Does Indonesia have Diwali?
Not observed here
Indonesia counts Hinduism among its officially recognised religions and gives it a national holiday — but that day is Nyepi, the Balinese Saka new year and the island's day of silence, not Diwali. So the situation here is not that a Hindu festival cannot get in; it is that the one that got in is the Balinese one: Indonesia's Hindu population is concentrated in Bali, the calendar and the festivals follow Bali, and the North Indian Diwali therefore does not appear on the national holiday list. Tamil communities in Medan and elsewhere still keep Deepavali in their own temples.
What is this topic?
Diwali is a five-day season, not a single day. This page separates the main day (Lakshmi–Ganesha Puja) from the opening Dhanteras and the closing Bhai Dooj, and compares two very different statuses: a national holiday with a five-day ritual sequence in India, and a public-school closure in New York City that only became law in 2023.
Sources and dates
Dates follow local time zones, calendars, and official notices. Check the source when a date is estimated or locally variable.