Chung Yeung Festival
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Friday october 11, 2024
Buddhism (Vajrayana) : Families gather in front of their ancestors' graves and tidy them. They burn paper money, for use by the deceased person.
Chinese New Year
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Wednesday january 29, 2025
Buddhism (Vajrayana) : At New Year during the night, the Jade Emperor conveyed all animals. Only 12 showed up. To thank them, Buddha dedicated one symbolic year per visitor. Each new born would inherit the relevant animal's characteristics. Overtime work by employees working six days a week and that falls during Indonesias statutory holidays must be compensated with two times the normal hourly wage for the first five hours of work, three times the normal hourly wage for the sixth hour of work, and four times the hourly wage for the seventh and eighth hour of overtime work
Optional holiday
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Friday january 31, 2025
Buddhism (Vajrayana) : Bhawasma Budhbar - Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year
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Friday january 31, 2025
Buddhism (Vajrayana) : The Chinese calendar combines lunar and solar movements. The lunar cycle is about 29.5 days. To match the solar calendar, an extra month is added once every few years (seven years out of a 19-year cycle).