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Singapore Public Holidays 2013
Apr 10th
Singapore Ministry of Manpower (MoM) has announced official Singapore public holiday calendar for 2013. Based on the holiday calendar, there are eleven days of public holiday in 2013. Many of them falls on either Monday or Friday, making five long weekends to look forward to. More >
Earth Hour 2012
Mar 29th
Earth Hour
Earth Hour is a worldwide event where participants will switch off the lights for an hour. Started in 2007 in Sydney, Earth Hour movement organized by WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) has spread all over the world, with 5,251 cities and towns in 135 countries took part in the event. More >
Hari Raya 2012
Mar 26th
Hari Raya in Malaysia and Singapore
Eid al Fitr is the most important festival for Muslims in many parts of the world, including in Singapore and Malaysia, where the festival is called as Hari Raya Aidilfitri or Hari Raya Puasa. It celebrates the end of Ramadan (Puasa Month/ Fasting Month), the month where Muslims are obliged to Puasa (Fasting) from dawn to sunset. More >
GSS 2012
Mar 22nd
GSS – The Great Singapore Sale
GSS or Great Singapore Sale, is an annual event organized by Singapore Tourism Board to attract visitors to come to Singapore for shopping. Myriads of items in various stores will be get price discount, often by a significant amount. More >
Holy Week 2012 Philippines
Mar 21st
Thai New Year 2012
Mar 19th
Songkran – Thai New Year 2012
Thai New Year festival, or known as Songkran, is a Thailand festival widely celebrated by foreigner as water festival, where people splash each others with bucket of waters in the streets of Bangkok, Phuket, Pattaya, Chiang Mai, and other Thailand cities. What is less known is that the Thai New Year is also a very religious festival, where Thai people pay respect to Buddha by bathing Buddha statue. More >
Easter 2012
Mar 16th
Easter
Also called Resurrection Sunday, Easter 2012 is one of the major festival in the Christian calendar as it celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. The early church saw the account of Jesus’ resurrection as the main indication of God’s point, declaring Jesus as the Messiah and Savior. Easter is celebrated since the fourth century and has been the center of the Christian community that even churches that traditionally do not follow other feasts of the church year celebrate Easter as the focal point of Christian faith and worship. More >
St Patrick’s Day 2012
Mar 13th
Saint Patrick’s Day
Saint Patrick’s Day is a Catholic holiday celebrated annually to remember Saint Patrick. Initially a religious holiday, St Patrick’s Day has become more of a secular holiday in recent years. Commonly recognized as patron saint of Ireland, St Patrick’s Day is celebrated with most fervor in Ireland as well as among Irish communities in other countries. More >
Isra Miraj 2012
Mar 10th
Isra Miraj 2012, Journey of the Prophet Muhammad
Isra Miraj is an important event for the Muslims concerning the journey of Prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Madina. The name Isra Miraj derived from two different words Isra, meaning the night journey, and Miraj, meaning the ladder, which describes two parts of the night journey of Prophet Muhammad. More >
Assumption Day 2012
Mar 9th
Assumption Day 2012 (The Assumption of Mary)
Assumption Day, also known as The Assumption of Mary, is a feast day for the Christians to commemorate the assumption of Virgin Mary into heaven. It is celebrated annually on August 15 in some European and American countries such as France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Colombia, Ecuador, and so on. The Christians believe that when Mary was dead, her body and soul both ascended into the glory in the heaven. Some countries make the Assumption Day as the public holiday while some others consider it as a common busy day, though most Christians celebrate this feast by going to the church. More >
