13 April

Sinhalese and Tamil New Year (Sri Lanka)

Sinhalese and Tamil New Year is the beginning of the solar New Year celebrated in Sinhalese and Tamils in Sri Lanka and India. The timing of the festival coincides with other new year celebrations in other traditional calendars in South and Southeast Asia. It is a public holiday in Sri Lanka and marks the end of the harvest season.

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