List of legal holidays in Guyana

Guyana has 15 public holidays every year, including New Year's Day (January 1), Republic Day (February 23), Prophet's Birth (February 24), Holi Day (March 27), Good Friday (March 29), Easter (March 30), Labor Day (May 1), Guei Day (May 5), Independence Day (May 26), Caribbean Community Day (July 1), Liberation Day (August 5), Eid Adha Day (October 15), Lantern Festival (November 3), Christmas Day (December 25), Boxing Day (December 26).

January 1, New Year's Day

New Year's Day, also known as the "New Calendar Year", refers to January 1 of the current Gregorian calendar. But before 1911,"New Year's Day" was today's "Spring Festival", which is the Summer Calendar New Year. New Year's Day is a legal holiday in many countries or regions in the world, such as the mainland of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, Japan, South Korea, etc. Among them, China and Singapore both take one day off as a legal holiday, and Japan takes six days off. From December 29 before the New Year to China and Singapore both take one day off as a legal holiday. Japan takes six days off, from December 29 before the New Year to January 3 of the following year. In terms of customs, New Year's Day mainly blessings each other in various ways, with New Year cards being the main form.

February 23 Republic Day

The country's largest parade carnival, dozens of parade teams, dressed in strange costumes and loud music, passed through several streets in the city to the national park carnival. The parade included all races, groups, government agencies, well-known commercial companies, and also Chinese, Brazilian, and Cuban parades. The parade lasted for several hours and stretched for several kilometers from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. February 24, the Prophet's Birthday (Holy Days), Holy Days is an important festival in Islam to commemorate the birth of the Prophet Mohammed. However, Sunnis and Shiites commemorate Holy Days on different dates. Ethnic minorities in China are basically Sunni, so Holy Days is also an important festival for ethnic minorities who believe in Islam. The Sunnis 'Day is March 12 in the Islamic calendar and March 17 in the Shiites. It is said that Mohammed often fasted on the day of his birth (Monday), but now Muslims do not fast on Holy Day, but prepare food to celebrate and tell Muhammad's deeds during his lifetime.

March 27 Holi Festival

Holi, also known as Holi, is an important festival for Indians and Hindus. It is an important festival in India, Nepal, Suriname, Guyana, Trinidad, the United Kingdom, Mauritius and Fiji. During the festival, people throw colored powder and colored water at each other to celebrate the arrival of spring.

March 29 Good Friday

Good Friday, also known as Good Friday, is the day when Christian believers commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. It is the Friday before Easter. According to the Bible, Jesus was crucified at about 9:00 a.m. on the 14th day of the Jewish calendar in 33 A.D. and died at about 3:00 p.m. Jesus only commanded His disciples to remember His death.

March 30 Easter Monday

Easter (Lord Easter Day) is an important Western festival, which falls on the first Sunday after the full moon of the vernal equinox every year. Christians believe that Easter symbolizes rebirth and hope, commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion between 30 and 33 AD. If there is an Easter holiday in the area, it is usually celebrated with Good Friday. Today, many Easter related folk customs such as the Easter bunny and Easter eggs are not of Christian origin. Jesus only commanded his disciples to remember his own death (Luke 22:19, 20).

May 1 is International Labor Day, also known as "May Day International Labor Day" and "International Demonstration Day". It is Labor Day in most countries in the world.

May 5 to Gui Day (Indian Heritage Day, commemorating the day when Indians arrived in Guyana.)

May 26 Independence Day

May 28 Deathlon Day

Deeppavali (or Diwali) Hindi: ,; Urdu: د وا ال ا ل; Tamil: ; Telugu: ), also known as Diwali, Lantern Festival, and Indian New Year, is held in October or mid-November every year. It is a Hindu festival that "drives away darkness with light and conquers evil with good." Jain, Sikh and some Buddhist believers also celebrate the festival. This festival is a legal holiday in India, Singapore, Malaysia, Fiji, Mauritius, Trinidad and Tobago and Nepal.

July 1 Caribbean Community Day

The festival of Kaligon, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is an organization established by 15 Caribbean countries. The main purpose of the Caribbean Community is to promote economic integration and cooperation among its members to ensure that integration is shared equitably, and to coordinate foreign policy. Main activities include: coordinating economic policies and development planning, formulating projects for underdeveloped developing countries, operating a Caricom Single Market by many members, and handling regional trade disputes. The headquarters of the Secretariat is located in Georgetown, Guyana.

August 5 is Black Liberation Day (a celebration of freedom)

October 15 Eid al-Adha (Eid al-Adha)

Eid al-Adha (translated as Eid al-Adha, New Malaysia called Haji al-Adha, Arabic د ال, Latin: "īdu l-" A ā), also known as the "Great Festival", is an important festival in Islam. On December 10 of each year in the Islamic calendar, after the pilgrimage to Mecca. The festival commemorates the Prophet Ibrahim (translated as Abraham in Christianity) faithfully carried out God's command and sacrificed his son Ishmael (translated as Ishmael in Christianity) to Allah, and then replaced it with a lamb. According to the Koran, in order to test Ibrahim, the ancestor of the Arabs and Israelis, Allah ordered him to kill his son and sacrifice him. He fully obeyed and took his son to a stone that is currently a sacred object in the Rock Mosque in Jerusalem. He prepared to kill his son, burn it, and sacrifice it to Allah. Allah achieved the purpose of testing him and ordered the angel to promptly send a black sheep instead of Ibrahim and present it to Allah. The Christian Bible records a little different, believing that Ishmael was Abraham's second-born son and returned to Egypt with his mother. Abraham wanted to kill his second son Isaac (translated in Islam), who was born when he was 90 years old, but the plot was the same. On the day of Eid Adha, Muslims wear new clothes, slaughter livestock, and leave meat not only for their homes, but also for the poor, ensuring that all Muslims have a share of meat. The happy scene is like celebrating the New Year in China.

November 3, Diwali in India

December 25 Christmas Day

Christmas, also known as Christmas in Taiwan, is a traditional festival in the church calendar. It is a celebration day for Christians to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. On Christmas Day, most Catholic churches hold midnight Mass on Christmas Eve on December 24, that is, in the early morning of December 25, while some Christian churches hold good news and then celebrate Christmas on December 25; while the Christmas celebration of the Orthodox Church, another major branch of Christianity, is held on January 7 every year. According to the Catholic Gospels, Jesus was born of Mary, the Virgin Mary of Bethlehem, who was pregnant with the Holy Spirit. Mary and her husband Joseph were on their way to the Roman census and register. Jesus 'birth appears to believers to be the fulfillment of the Jewish prophetic plan for the coming of Messiah, because Bethlehem was the home of Joseph's ancestor, David. Christmas is also a public holiday in the Western world and in many other places, such as Hong Kong, Macau, Malaysia and Singapore in Asia. But the exact date of Jesus 'birth is controversial.

December 26 Boxing Day