Sri Lanka : helgdagar, stängning av banker, skolan semester

Sekulär semester : Celebration of the harvest, which is observed for three days: Bhogi Pongal, Surya Pongal and Mattu Pongal. A colourful and traditional festival with many a ceremony devoted to various deities and cattle races.

Lamaismen (Theravada) :

Sekulär semester : Celebrating the anniversary of independence from Britain in 1948 not a paid holiday when falling on Saturday or Sunday

Lamaismen (Theravada) :

Hinduism : A Hindu festival in honor of Lord Shiva and his marriage to Goddess Parvati. Ceremonies involving prayers and hymns take place mostly at night.

Lamaismen (Theravada) : Commemorates the visit of The Buddha to his home to preach to his father King Suddhodana and other relatives and show them the path to enlightenment and final deliverance.

Skollovens :

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Sekulär semester :

Lamaismen (Theravada) : Sri Lankans and Tamilnadu people celebrate their national new year's day (Puththandu in Tamil and Aluth Avurudhu in Sinhala). The specific time of the New Year is set by astrologers on the 13th or 14th. The sun moving from the house of Pisces to the house of Aries signals the dawn of the new year.

Katolska och protestantiska : Första konciliet i Nicaea (biskopar möte i tidig sortkristendomen) ville hitta en dag att fira korsfästelsen och uppståndelsen av Christ, högtidlighållandet var kopplas till traditionen av de judiska helgdagarna, eftersom den sista måltiden Kristi ansågs vara den judiska påsken. Men den judiska kalendern är baserad på cykler av månen och solen, så högtiden för Herrens Påsk fick samma kalender.

Lamaismen (Theravada) : Hanumanji is said to be Chiranjivi (immortal) and is present in the world even today. He is the link between the devotees and God, for, as instructed by the Lord, he serves, protects and inspires the servants of God. Saints like Tulasidas had the darshan (divine vision) of the Lord through the grace of Hanumanji.

Skollovens :

Sekulär semester : Chicago, lördag den 1 maj 1886: 350.000 arbetstagare i strejk. De vill ha en 8-timmars arbetsdag. Alla branscher är förlamade landet. På måndag, polisen öppnar eld. På tisdag, är Chicago en gång i strejk. Efter en bomb inletts mot dem, polisen öppnar eld. 12 döda, varav 7 poliser. 8 anarkister kommer att bli dömda och avrättade. 1889, den socialdemokratiska internationella rörlighet möttes i Paris och förklarade i dag internationella arbetarnas dag . Sovjet tog samma beslut, på samma sätt som nazisterna. I Frankrike under Vichy regimen (1940-1944), firandet döptes arbetsdag .

Sekulär semester : Chicago, lördag den 1 maj 1886: 350.000 arbetstagare i strejk. De vill ha en 8-timmars arbetsdag. Alla branscher är förlamade landet. På måndag, polisen öppnar eld. På tisdag, är Chicago en gång i strejk. Efter en bomb inletts mot dem, polisen öppnar eld. 12 döda, varav 7 poliser. 8 anarkister kommer att bli dömda och avrättade. 1889, den socialdemokratiska internationella rörlighet möttes i Paris och förklarade i dag internationella arbetarnas dag . Sovjet tog samma beslut, på samma sätt som nazisterna. I Frankrike under Vichy regimen (1940-1944), firandet döptes arbetsdag .

Muslim, Sufi :

Skollovens :

Skollovens :

Vykort/Blommor : Mother’s day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mother’s day has different origins in different countries and therefore occurs on different days in the year. One school of thought claims that this day emerged from the custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the wife of Cronus, was held on March 15 to March 18 around Asia Minor. They insist that this custom spread around the world. Mothering Sunday is the celebration of motherhood in the United Kingdom. It is also known as Mid-lent Sunday, Rose Sunday and Laetare Sunday. It originally comes from the Victorian practice of allowing servants to return home to visit their mothers on this day. In the United States, Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 - October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. Howe’s Battle Hymn of the Republic was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862 and quickly became one of the most popular songs for the Union during the American Civil War. After the war she focused her activities on the causes of Pacifism and women’s suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mother’s Day, with her Mother’s Day Proclamation.

Lamaismen (Theravada) : Magha Puja or Sangha celebration. This day falls on the full moon of the third month. It commemorates the main event in Buddha's life, after His first retreated from the rain (Vassa). The anniversary of Buddah's birthday in the Mahayana tradition; the commemoration of Buddah's birth, enlightenment, and death, celebrated on the day of the full moon of the 6th month in the Theravada tradition.

mässa : http://www.pubad.gov.lk/Holidays/Public%20&%20Bank%20Holidays%202004.pdf

Lamaismen (Theravada) :

Vykort/Blommor :

Muslim, Sufi :

Lamaismen (Vajrayana) : On the Esala full moon, the Kandy Esala Perahera takes place. The most important and spectacular festival in SL, it is the climax of 10 days and nights of increasing frenetic activity in Kandy. Thousands of dancers, drummers, and temple chieftains take part in the parade that also features 50 or more magnificently decorated elephants honouring the Sacred Tooth relic of the Golden Temple. Smaller peraheras are held at this time at other locations in the island.

Skollovens : Tamil & Sinhala schools