Facebook Facebook Youtube
National Holidays & Events 2012
Day Description
1 January New Year
23 January Chinese New Year
17-22 February Carnaval Celebrations
25 February Day of the Revolution
25 February Miss India World Wide Peagant
8 March Holi Phagwa (Hindi New Year)
6 April Good Friday
8 & 9 April Easter
27-30 April Avond Vierdaagse (4-day cultural walking parade)
1 May Labor Day
21 June Fête de la Musique
1 July Keti Koti (Celebration of the Abolition of Slavery)
International Swimming Marathon
9 August Day of the Indigenous
Day of the Javanese
20 August Id-Ul-Fitre
10 October Day of the Marroons
20 October Celebration Day of Chinese Immigration
25 October Id-Ul-Adha (Moslim Offer fest)
Mid October Men’s Cook Out
End October

Suriname Jazz Festival
Salsuri (Internation Salsa Festival)

1st week November International Savanna Car Rally
13 November Diwali (Hindi Light Fest)
17 November International Running Marathon
25 November Independence Day
End November Jaarbeurs (Annual Trade Fair)
15-31 December Surifesta (End of the Year Celebrations)
25 & 26 December Christmas
31 December Pagara (fireworks) estafette
National Holidays & Events 2013
Save the dates: Suriname hosts Carifesta 2013!

 

Note: The days marked in red are national holidays and the days in green indicate major events.