65438+ October
New Year 2022/11is a legal holiday.
Dabaosen Festival 2022/118, holiday or anniversary.
February
China Lunar New Year/New Year's Day 2022/21,a legal holiday.
China Lunar New Year/Lunar New Year's Day 2022/2/2, a legal holiday.
National Defense Day 2022/2/ 15, a festival or anniversary.
March
Women's Day 2022/3/8, a festival or anniversary.
April Fool's Day 2022/4/ 1, holiday or anniversary.
Good Friday, 2022/415, is a legal holiday.
2022/4/ 16 Holy Saturday, holiday or memorial day.
Easter 2022/4/ 17, a festival or anniversary.
May
Labor Day 2022/5/ 1, a legal holiday.
Labor Day 2022/5/2, a legal holiday.
Mother's Day 2022/5/8, a festival or anniversary.
International Museum Day 2022/5/ 18, a festival or anniversary.
June
Father's Day 2022/6/ 19, holiday or anniversary.
July
Singapore National Day 2022/7/ 1, holiday or anniversary.
Racial harmony day 2022/7/2 1, holiday or anniversary.
August
2022/8/9 National Day, legal holiday.
10 month
Children's Day 2022/ 10/7, holiday or anniversary.
65438+ February
Christmas Eve 2022/ 12/24, holiday or anniversary.
Christmas 2022/ 12/25, a legal holiday.
Christmas 2022/ 12/26, a legal holiday.
New Year's Eve 2022/ 12/3 1, holiday or anniversary.
Introduction of traditional festivals in Singapore
1, Public New Year (65438+ 10/)
65438+1 October1is the New Year's Day in China and 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 Chinese festival in the world is also very lively in Singapore. A few weeks before the Spring Festival, the streets began to be covered with colored lights and lanterns, and the new year market became more crowded. There are all kinds of celebrations, wonderful parades interspersed with cheerful lion dance performances.
Pineapple cake, Melaleuca Crisp, Egg Roll, Coconut Crisp and Spicy Shrimp Roll are all classic holiday foods. Friends exchange gifts, oranges and blessings, and 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 by every household, which is a festive atmosphere.
During the Spring Festival, Singaporeans will also hold various celebrations, such as "Spring Arrives at the River" in marina bay, with lanterns, the God of Wealth, and songs and dances. In addition, another highlight of the Lunar New Year is a make-up parade, in which floats take to the streets and people sing and dance in the streets to celebrate the New Year.
2. Harvest Festival (1.05— 1.08).
Harvest Festival is a festival for Indians to celebrate harvest. During this period, farmers expressed their gratitude to the sun god and the god of life and prayed for a bumper harvest. It usually lasts four days. On this day, they will cook milk and fresh rice in a new clay pot, and then add ginger, turmeric, brown sugar, cashew nuts, raisins and ghee in the cooking process.
When the foam overflows after boiling, the whole family shouts "pongollo pongal"! The meaning of boiling over symbolizes the overflow of wealth. This is their traditional way to celebrate the harvest, which is very ethnic, and it will be more lively in Little India, a gathering place of Indian nationalities.
3. Dabaosen Festival (Gregorian calendar 1 and February)
Dabaosen Festival is an Indian festival, also known as Lantern Festival or Lantern Festival. This is an annual grand gathering of Hindu believers in Singapore to pray, pray and be grateful. In order to express piety, believers are vegetarian all month and purify their souls. Moreover, every household will clean the house and light lights around the house to welcome the patron saint and the goddess of luck.
Hindus in India will hold grand celebrations and parade in cars carrying idols. Some believers wear iron frames and stab silver needles to express their gratitude or atonement for God. This ceremony usually lasts for 24 hours. Moreover, during the procession, relatives and friends of believers will accompany them, sing hymns, pray for them, and give them support and encouragement.
The main celebration center is in Little India. This festival aims to commemorate Soubrat Malian, the god who defeated evil and gave Indians virtue, youth and strength.
4. Vesak Day (the 15th day of the fourth lunar month)
Vesak Day in Singapore commemorates Buddha's birthday, enlightenment and death. A few days before the festival, the Buddhist Association of Singapore began to hold a series of celebrations. Various Buddhist groups and temples decorated lanterns with bright lights, symbolizing that the Buddha's glory shone on the world from generation to generation. On the day of the celebration, devout Buddhists gathered in front of the temple from dawn to wait for the grand start of the ceremony.
When the Buddhist flag was raised, believers sang loudly and praised Buddha, Buddhism and Sangha. Believers will present flowers, candles and incense sticks to the temple. 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 short, everything will decline and eventually die.