Holiday time in Singapore in 222:
January
New Year's Day 222/1/1, a legal holiday.
dabaosen festival 222/1/18, a festival or anniversary.
February
China Lunar New Year/New Year's Day 222/2/1, legal holidays
China Lunar New Year/New Year's Day 222/2, legal holidays.
Total Defense Day 222/2/15, a holiday or anniversary.
March
Women's Day 222/3/8, a holiday or anniversary.
April Fool's Day 222/4/1, a holiday or anniversary.
Good Friday, 222/4/15, is a legal holiday.
holy Saturday 222/4/16, a holiday or anniversary.
Easter 222/4/17, a holiday or anniversary.
May
Labor Day 222/5/1, a legal holiday.
labor day 222/5/2, a legal holiday.
Mother's Day 222/5/8, a holiday or anniversary.
International Museum Day 222/5/18, a festival or anniversary.
June
Father's Day 222/6/19, a holiday or anniversary.
July
Singapore Armed Forces Day 222/7/1, a festival or anniversary.
Racial Harmony Day 222/7/21, a holiday or anniversary.
August
National Day 222/8/9, a legal holiday.
October
Children's Day 222/1/7, a holiday or anniversary.
December
Christmas Eve 222/12/24, a holiday or anniversary.
Christmas 222/12/25 is a legal holiday.
Christmas 222/12/26 is a legal holiday.
New Year's Eve, 222/12/31, a holiday or anniversary.
Introduction to traditional festivals in Singapore
1. Public New Year (January 1st)
January 1st is the New Year's Day in our country and also the public New Year in Singapore. People will hold fireworks displays on this day to celebrate the arrival of the New Year, and this day is also a legal public holiday.
There are many Chinese in Singapore, so the biggest festival for Chinese all over the world is also very lively in Singapore. A few weeks before the Spring Festival, the streets began to be hung with colored lights and lanterns, and the new year's market was even more crowded. There were various kinds of celebrations, and wonderful parades were interspersed with jubilant lion dances.
pineapple cake, Melaleuca Cake, Egg Roll, Coconut Cake and Spicy Shrimp Roll are all classic holiday foods. Friends give gifts and oranges to each other and wish each other well. Children can receive many "red envelopes". Kumquat potted plants are decorated with red ribbons, red couplets are posted at the door, and red lanterns are hung in every family, which is a festive atmosphere.
During the Spring Festival, Singaporeans will also hold various celebration activities, such as "Spring Arrives at the Riverside" held in marina bay, with lanterns, gods of wealth, and songs and dances. In addition, another highlight of the Lunar New Year is the make-up parade, in which all kinds of floats take to the streets and people celebrate the New Year with songs and dances.
2. Harvest Festival (January 15-January 18)
Harvest Festival is a festival for Indians to celebrate harvest, during which farmers express their gratitude to the sun god and the god of life and pray for a bumper harvest. Usually it lasts for four days. On this day, they will put milk and fresh rice into a new clay pot to cook, and then add ginger, turmeric, brown sugar, cashew nuts, raisins and ghee in the cooking process.
waiting for the bubbling to overflow after boiling, the whole family shouted "＂pongollo pongal"! The meaning of boiling over symbolizes the overflow of wealth. This is a traditional way for them to celebrate the harvest, which is very ethnic, and it will be even more lively in Little India, a gathering place of Indian ethnic groups.
3. Dabosen Festival (January and February in Gregorian calendar)
Dabosen Festival is an Indian festival, also known as festival of lights or Lantern Festival, and it is an annual grand gathering for Hindu Singaporeans to pray, wish and be grateful. In order to express their piety, believers are vegetarian for the whole month to purify their souls. Moreover, every household will clean the house and light lights around it to welcome the patron saint and the goddess of luck.
Hindus in India will hold a grand celebration, and parade with idols in cars to celebrate. Some Hindus carry iron frames and stab silver needles to express their gratitude or atonement to God. This ceremony usually lasts for 24 hours. Moreover, during the procession, relatives and friends of believers will accompany them, sing hymns and prayers for them, and give them support and encouragement.
The general celebration center is in Little India area. This festival aims to commemorate the Soubrat Ma Lian God who defeated evil and endowed Hindu believers with virtue, youth and strength.
4. Vesak Day (April 15th of the lunar calendar)
Vesak Day in Singapore is to commemorate the birth, enlightenment and death of the Buddha. A few days before the festival, the Buddhist Association of Singapore began to hold a series of celebrations, and various Buddhist groups and temples decorated their lanterns and shined brightly, symbolizing the glory of the Buddha shining on the world from generation to generation. On the day of the celebration, from the dawn, devout Buddhists gathered in front of the temple to wait for the grand start of the ceremony.
When the Buddhist flag is raised, believers sing loudly, praising Buddha, Buddhism and Sangha. Believers will offer flowers, candles and incense sticks to temples. At the end of the day, candles and incense sticks will burn out and flowers will wither. This is to remind all believers that life is fleeting and everything will decline and eventually die.