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The multi-cultural country of Sri Lanka consist of 4 major religions namely Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam and Christianity. All major festivals of these religions are public holidays and if you take a walk around a city during festivals time you can see many decorations and signs, like Happy Sinhala & Tamil New Year or Merry Christmas etc. People are happy when its festival time and its a joy to watch as they stroll along the street of the country with big bags of clothes and other thing they buy for the respective festival.

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Celebrated in the month of December, it is celebrated just as it is anywhere in the world. People flood the streets for shopping and to get ready for one of the major holidays in the world.

In April the Sri Lankans celebrate one of the most important festivals in the Sri Lankan calendar. Usually celebrated on the 13th and 14th of April, a great festival to witness.

In the month of June on a full moon night you would see many people on the streets to enjoy the 'Dansal' given by people for Posan Festival.

Ramadan is an important to festival to all Muslims in Sri Lanka and the rest of the world alike. A month long festival of prayer and fasting that is supposed to get closer to God.

The first festival in the calendar year, it is celebrated by the Tamils of Sri Lanka and the Tamils of India as the rice festival.

The festival that celebrates the birth of The Siddharth or Lord Buddha, it is definitely one of the major festivals in Sri Lanka with street decorations.

On a full moon Poya day in July in the large city of Kandy, you will be able to see a spectacle of a show that is the annual Kandy 'Perahera' (parade)

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