2024
JOUR DE LA VICTOIRE
Official festival
Every November 3, the Maldives commemorate the attempted coup d'état of ...Read more
2024
FÊTE DE LA CONVERSION À L'ISLAM
Official festival
In 1153, the Moroccan hafiz (one who knows the Koran by heart) Abul Barakat ...Read more
2024
FÊTE DE LA RÉPUBLIQUE
Parties
After gaining independence from the British, the Maldives continued on the ...Read more
2024
QAUMEE DUVHAS
Parties
The Maldives celebrate their Independence Day in July and their National ...Read more
2024
JOUR DES MARTYRS
Traditional Festival Folklore and Fair
This occasion commemorates the death of Sultan Ali VI in 1558, killed ...Read more
2024
NAISSANCE DU PROPHÈTE
Religious festival
This festival commemorates the birth of the Prophet Mohammed in the third ...Read more
2024
KUDA EID (AÏD-EL-FITR)
Religious festival
Called Kuda Eid in the Maldives, Eid ul-fitr marks the end of Ramadan and ...Read more
2024
FÊTE DE L'INDÉPENDANCE
Parties
The Maldives were granted independence by Great Britain on July 26, 1965. ...Read more