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Public holidays in Macau are dates assigned by the Government of Macau allowing the public administration staff to rest instead of working. The current rest days of the Macau government are Saturdays and Sundays; while public holidays basically include traditional Chinese holidays , western and Catholic festivals as well as Macanese local ...
15 May - Buddha's Birthday. 10 June - Dragon Boat Festival. 17 September – Mid-Autumn Festival. 1–2 October – National Day. 11 October – Double Ninth Festival. 8 December – Immaculate Conception. 20 December – Macau S.A.R. Establishment Day. 22 December – Winter Solstice Festival. 24 December – Christmas Eve.
Feast of Na Cha. The Feast of Na Cha is usually celebrated on the eighteenth day of the fifth lunar month. There are two parades arranged: one with worship ritual with incenses in the Na Cha Temple, another one is called “Prince Na Cha Parade”. Currently, the Na Cha Temple is a part of World Heritage Monuments in the Historic Centre of Macau.
This is the case in both mainland China and Taiwan whilst Hong Kong and Macau also observe Buddha's Birthday and Chung Yeung Festival. In Singapore, Chinese New Year is the only traditional Chinese public holiday, likewise with Malaysia. Each region has its own holidays on top of this condensed traditional Chinese set.
Macau is a special administrative region (SAR) of the People's Republic of China. It was leased to Portugal in 1557 as a trading post in exchange for a symbolic annual rent of 500 tael. Despite remaining under Chinese sovereignty and authority, the Portuguese came to consider and administer Macau as a de facto colony.
Lantern in Senado Square, Macau. In Hong Kong and Macau, the day after the Mid-Autumn Festival is a public holiday rather than the festival date itself (unless that date falls on a Sunday, then Monday is also a holiday), because many celebration events are held at night. Many businesses let employees off early on the day before.
Macau[e] or Macao[f] is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China. With a population of about 710,000 people [11] and a land area of 32.9 km 2 (12.7 sq mi), it is the most densely populated region in the world. Formerly a Portuguese colony, the territory of Portuguese Macau was first leased to Portugal by the Ming ...
For New Year celebrations that follow Chinese-inspired calendars but are outside of China and Chinese diaspora (such as Korea's Seollal and Vietnam's Tết), see the article on Lunar New Year. For other countries and regions where Chinese New Year is celebrated but not an official holiday, see the table below.