27 December 2009
solution to world peace stumbles!
Tamat:
Your ideal country (minus the atheist robots, admittedly) already exists. It is Indonesia.
Vangeesa:
There is in fact one country, at least, where EVERYONE gets a day-off on ALL the religious ceremonies: that is Sri Lanka. Here is Sri Lanka's holidays for next year:
January 14 Thursday – Tamil Thai Pongal Day*†‡
January 29 Friday – Navam Full Moon Poya
Day*†
February 04 Thursday – National Day*†‡
February 27 Saturday – Milad-Un-Nabi (Holy
Prophet’s Birthday) *†‡
February 28 Sunday – Medin Full Moon Poya
Day*†
March 13 Saturday – Maha Sivarathri Day*†
March 29 Monday – Bak Full Moon Poya Day*†
April 02 Friday – Good Friday*†
April 13 Tuesday – Day prior to Sinhala and
Tamil New Year Day*†‡
April 14 Wednesday – Sinhala and Tamil New
Year Day*†‡
April 28 Wednesday – Adi Wesak Full Moon
Poya Day*†
May 01 Saturday – May Day*†‡
May 27 Thursday – Wesak Full Moon Poya
Day*†
May 28 Friday – Day following Wesak Full
Moon Poya Day*†‡
June 25 Friday – Poson Full Moon Poya
Day*†
July 25 Sunday – Esala Full Moon Poya
Day*†
August 24 Tuesday – Nikini Full Moon Poya
Day*†
September 10 Friday – Id-Ul-Fitr (Ramazan
Festival Day)*†
September 22 Wednesday – Binara Full Moon Poya
Day*†
October 22 Friday – Vap Full Moon Poya Day*†
November 05 Friday – Deepavali Festival Day*†
November 17 Wednesday – Id-Ul-Alha (Hadji Festival
Day)*†
November 21 Sunday – Il Full Moon Poya Day*†
December 20 Monday – Unduvap Full Moon Poya
Day*†
December 25 Saturday – Christmas Day*†‡
* Public Holidays † Bank Holidays ‡ Mercantile Holidays
All Saturdays are Bank Holidays.
Well, now Sri Lanka cannot really boast about being a very peaceful country, can it?
p.s. Last year the government declared the day the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) died, 19th of May, as a public holiday and that is not included, for some reason, in the above list!
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Dammit! And I thought it was such a good idea too. Oh well, back to smashing capitalism instead then....
Your ideal country (minus the atheist robots, admittedly) already exists. It is Indonesia.
Vangeesa:
There is in fact one country, at least, where EVERYONE gets a day-off on ALL the religious ceremonies: that is Sri Lanka. Here is Sri Lanka's holidays for next year:
January 14 Thursday – Tamil Thai Pongal Day*†‡
January 29 Friday – Navam Full Moon Poya
Day*†
February 04 Thursday – National Day*†‡
February 27 Saturday – Milad-Un-Nabi (Holy
Prophet’s Birthday) *†‡
February 28 Sunday – Medin Full Moon Poya
Day*†
March 13 Saturday – Maha Sivarathri Day*†
March 29 Monday – Bak Full Moon Poya Day*†
April 02 Friday – Good Friday*†
April 13 Tuesday – Day prior to Sinhala and
Tamil New Year Day*†‡
April 14 Wednesday – Sinhala and Tamil New
Year Day*†‡
April 28 Wednesday – Adi Wesak Full Moon
Poya Day*†
May 01 Saturday – May Day*†‡
May 27 Thursday – Wesak Full Moon Poya
Day*†
May 28 Friday – Day following Wesak Full
Moon Poya Day*†‡
June 25 Friday – Poson Full Moon Poya
Day*†
July 25 Sunday – Esala Full Moon Poya
Day*†
August 24 Tuesday – Nikini Full Moon Poya
Day*†
September 10 Friday – Id-Ul-Fitr (Ramazan
Festival Day)*†
September 22 Wednesday – Binara Full Moon Poya
Day*†
October 22 Friday – Vap Full Moon Poya Day*†
November 05 Friday – Deepavali Festival Day*†
November 17 Wednesday – Id-Ul-Alha (Hadji Festival
Day)*†
November 21 Sunday – Il Full Moon Poya Day*†
December 20 Monday – Unduvap Full Moon Poya
Day*†
December 25 Saturday – Christmas Day*†‡
* Public Holidays † Bank Holidays ‡ Mercantile Holidays
All Saturdays are Bank Holidays.
Well, now Sri Lanka cannot really boast about being a very peaceful country, can it?
p.s. Last year the government declared the day the leader of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) died, 19th of May, as a public holiday and that is not included, for some reason, in the above list!
.....................................................................
Dammit! And I thought it was such a good idea too. Oh well, back to smashing capitalism instead then....
