Holidays in Suriname

Public holidays in Suriname 

date	Name (the Sranan name in brackets )	German name	Remarks
January 1st	Nieuwjaar ( nyunyari )	New Year
January 25, 2020	Chinees Nieuwjaar	Chinese New Years Festival	moving holiday.
February 25	Dag van Bevrijding en Vernieuwing		on Feb. 25, 1980 coup Dési Bouterse and 15 other officers.
March 10, 2020	Holi		Hindu New Year and Spring Festival, movable holiday - see also: Hindustanen .
April 10, 2020	Goede Vrijdag ( bun freida )	Good Friday	moving holiday.
April 12, 2020	First Paasdag	Easter Sunday	moving holiday.
April 13, 2020	Tweede Paasdag	Easter Monday	moving holiday.
1st of May	Dag van de Arbeid ( wrokodei )	May Day
May 24, 2020	Ied Ul-Fitre	Sugar festival	Islamic festival, ends the fasting month of Ramadan (also called Bodo festival by the Javanese Muslims), mobile holiday.
July 1	Dag der Vrijheden or Emancipatiedag ( Keti Koti Dei )		on July 1, 1863, slavery was abolished.
August 9	Dag der Inheemsen ( Ingi Dei )		Day of the indigenous population (since Columbus also wrongly called Indians); also the day of remembrance of the first Javanese immigrants in Suriname, on August 9, 1890.
July 31, 2020	Ied Ul-Adha	Islamic Festival of Sacrifice	moving holiday.
October 10th	Dag the marrons		Day of the Maroons . On October 10, 1760, the colonial power signed the first peace treaty with escaped slaves from the Ndyuka tribe .
November 14, 2020	Divali		hindu festival of lights, mobile holiday.
25. November	Onafhankelijkheidsdag ( srefidensi )		Suriname gained independence on November 25, 1975.
December 25th and 26th	Eerste en Tweede Kerstdag ( kresneti )	Christmas	1st and 2nd Christmas Day.