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It's a National Holiday here where I am today ... a "Hari Merah" (meaning 'red day'... referring to the red numbers on a calendar).
"Vesak, also known as Buddha Purnima and Buddha Day, is a holiday traditionally observed by Buddhists and some Hindus on different days in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Tibet, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Mongolia and the Philippines and in China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam as "Buddha's Birthday" as well as in other parts of the world.
The festival commemorates the birth, enlightenment (Buddhahood), and death (ParinirvÄna) of Gautama Buddha in the Theravada or southern tradition. [wiki]
"Vesak, also known as Buddha Purnima and Buddha Day, is a holiday traditionally observed by Buddhists and some Hindus on different days in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Tibet, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Mongolia and the Philippines and in China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam as "Buddha's Birthday" as well as in other parts of the world.
The festival commemorates the birth, enlightenment (Buddhahood), and death (ParinirvÄna) of Gautama Buddha in the Theravada or southern tradition. [wiki]