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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 list may not reflect recent changes. ...
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 ...
Vesak Thorana in Piliyandala, Sri Lanka. In Sri Lanka, Buddha's Birthday is celebrated as Vesak and is a public holiday celebrated on the first full moon day of the month of May. Its date is determined by the Buddhist lunar calendar. People engage in religious observances and decorate houses and streets with candles and paper lanterns as well ...
1 January – The "Clean Sri Lanka" national initiative commences under the patronage of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. [1]16 January – The government announces an agreement with Chinese state oil company Sinopec valued at $3.7 billion to construct a "state-of-the-art oil refinery" with a capacity of 200,000 barrels in Hambantota.
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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.
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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.