Hari Raya Puasa
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Wednesday april 10, 2024
Muslim, Sufi : End of Ramadan
Hari Raya Puasa
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Thursday april 11, 2024
Muslim, Sufi : End of Ramadan
Labour Day
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Wednesday may 1, 2024
Secular holiday : paid holiday when falling on a Saturday
Mothers' Day
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Sunday may 12, 2024
cards/flowers : Mothers day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mothers 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. Howes 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 womens suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mothers Day, with her Mothers Day Proclamation. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson approved Mothers Day in 1914
Vesak - Buddha Purnima - Visakha Bucha
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Wednesday may 22, 2024
Buddhism (Theravada) :
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Thursday may 23, 2024
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday may 27, 2024
School holidays :
Birthday of His Majesty, the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong
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Monday june 3, 2024
Secular holiday : Yang di-Pertuan Agong, a Malay title usually translated as Supreme Head , Supreme Ruler or Paramount Ruler , is the official title of the constitutional head of state of the federation of Malaysia. The position is often categorized as King in English, since from a Western political science perspective, Malaysia is a constitutional monarchy with a monarch as head of state. Since 1993, the full title in Malay has been, Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong. Prior to that the honorific Ke Bawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia was also used. The consort of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is called the Raja Permaisuri Agong. Both are referred to in English as His/Her Majesty .
Fathers' Day
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Sunday june 16, 2024
cards/flowers :
Hari Raya Haji
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Monday june 17, 2024
Muslim, Sufi : Feast of the Sacrifice
Awal Muharram (Maal Hijrah)
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Sunday july 7, 2024
Muslim, Sufi : Islamic New Year
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday july 22, 2024
School holidays : Date modified in Sep 2021 due to Covid epidemics
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Tuesday july 23, 2024
School holidays :
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday august 5, 2024
School holidays :
Merdeka Day (Freedom Day)
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Saturday august 31, 2024
Secular holiday : Independence granted by the UK in 1957 paid holiday when falling on a Saturday
Maulidur Rasul /Prophet's Anniversary (may be changed to the nearest day)
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Monday september 16, 2024
Muslim, Sufi : Birthday of the Prophet, Mohammed. For nine days there are Parties with fairs, feasting, and parades. Stories are told about how the mountains danced when Mohammed was born, and sang, There is no god but Allah. The trees answered, And Mohammed is his Prophet.
Then 7,000 angels brought a golden vase filled with heavenly dew, and his mother bathed the new baby in it. Many stories like these are told to Arab children on the Prophet's Birthday, the happiest day in the Moslem year.
Malaysia Day
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Monday september 16, 2024
Secular holiday : Commemorates the establishment of the Malaysian federation on the same date in 1963 paid holiday when falling on a Saturday, except in Johor, Terrenganu, Kedah, Kelantan
Malaysia Day
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Tuesday september 17, 2024
Secular holiday : Commemorates the establishment of the Malaysian federation on the same date in 1963 paid holiday when falling on a Saturday, except in Johor, Terrenganu, Kedah, Kelantan