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Events & Festivals 2001 |
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Public Holidays
Most of the holidays or festivals in Brunei are religious celebrations. These days are the ones that mark the anniversaries of important dates in the history of the country. Similar to their neighboring countries, dates of most religious festivals are not fixed as they are based on the Islamic calendar. Some of the fixed holidays are as below:
New
Year's Day
January 1
National
Day
23 February
First
Day of Hijrah 1419
28 April
Anniversary
of the Royal Brunei Armed Forces
31 May
Prophet
Mohammad's Birthday
6 July
Sultan's
Birthday
15 July
Christmas
Day
25 December
Variable holidays are as follows:
Chinese
New Year
January or February
Nuzul
Al-Quran
January or February
Hari
Raya Aidilfitri
January or February
Isra
Dan Mi 'Raj
February
Awal
Ramadan (1st day of Ramadan)
March
Anniversary
of the Revelation of the Koran
April
Hari
Raya Aidilfitri (end of Ramadan)
April
Hari
Raya Haji
June
First
Day of Hijrah
July
Hari
Moulud (Prophet's Birthday)
July or August
Israk
Mikraj
November 1st
Day
of Ramadan
December
