"The Holidays in Indonesia" Top 5 Page for this destination Indonesia Favorite Tip by pangtidor

Favorite thing: Like most of the countries in the world, the weekend in Indonesia will be on Saturday and Sunday. Indonesia’s national days will be on August 17 (Independence Day) and it will be public holiday. Some national days like Sumpah Pemuda (October 28) and National Heroes’ Day (November 10) are not considered as public holiday, but national ceremony will be held all over the countries at schools, government offices, and national heroes’ cemetery complex. During those days, you may expect some traffic (from the officers’ parade on the street) or delay on bureaucracy. The moslem holidays are Eid Fitr (Idul Fitri), Eid Adha (Idul Adha), Hijri New Year (Tahun Baru Hijriah), the birthday of Prophet Mohammed (Maulid Nabi), and Isra’a-Mi’raj. The dates will vary year by year, depend on the lunar calendar and they will be public holiday. You may see some unique festivals in some areas on those dates. The Christian holidays will be on Holy Friday=Jumat Agung (March or April), Easter = Paskah (on Sunday, automatically as a holiday), Resurrection=Kebangkitan (depend on the Easter Day), Christmas=Natal (December 25) and New Year=Tahun Baru(January 1). All of them will be public holiday in Indonesia. For Moslem areas, no bussiness will be opened on the Moslem holidays, as well as Christian areas for the Christian holidays. The malls and the big stores and department stores will be opened daily in the big cities. For the Hindu, Nyepi festival will be the public holiday and the date varies. PLEASE BE ALERT FOR NYEPI DATE (ASK THE LOCAL PEOPLE), especially when you travel in Bali because this ‘silence-no activity’ day is strictly applied on that day all over the Bali island. You may end up in jail if you break the rule there. Buddhism has Waisak as the public holiday and the date varies. During this festival, there will be an interesting Buddhism ceremony in the temples. Be up dated with the local news when you travel in Indonesia so you will not miss the big events.