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Here's your guide to holidays and festivals, mostly in Asia. Depending on your intention, you may want to plan your trips to coincide with or to avoid the holidays.
Jan 1: New Year's Day - Worldwide
Jan 7: Victory Day Over the Genocidal Regime - Cambodia
Jan 8: Manaw Festival - New Year celebration by the Kachin ethnic minority in Myitkyina, Kachine state, about 1,600km north of Yangon, Myanmar.
Jan 10: Coming-of-Age Day (seijin no hi) is held annually in Japan on the second Monday of January to congratulate those who have reached the maturity, ie 20 years old.
Jan 27: Vietnam Day
Feb 1: Federal Territory Day - Malaysia
Feb 3: Foundation of the Vietnamese Communist Party
Feb 3-4: Chinese New Year - Worldwide
Feb 2-8: Spring Festival (China)
Feb 15: Prophet Muhammad's Birthday - Malaysia
Mar 8: International Women's Day - China, Cambodia, Vietnam
Mar 26: Youth Day - Vietnam
Apr 3-5: Qingming Festival (Tomb Sweeping Day) - China
Apr 12: Water Splashing Festival of the Dai ethnic minority, Jinghong, Xishuangbanna, China
Apr 13 to 15: Cambodian New Year
Apr 17: Cambodia Independence Day
April 17 - 19 (15th day of 3rd lunar month): Sister Rice Festival, or Sisters' Meal Festival in Taijiang County, Guizhou Province, China. More...
Apr 30: Liberation Day Vietnam
Apr 30-May 2: China Labour Day
May 1: Labour Day - China, Malaysia, Vietnam etc
May 4: National Youth Day, China
May 7: Hari Hol Pahang, Malaysia
May 17: Wesak Day - Malaysia, Singapore
May 19: Ho Chi Minh's Birthday, Vietnam
May 30: Harvest Festival, Malaysia
Jun 1: International Children's Day - China, Cambodia, Vietnam etc
Jun 1: Dayak Festival, Malaysia
Jun 4-6: Dragon Boat Festival, China (5th day of 5th mth)
Jun 27: Memorial Day for War Martyrs, Vietnam
Jul 1: Communist Party Foundation, China
Jul 1: Canada Day
Jul 7: Georgetown World Heritage City Day, Penang, Malaysia
Jul 11-13: Mongolia's Naadam Festival
Aug 1: People's Liberation Army Day, China
Aug 5 to 8: Torch Festival of the Yi people in south-west China
www.cultural-china.com/chinaWH/html/en/14Traditions979.html
Aug 9: Singapore National Day
Aug 19: Revolution of 1945, Vietnam
Aug 31: Malaysia National Day
Sep 2: Vietnam National Day
Sep 3: Sarawak's Governor Birthday, Malaysia
Sep 10: Teacher's Day, China
Sep 10: 23rd Macau International Fireworks Display Contest, organised by the Macau Government Tourist Office. 10, 12, 17, 24 Sep and 1 Oct 2011 at the sea area in front of the Macau Tower. www.asiatraveltips.com/news11/88-MacauFireworks.shtml
Sep 12: Mid-Autumn Festival
Sep 16: Malaysia Day, Malaysia
Sep 24: Cambodia Constitutional Declaration Day
Oct 1-7: China National Day
Oct 23: Thandingyut Festival, Yangon, Laos
During the festival, houses and streets in cities and towns will be brightly illuminated while pagodas will be crowded with people doing meritorious deeds. Point of interest: Shwedagon Pagoda, Yangon.
Oct 23: Cambodia Peace Treaty Day
Oct 26, Deepavali - Malaysia, Singapore
Oct 30 to November 1: Cambodia King's Birthday
Nov 6: Confucius' Birthday, Vietnam
Nov 9: Cambodia Independence Day
Nov 20: Awal Muharram, Malaysia
Nov 20: Teacher's Day, Vietnam
Dec 10: Cambodia Human Rights Day
Dec 25: Christmas Day - Malaysia, Singapore
For Tibetan Festivals, visit http://amazingtibet.com/fastivaldate.html
Note: Some holidays, especially the ones in China, follow the Chinese Lunar Calendar, which varies from year to year.
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