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Hari Nelayan Nasional [1] 9 April: Air Force Day: Hari Jadi TNI Angkatan Udara: 1950: Honors the active and reserve serving men and women and veterans of the Indonesian Air Force: 20 April: National Consumer Day: Hari Konsumen Nasional: 2012 [13] 21 April: Kartini Day: Hari Kartini "Women Emancipation Day". The birthday of Kartini, an ...
Many Hindus observe Diwali as a day of celebrating the return of Prince Rama of Ayodhya, his wife Sita, and brother Lakshman after 14 years of exile, according to the Hindu American Foundation.
Cuti bersama (or the “joint holiday”, literally collective leave) is a collective leave day in Indonesia.Cuti bersama was introduced by the Indonesian government as a means of stimulating tourism within the country and increasing the efficiency of public servants.
Diwali: mid-October–mid-November – see "movable" Kartik Purnima: An additional commemoration of the Celestial Diwali, or the "Diwali of the Gods"; hence the Sanskrit appellation "Dev Diwali", in honour of Vishnu, Kartikeya and Goddess Ganga. Paganism
Balipratipada (Bali-pratipadā), also called as Bali-Padyami, Padva, Virapratipada or Dyutapratipada, is the fourth day of Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. [2] [3] It is celebrated in honour of the notional return of the daitya-king Bali (Mahabali) to earth. Balipratipada falls in the Gregorian calendar months of October or November.
Diwali is not a festival for most Buddhists, with the exception of the Newar people of Nepal who revere various deities in Vajrayana Buddhism and celebrate Diwali by offering prayers to Lakshmi. [ 2 ] [ 22 ] Newar Buddhists in Nepalese valleys also celebrate the Diwali festival over five days, in much the same way, and on the same days, as the ...
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