List of festivals in Fiji

Public holidays in Fiji reflect the country's cultural diversity. Each major religion in Fiji has a public holiday dedicated to it. Also Fiji's major cities and towns hold annual carnivals, commonly called festivals, which are usually named for something relevant to the city or town, such as the Sugar Festival in Lautoka, as Lautoka's largest and most historically important industry is sugar production.

Public Holidays that fall on the weekend are usually moved to either the Friday of the preceding week or the Monday of the following week. This includes religious holidays as well, though in essence they are celebrated on the actual day.

List of important festivals and days in Fiji

Date	Festival	Notes
January 1	]\|Celebrations can continue for a week, or even a month, in some areas. It is common practice in Fiji to beat drums and shower one another with water. Fireworks and an annual Street Party is held in the heart of Suva, the nations capital to welcome the new year and is one of the largest new year celebrations in the South Pacific.
February/March	Holi	Hindu "Festival of Colors" (Not a public holiday).
March/April	Ram Naumi	Hindu celebration of the birth of Lord Rama (not a public holiday).
March/April	Easter	Major Christian festival; the Friday (Good Friday) and the Sunday (Easter Sunday) are both official public holidays. There is also a Public Holiday on Easter Monday, the Monday following Easter Sunday.
March/April	Palm Sunday	Also celebrated as Children's Sunday by Fiji's Methodists (not a public holiday).
May	Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day	The celebrations in honor of Fiji's first modern statesman actually begin a week early. It is almost always celebrated on a Friday. This was formerly a public holiday, but the military-backed interim government abolished it following the military coup of 2006.
May 4	National Youth Day	Public Holiday celebrating the Youth of Fiji.
June 15	Queen's Birthday	Official birthday of Queen Elizabeth II, former Queen of Fiji, still recognized by the chiefs as the Tui Viti, or Paramount Chief of Fiji.
Sometime in the first half of the year and based on the Islamic and lunar calendars.Eid ]]	Muslim festival celebrating after Ramadhan. The public holiday is not on the actual day of celebration due to the unpredictability of the moons appearance that signals the day.
August	Bula Festival	Celebrated in Nadi
August	Hisbiscus Carnival/ Festival	Celebrated in Suva
September	Sugar Festival	Celebrated in Lautoka
September	Friendly North Festival	Celebrated in Labasa
September	Coral Coast Festival	Celebrated in Sigatoka
October 10	Fiji Day	The anniversary of both Fiji's cession to the United Kingdom in 1874 and attainment of independence in 1970. The week leading up to Fiji Day is called Fiji Week, a week of religious and cultural ceremonies celebrating the country's diversity.
October/November	Diwali	Hindu "Festival of Lights," in honor of Lakshmi, the goddess of wealth and prosperity. The public holdiay is a day of colour and celebration amongst all of Fiji's races and creeds not in its religious sense but for its festive and cultural aspects. Hindus in Fiji usually open their homes to other families to share in the traditional sweets and foods of Diwali in Fiji.
December 25	Christmas	Christian festival, though celebrated by the country as a whole.
December 26	Boxing Day	The day after Christmas.

List of festivals in Oceania

Sovereign states	Australia Federated States of Micronesia Fiji Kiribati Marshall Islands Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

Associated states of New Zealand	Cook Islands Niue

Dependencies and other territories	American Samoa Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Easter Island French Polynesia Guam Hawaii New Caledonia Norfolk Island Northern Mariana Islands Pitcairn Islands Tokelau Wallis and Futuna

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List of festivals in Fiji