THE FESTIVALS.
April is a month of festivals.The Sinhalese and the hindus celebrate the new year.The new year is generally on the 13th or 14th of April.
The new year is a national festival.The Sinhalese and the hindus celebrate it in different aways.
The catholics and the Christians celebrate easter.Easter is on a Sunday.
The Friday before easter is good Friday.Easter and good Friday are important religious days.
Sometimes the muslims too celebrate a day in mid-April.Muslims festivals do not always come on the same day
.The muslims follow the lunar calendar.The new year festival has very special customs
.
On this day Sinhalese and the hindus light the hearth at an auspicious time.They also take their new year meal at an auspicious time.
This is a very special day to Sinhalese and hindus.
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