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Fijian HolidaysVarious public & national holidays observed in Fiji |
| sitesworld.com Date | Festival | Notes |
| January 1 | New Year's Day | Celebrations can continue for a week, or even a month, in some areas. It is common practice in Fiji to beat drums and shower one another with water. Fireworks and an annual Street Party is held in the heart of Suva, the nations capital to welcome the new year and is one of the largest new year celebrations in the South Pacific. |
| February/March | Holi | Hindu "Festival of Colors" This however is not a public holiday. |
| March/April | Ram Naumi | Hindu celebration of the birth of Lord Rama. This is also not a public holiday. |
| March/April | Easter | Major Christian festival; the Friday (Good Friday) and the Sunday (Easter Sunday) are both official public holidays. There is also a Public Holiday on Easter Monday, the Monday soon after Easter Sunday. |
| March/April | Palm Sunday | Also celebrated as Children's Sunday by Fiji's Methodists,it is not a public Holiday. |
| 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 Friday. |
| May 4 | National Youth Day | Public Holiday celebrating the Youth of Fiji, which comprise a large part of the population and their contributions. |
| June 15 | Queen's Birthday | Official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, former and traditional Queen of Fiji |
| Sometime in the first half of the year and based on the Islamic and lunar calendars. | Prophet Muhammad's Birthday | Muslim festival celebrating the birth of Muhammad. Public Holiday is not on the actual day of celebration due to the unpredictability of the moons appearance that signals the day. |
| August | Bula Festival | Celebrated in Nadi |
| August | Hisbiscus Carnival/ Festival | Celebrated in Suva |
| September | Sugar Festival | Celebrated in Lautoka |
| September | Friendly North Festival | Celebrated in Labasa |
| September | Coral Coast Festival | Celebrated in Sigatoka |
| 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 is called Fiji Week, a week of religious and cultural ceremonies celebrating the country's diversity. |
| October/November | Diwali | Hindu "Festival of Lights," in honor of Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity. The Public Holdiay is a day of colour and celebration amongst all of Fiji's races and creeds not in its religious aspect but for its festive and cultural one. Hindus in Fiji usually open their homes to other families to share in the traditional sweets and foods of Diwali in Fiji. |
| December 25 | Christmas | Christian festival, though celebrated by the country as a whole. |
| December 26 | Boxing Day | The day after Christmas.sitesworld.com |