Hinduism in Singapore petition was launched by educator Sangeetha Thanapal which attracted nearly 20,000 signatures.A rally was also planned in Hong Lim Park but was Cancelled by the Police. Some of the major Hindu festivals celebrated every year include "Deepavali (Divali)", "Thaipusam", "Pongal", "Tamil New Year" or Varsha Pirappu, Holi also known as Festival of Colours and Thimithi or otherwise known as the Fire Walking Festival. Deepavali is a public holiday in Singapore.The Hindus have also urged the government to make Thaipusam,a public holiday ,since Christians and Muslims have two public holiday each. Hinduism in Singapore Hindu religion and culture in Singapore can
Colour Day Festival end of the night, everyone is being covered with colour. According to news.gr, more than 100.000 bags of colour were used at the first Colour Day Festival. In 2015 the inaugural Colour Day Festival gathered more than 32.000 attendees. The second Colour Day Festival was held in June 18, 2016 at OAKA, with more than 40.000 attendees. Colour Day Festival 2017 was held in Athens on June 17, 2017. The festival begins at 12 noon. The first guests arrive and some local warm-up DJs are performing. Each of the acts plays for about 20–30 minutes. –2 hours. At 5 pm