{"id":36127,"date":"2019-06-13T15:11:22","date_gmt":"2019-06-13T15:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/?p=36127"},"modified":"2019-06-13T15:11:22","modified_gmt":"2019-06-13T15:11:22","slug":"have-a-good-holiday-by-des-kelly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/have-a-good-holiday-by-des-kelly\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;HAVE A GOOD HOLIDAY&#8221; \u2013 By Des Kelly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Responsive --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5123580823957590\" data-ad-slot=\"7875984934\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><br \/>\n<script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> &#8220;HAVE A GOOD HOLIDAY&#8221; \u2013 By Des Kelly<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/75V3H-FXf78\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Seems very strange that even as I was thinking about all the public holidays\u00a0now\u00a0enjoyed in Australia, Christmas day, Boxing day, New Year&#8217;s day, May-day, , the Queen&#8217;s birthday, Good Friday, Easter day, Melbourne- Cup day, plus one or three more special days, where everyone in this great big Land celebrates them in their own inimitable fashion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Then, out of nowhere, I get this copy of the Sri Lankan Government&#8217;s Gazette, declaring their Public and Bank Holidays for 2020, showing the full list, which gets me thinking of yet another &#8220;title&#8221; for our little homeland in the Indian Ocean. Lanka has been proudly called many things, the Pearl of the Indian Ocean, Tear-drop of India, among others, so I have now decided to call her &#8220;Holiday-Island&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Here folks, is the reason why.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-29910\" src=\"https:\/\/websitedesigns.com.au\/elankanew\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Desmond-Kelly-9.jpg\" alt=\"Desmond Kelly\" width=\"125\" height=\"178\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">\u00a0Desmond Kelly.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px; color: #000000;\">\u00a0(Editor-in-Chief)&#8212;eLanka..<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #a70cf5;\">Govt issues gazette declaring public and bank holidays for 2020 ; see full list<\/span><\/h1>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Source<\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"color: #000080;\" href=\" Sunday Times\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: 'book antiqua', palatino, serif; font-size: 28px; text-transform: uppercase;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px;\">Sunday Times<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">A gazette has been issued to announce the days which would be declared as both public and bank holidays in 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Vajira Abeywardena in his capacity as Minister\u00a0of Internal &amp; Home Affair\u00a0had issued the gazette notification.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">Accordingly, the list of public and bank holidays for\u00a0next year\u00a0are as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">January 10 (Friday)\u00a0&#8211; Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">January 15 (Wednesday) &#8211; Tamil Thai Pongal Day<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">February 04 (Tuesday) &#8211; National Day<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">February 08 (Saturday) &#8211; Nawam Full Moon Poya Day<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">February 21 (Friday) &#8211; Mahasivarathri Day<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">March 09 (Monday) &#8211; Madin Full Moon Poya Day<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">April 07 (Tuesday) &#8211; Bak Full Moon Poya Day\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">April 10 (Friday) &#8211; Good Friday<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; 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color: #000000;\">July 04 (Saturday) &#8211; Esala Full Moon Poya Day<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">August 01 (Saturday) &#8211; Id-Ul-Alha (Hadji Festival Day)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">August 03 (Monday) &#8211; Nikini Full Moon Poya Day<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">September 01 (Tuesday) Binara Full Moon Poya Day<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">October 01 (Thursday) &#8211; Adhi-Vap Full Moon Poya Day\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">October 30 (Friday) &#8211; Milad-Un-Nabi (Holy Prophet\u2019s Birthday)\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; color: #000000;\">October 30 (Friday) &#8211; Vap Full Moon Poya Day<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 24px; 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