Holiday Calendar for 2007

It always helps when you travel to Indonesia to know some of the festive days, those holidays that just might affect your days there. One of these is Nyepi in Bali when everything is shut down for the day and nobody, and I mean nobody, is allowed on the streets.

• Monday, January 1, 2007 – New Years Day

• Saturday, January 20, 2007 – Islamic New Year 1428 Hijriah

• Sunday, February 18, 2007 – Imlek – Chinese New Year 2558

• Monday, March 19, 2007 – Hari Nyepi – Bali’s Day of Silence and Hindu New Year 1929 Saka

• Saturday, March 31, 2007 – The Birth Date of the Prophet Muhammad

• Friday, April 6, 2007 – Good Friday

• Sunday, April 8, 2007 – Easter Sunday

• Thursday, May 17, 2007 – Ascension Day of Jesus Christ

• Friday, May 18, 2007 – Shared Holiday by Government Decree for an Extended Weekend

• Friday, June 1, 2007 – Hari Raya Waisak

• Saturday, August 11, 2007 – Isra’ Miraj Nabi Muhammad – Celebrating the Ascension of The Prophet Muhammad

• Friday, August 17, 2007 – Indonesian Independence Day

• Friday, October 12, 2007 – Shared Holiday by Government Decree for an Extended Weekend

• Saturday & Sunday, October 13-14, 2007 – Hari Raya Idul Fitri 1 Syawal 1428 Hijriah

• Monday & Tuesday, October 15 – 16, 2007 – Shared Holiday by Government Decree for an Extended Weekend

• Thursday, December 20, 2007 – Hari Raya Idul Adha 1428 Hijriah

• Friday, December 21, 2007 – Shared Holiday by Government Decree for an Extended Weekend

• Monday, December 24, 2007 – Shared Holiday by Government Decree for an Extended Weekend

• Tuesday, December 25, 2007 – Christmas Day

Source: Bali Discovery