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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Suriname

The list of Suriname bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2008, comes from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use. Qualified professionals can license data for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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19 Sep 2008 (Dagblad Suriname-Paramarimbo) The government of Suriname has confirmed that Monday, October 20th, 2008, will be a one-off public holiday to commemorate the 155th anniversary of Chinese immigration to Suriname. • 08 Aug 2007 (Blada.com) Beginning this year, Suriname will be observing August 9, the International Day of Indigenous People, as a full-fledged public holiday. • 30 Dec 2006 (Stabroek News) Suriname's Muslim community will observe Eid al Adha on December 31 (it is not one of the Suriname public holidays, although Eid al Fitr is). • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Suriname public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Chinese, Indian and Jewish businesses usually close on their respective public holidays. Other Islamic holidays may also be celebrated but are not official public holidays (except for Eid al Fitr). • Indigenous People's Day, on August 9th, has been celebrated in certain areas, but as of 2007, it has been declared a national public holiday. • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: Central Bank of Suriname (Suriname central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (maps, demographic and economic statistics), Copp Clark (financial markets' trading hours, settlement holidays and currency non-clearing days), and the IFES Election Guide (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and past voter participation).

Religion of Specific Business Contacts : Some of the business contacts that you may be trying to meet in Suriname, may belong to a religious group that is not common in Suriname, and therefore which is not included in the above list of public holidays or bank holidays. To be safe, you should also verify that no major religious holidays coincides with any planned business trip to Suriname. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

Religious Holidays : Public holidays in Suriname that are based on certain religious calendars may be subject to local variations due to differing interpretations between different religious authorities, or to seemingly arbitrary changes in the date a holiday is celebrated because it conflicts with another holiday that is based on another calendar, or because the day of the holiday is deemed inauspicious (bad luck). To find out more about these uncertainties, see the footnote below, if any, for each specific religion.

Muslim Holidays : Muslim bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Suriname were evaluated using the Umm al-Qura Calendar of Saudi Arabia which is used in Saudi Arabia and in most of the Persian Gulf States. Holidays may occur a day later in countries outside the Gulf region. The sunrises, sunsets, moon phases, moonrises and moonsets used in these calculations are based on the location of Mecca (latitude 21.42°N, longitude, 39.82°E, GMT+3 hours, no summer time rules). For more details on Muslim holidays, see Muslim Calendar Holidays. For Salat (prayer times) calculations, see our Freeware page.

Hindu Holidays : For Suriname, when calculating the date of bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays based on the Hindu Lunar calendar, if the date is expunged (ie. does not occur), then we use the following existing date of the Hindu Lunar calendar. Local practice concerning expunged days may vary regionally. For more details on the evaluation of Hindu holidays, see Hindu Calendar holidays.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2008 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Suriname, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Suriname, before planning any trip to Suriname. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.