public holiday in both Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka.

  6. Sinhalese New Year - Wikipedia

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    Sinhalese New Year, generally known as Aluth Avurudda (Sinhala: අලුත් අවුරුද්ද) in Sri Lanka, is a Sri Lankan holiday that celebrates the traditional New Year of the Sinhalese people and Tamil population of Sri Lanka. It is a major anniversary celebrated by not only the Sinhalese and Tamil people but by most Sri Lankans.

  7. 2024 in Sri Lanka - Wikipedia

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    The Sri Lanka women's cricket team is selected for the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup after winning the 2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier final against Scotland. [ 61 ] 10 May – Mujibur Rahman is reappointed to parliament as a National List MP , replacing the unseated Diana Gamage.

  8. Poya - Wikipedia

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    A Poya occurs every full moon. [1] [2] Uposatha is important to Buddhists all around the world, who have adopted the lunar calendar for their religious observances.Owing to the moon's fullness of size as well as its effulgence, the full moon day is treated as the most auspicious of the four lunar phases occurring once every lunar month (29.5 days) and thus marked by a holiday.

  9. Independence Day (Sri Lanka) - Wikipedia

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    National Day, also known as Independence Day, [1] is a Sri Lankan national holiday celebrated annually on 4 February to commemorate the country’s political independence from British rule in 1948. It is celebrated all over the country through a flag-hoisting ceremony, dances, parades, and performances.