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9 August. National Day. Celebrates the commemorate the nationhood and independence of Singapore. October/November. Deepavali. The Hindu holiday celebrates the return of Lord Rama to Ayodhya after defeating the demon king Ravana and vanquishing of the demon Naraka by Lord Krishna. 25 December. Christmas Day.
In 2024, for example, when Good Friday fell on 29 March, only Queensland, Victoria and Western Australia had school holidays which coincided with Good Friday. [111] The vast majority of businesses are closed on Good Friday, although many recreational businesses, such as the Sydney Royal Easter Show , open on Good Friday as among non-religious ...
16 February – Ed Sheeran's +–=÷× Tour is held at the National Stadium. [11]20–25 February – The Singapore Airshow is held at Changi Exhibition Centre. [12]28 February – Ahmed Salim, a Bangladeshi painter, becomes the first death row offender executed for murder in Singapore since 2019, having been convicted for killing his Indonesian ex-girlfriend in 2018.
National Day, [a] sometimes known internationally as Singapore Independence Day, [b] is a major public holiday in Singapore which commemorates an independent and sovereign Republic of Singapore. Held on 9 August since 1965 , this holiday features the National Day Parade (NDP), a National Day Message by the Prime Minister of Singapore and ...
Eid al-Fitr ( / ˌiːd əl ˈfɪtər, - trə / EED əl FIT-ər, -rə; Arabic: عيد الفطر, romanized : ʿĪd al-Fiṭr, lit. 'Feast of Breaking the Fast', IPA: [ʕiːd al ˈfɪtˤr]) is the earlier of the two official holidays celebrated within Islam (the other being Eid al-Adha ).
Thaipusam or Thaipoosam ( Tamil: Taippūcam, IPA: [t̪əjppuːsəm]) is a Tamil Hindu festival celebrated on the first full moon day of the Tamil month of Thai coinciding with Pusam star. The festival is celebrated to commemorate the victory of Hindu god Murugan over the demon Surapadman.
Frequency. annual. In Singapore, May Day (or Labour Day) is celebrated on 1 May each year as a mark of solidarity amongst workers. The celebration of May Day as a public holiday began only in 1960 after the People's Action Party (PAP) came into power. Before then, only workers defined as such under the Labour Ordinance 1955 and those defined as ...
The day is a public holiday in New Zealand. Shops are prohibited from opening before 1 pm under the Shop Trading Hours Act 1990. A prior act passed in 1949 prevented the holiday from being Mondayised (moved to the 26th or 27th should the 25th fall on a weekend), [114] although this drew criticism from trade unionists and Labour Party ...