Event: New Year
Date: 1st of January
Activities: fireworks display, visiting and greeting .New Year’s Day in Indonesia is celebrated with great pomp and gaiety like any other country of the world. This day is observed as public holiday, hence all the schools, colleges, offices and other institutions remains closed on this day. In Indonesian language it is known as Tahun Baru Masehi.On the New Year’s Day, the people mostly prefer to spend time with their friends and family. Being a holiday, you can see them thronging the cinema halls of the restaurants of the city. They spend the day eating and drinking and visiting some of the major tourist attractions of the city.People visit one another’s house to exchange gifts. Feasts are laid out, where you get to eat traditional Indonesian food and delicacies. 

Event: Kasada

Date: month of March
Activities: Kasada in Indonesia is dedicated to Mount Bromo. This is one of the most famous volcanic mountains of the country. Located between Bali and Surabaya, this mountain is also a major tourist attraction of the country. Large number of people comes to Indonesia, not only to take a look at its deep craters but also to attend the celebrations of the Kasada festival. On Kasada, the people of the country climb the 2392 meters high volcanic mountain to offer prayers and pay tribute to their forefathers and ancestors. Kasada is basically the name of a month. It is the twelfth month in the Tenggerese calendar year. The festival is held on the fourteenth day of this month. Though Mont Bromo is dormant, however sometimes sulphur fumes can still be seen emitting from the craters. Whenever the locals hear any rumbling and grumbling sound from the crater, they rush to this pace to give their offerings. Hence one can say that Kasada is basically celebrated to keep the holy mountain from erupting. The offerings ranges form fruits, flowers, and chicken to bigger and unique items like live water- buffaloes. These offerings are either thrown in the crater or are given to the Muslim petitioners. Tourists from outside the country come to watch this spectacular event.Kasada is one of the most popular religious festivals of the country. This festival clearly highlights the Indonesians belief in nature Gods.