Holidays

• There might be no other country in the world with so many holidays as in Sri Lanka.
• In addition to all the Sundays important christen, Moslem and Hindu festivals and all Buddhist and national festivals are celebrated.
• Every full moon day, In Sri Lanka called Poya, is a Buddhist holiday.
• On a poya all places of entertainment as well as all the bars remain closed, and the sale of alcohol is prohibited! Including Sunday,
• Every poya day people conduct most of cultural event such as perahera, dansal, thorana.
• Sri Lanka has about 72 holidays per year.