List of festivals in Fiji
Public Holidays in Fiji reflect the country's cultural diversity. Each major religion in Fiji has a public holiday dedicated to it. Also Fiji's major cities and towns hold annual carnivals, commonly called festivals, which are usually named for something relevant to the city or town, such as the Sugar Festival in Lautoka, as Lautoka's largest and most historically important industry is sugar production.
Public Holidays that fall on the weekend are usually moved to either the Friday of the preceding week or the Monday of the following week. This includes religious holidays as well, though in essence they are celebrated on the actual day.
List of important festivals and days in Fiji
Date | Festival | Notes |
---|---|---|
January 1 | New Year's Day | |
March/April | Good Friday | Major Christian |
March/April | Holy Saturday | Major Christian |
March/April | Easter Monday | Major Christian |
May 14 | Girmit Day | Public Holiday celebrating the Girmit of Fiji. |
Last Monday in May | Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day | The celebrations in honor of Fiji's first modern statesman actually begin a week early. It is almost always celebrated on a Monday. This was formerly a public holiday, but the military-backed interim government abolished it following the military coup of 2006. |
October 10 | Fiji Day | The anniversary of both Fiji's cession to the United Kingdom in 1874 and attainment of independence in 1970. The week leading up to Fiji Day, Fiji Week, features seven days of religious and cultural ceremonies celebrating the country's diversity. |
October/November | Diwali | Hindu |
January/December | The Prophet's Birthday | Muslim |
December 25 | Christmas Day | |
December 26 | Boxing Day | The day after Christmas. |
Variable dates
- 2020[1]
- March 9-10 – Holi[2]
- March 20 – March equinox
- April 2 – Rama Navami[3]
- April 5 – Palm Sunday / Children's Sunday[4]
- April 10-11 – Good Friday and Holy Saturday
- April 12 – Easter[5]
- June 21 – June solstice
- September 23 – September equinox
- October 28 – The Prophet's Birthday
- November 14 – Diwali
- December 21 – December solstice
- 2021[6]
- 2022[7]
- 2023[8]
- 2024[9]
- March 22 – March equinox
- March 24-25 – Holi[2]
- March 24 – Palm Sunday / Children's Sunday[4]
- March 29-30 – Good Friday and Holy Saturday
- March 31 – Easter[5]
- April 1 – Easter Monday
- June 21 – June Solstice
- September 16 – The Prophet's Birthday
- September 23 – September equinox
- December 21 – December solstice
References
- "2020 Holiday Calendar Fiji | Fiji 2020 Holidays". theprintcalendar.com. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- "Holi 2020 - Calendar Date". www.calendardate.com. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- "RAM NAVAMI-RAM NAVAMI 2020-RAM NAVAMI DATE-WHEN IS RAM NAVMI". Color Festival Holi, The Festival of Colors. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- "Palm Sunday 2020 - Calendar-12.com". www.calendar-12.com. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- "Easter 2025 - Calendar Date". www.calendardate.com. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- "Fiji Public Holidays 2021". PublicHolidays.asia. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- "Fiji Public Holidays 2022". PublicHolidays.asia. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- "Holidays and observances in Fiji in 2023". www.timeanddate.com. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
- "Printable Fiji Calendar 2024 with Holidays [Public Holidays]". calendarwiki.com. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
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