Time for a holiday
Because Malaysia is a multi-racial and multi-religious country, it celebrates the main cultural and religious festivals for each of the three main races, Muslim for the Malays, Buddhist for the Chinese and Hindu for the Indians. Then you throw in the international holidays of Christmas and New Year. Each of the Malaysian states has a holiday for the birthday of its ruler so you have a plethora of holidays. (Businessmen suggest it is a superfluity!).