Holidays & Festivals

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We love them and we’d love them more if they were uniform across the globe. Holidays and Festivals have a habit of happening after you’ve worked out your travel schedule to the last nanosecond. Find out how your trip figures with calendars around the world with JourneyMart’s exhaustive list.
SRI LANKA
Date 2008 Occasion
January 1 New Year's Day
January 14 Tamil Pongal Day
February 4 National Day or Independence Day
March 20 Milad un Nabi or Eid ul Milad-The Prophet's Birthday
March 21 Good Friday
May 1 May Day
October 1 Eid al Fitr2  
October 28 Deepawali/Dipabali
November 25 Heroes Day
December 8 Eid al Adha2
December 25 Christmas Day  
1Only for Hindus. (Not banks).
2Only for Muslims. (Not banks).
Any of the above holidays which fall on a weekend or Poya Day are not moved or observed on another day
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Weekend -
Saturday, Sunday