Editing Suriname (section)

===National holidays===
* 1 January – [[New Year's Day]]
* January/February – [[Chinese New Year]]
* March (varies) – [[Holi|Phagwah]]
* March/April – [[Good Friday]]
* March/April – [[Easter]]
* March/April – [[Easter Monday]] 
* 1 May – [[Labour Day]]
* 1 July – [[Keti Koti]] ([[Emancipation Day]] – end of slavery)
* 9 August – [[International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples|Indigenous People's Day]]
* 10 October – [[Maroons|Day of the Maroons]]
* October/November – [[Diwali]]
* 25 November – [[Independence Day]]
* 25 December – [[Christmas]]
* 26 December – [[Boxing Day]]
* varies – [[Eid-ul-adha]]
* varies – [[Eid-ul-Fitr]]
* varies – [[Satu Suro]]/[[Islamic New Year]]<ref>{{cite web| url=http://brussels.embassy.gov.sr/about-suriname/national-holidays/| title=National Holidays – the Embassy of the Republic of Suriname in Belgium| access-date=8 April 2023| archive-date=8 April 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408084808/http://brussels.embassy.gov.sr/about-suriname/national-holidays/| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://sr.usembassy.gov/holiday-calendar/|title=Holiday Calendar|publisher=U.S. Embassy in Suriname|access-date=11 May 2023}}</ref>

There are several [[Hindu]] and [[Islamic]] national holidays like [[Diwali]], [[Phagwa]], and [[Eid-ul-adha]]. These holidays do not have fixed dates on the [[Gregorian calendar]], as they are based on the [[Hindu calendar|Hindu]] and [[Islamic calendar]]s, respectively. As of 2020, Eid-ul-adha is a national holiday, and equal to a Sunday.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://dwtonline.com/laatste-nieuws/2020/07/25/eid-ul-adha-vrije-dag/|title=Eid-ul-Adha vrije dag|website=De Ware Tijd|access-date=25 July 2020|language=nl|archive-date=25 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725081932/http://dwtonline.com/laatste-nieuws/2020/07/25/eid-ul-adha-vrije-dag/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

There are several holidays which are unique to Suriname. These include the [[Prawas Din]] ([[Indian Arrival Day|Indian]]), Javanese, and Chinese arrival days. They celebrate the arrival of the first ships with their respective immigrants.

====New Year's Eve====
[[File:Kerstoudjaar 037.jpg|thumb|Pagara (red firecracker ribbons)]]

New Year's Eve in Suriname is called ''Oud jaar'', ''Owru Yari'', or "old year". [[Firecrackers]] called ''pagaras'' with long ribbons attached are detonated at midnight.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.funtrivia.com/en/subtopics/A-Sabbatical-in-Suriname-334838.html|title=A Sabbatical in Suriname – Fun Facts, Questions, Answers, Information|publisher=Funtrivia.com|date=25 February 1980|access-date=13 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140922204719/http://www.funtrivia.com/en/subtopics/A-Sabbatical-in-Suriname-334838.html|archive-date=22 September 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>