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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.
On 19 January 2001, the Ministry of Religious Affairs issued Minsterial Decree No.13 of 2001 on Imlek Day as a National Holiday to set Hari Tahun Baru Imlek as a "facultative holiday" for Chinese community. [141] Through the Presidential Decree it was officially declared as a 1 (one) day of public holiday as of 9 April 2002 by President ...
New Year's Eve celebration in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (2004) Chinese New Year celebration with fireworks display at Victoria Harbor in Hong Kong 2012. The New Year is the time or day at which a new calendar year begins and the calendar's year count increments by one.
Ambang Tahun Baru, a celebration sponsored by the government was held at Merdeka Square, the field opposite the Sultan Abdul Samad Building in the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur in the early days. The event was broadcast live on government as well as private TV stations at those times.
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 Nyepi / Day of Silence: Hari Suci Nyepi National public holiday since 1983. Tahun Baru Saka March/April Good Friday / The Crucifixion ...
Chinese New Year's Eve is the day before the Chinese New Year.The holiday falls between January 21 and February 20 on the Gregorian calendar.Evolving over a long period of time, it is considered a reunion day for every ethnic Chinese family.
The 2019 New Year Honours are appointments by some of the 16 Commonwealth realms to various orders and honours to recognise and reward good works by citizens of those countries.
Lunar New Year is the beginning of a new year based on lunar calendars or, informally but more widely, lunisolar calendars.Typically, both types of calendar begin with a new moon but, whilst a lunar calendar year has a fixed number (usually twelve) of lunar months, lunisolar calendars have a variable number of lunar months, resetting the count periodically to resynchronise with the solar year.