Deepavali Holiday Singapore 2016
Deepavali is the most important of all hindu festivals.
Deepavali holiday singapore 2016. The above is the list of 2016 public holidays declared in singapore which includes federal regional government holidays and popular observances. About a week before the big day the sri mariamman temple hosts another. Around nine percent of the population of singapore can trace their roots to india making indians the third largest ethnic group in singapore.
We also provide singapore holiday calendar for 2016 in word excel pdf and printable online formats. The list of public holidays for 2016 is available on the ministry of manpower s website. From year 2016 the exact date of deepavali will be confirmed by the hindu endowments board the year before.
Singapore workers planning a getaway can look forward to six long weekends next year. The ministry of manpower has released dates of public holidays for next year with six of the 11 falling on. Traditions of deepavali in singapore.
With the availability of the 2015 hindu almanac the hindu advisory board hab has confirmed that deepavali will fall on 10 november 2015 tuesday as previously announced. Mega deepavali online show. 2016 public holidays singapore service.
There ll be both online and on site activities. In the morning of deepavali 10am to 12pm join the festivities online. Under the singapore employment act public holidays for the upcoming years from deepavali 2020 are as follows.
Find out more on the ihc website. For the first time giant fixtures like lanterns and 20m tall peacocks will be placed along serangoon and kinta roads for visitors to take photos with from september 17 to november 12. Deepavali saturday 29 october 2016 deepavali also known as diwali and popularly the festival of lights is an indian holiday festival celebrated by indians especially by adherents of hinduism sikhism and jainism.