A religious festival is a time of special importance marked by adherents to that religion. Religious festivals are commonly celebrated on recurring cycles...

agricultural. Food is such a vital resource that many festivals are associated with harvest time. Religious commemoration and thanksgiving for good harvests...

The Sinulog-Santo Niño Festival (as known as Sinug and Sulog) is an annual cultural and religious festival held on the third Sunday of January in Cebu...

hindu religious festival". Calendarlabs.com. 9 March 2018. Archived from the original on 23 April 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2018. "Indian Festivals". Webonautics...

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Festivals of Andhra Pradesh. Andhra Pradesh celebrates many religious festivals and has few holidays. Ugadi and Sankranti...

golden cupola, on Diwali. The religious significance of Diwali varies regionally within India. One tradition links the festival to legends in the Hindu epic...

The Pasungay Festival is held annually in the town of San Joaquin, Iloilo, the Philippines. The Moh juj Water Buffalo Fighting Festival is held every...

includes festivals of diverse types, among them regional festivals, commerce festivals, fairs, food festivals, arts festivals, religious festivals, folk...

Tiruvannamalai, a ten-day annual festival is held to celebrate Karthika Deepam. Kartika Purnima is an important religious day for Jains who celebrate it...

usually on February 15. Magha Puja: Magha Pujwronga is an important religious festival celebrated by Buddhists in Thailand, Cambodia, Sri Lanka and Laos...

The festival is marked by a ritual dip in the waters, but it is also a celebration of community commerce with numerous fairs, education, religious discourses...

The Moriones Festival is a lenten and religious festival held annually on Holy Week on the island of Marinduque, Philippines. The "Moriones" are men and...

Babylonian religion is the religious practice of Babylonia. Babylonia's mythology was largely influenced by its Sumerian counterparts and was written...

highly revered by the Sikh community. This is one of the most sacred festivals in Sikhism, or Sikhi. The festivities in the Sikh religion revolve around...

celebratory events at the festival. God Ganesh: political obstacle remover Why shouldn't we convert the large religious festivals into mass political rallies...

This is the list of the major festivals of the Sikh religion. There are some other (around 45) festivals that are celebrated at a much smaller scale with...

Haryana government organizes a Vaisakhi festival in Pinjore Garden to commemorate this religious and cultural festival. Vaisakhi or Vaisakhi Sankranti is celebrated...

(Khmer: បុណ្យអុំទូក, Bŏn Om Tuk, lit. "Boat Paddling Festival"), also known as the Cambodian Water Festival, is celebrated in late October or early November...

The Panathenaea (or Panathenaia) was a multi-day ancient Greek festival held annually in Athens that would always conclude on 28 Hekatombaion, the first...

prasada (religious food) and offerings. Environmentalists have claimed that the festival of Chhath is one of the most eco-friendly religious festivals. Although...

Ghost Festival or Hungry Ghost Festival, also known as the Zhongyuan Festival in Taoism and the Yulanpen Festival in Buddhism, is a traditional festival held...

Hebrew calendar List of Gregorian Jewish-related and Israeli holidays Religious festival Yom Tov Torah readings This article focuses on practices of mainstream...

an official public holiday. It was the first time a non-Christian religious festival has been officially celebrated in Spain since the Reconquista. When...

2000 Onam (Hindu festival) special edition of..." J. Gordon Melton (2011). Religious Celebrations: An Encyclopedia of Holidays, Festivals, Solemn Observances...

Commences". "Ethiopia inaugurates Meskel square renovated project". "Religious Festivals:Meskal". Ethiopian Rift Valley Safaris. Archived from the original...

important village may hold a religious festival, or Tsechu. Villagers from the surrounding district come for several days of religious observances and socializing...

Italian traveller Niccolò de' Conti described the festival's intensity and importance as a grandeur religious and martial event with royal support. The event...

religious feast of Santo Niño de Cebu during the Sinulog Festival to its cultural event. Despite being a religious festival and a Christian festival,...

celebration of the gods of the land through the New Yam festival is an epitome of the people's religious belief in the supreme deity. The coming of the new...

is a Tamil Hindu festival celebrated on the first full moon day of the Tamil month of Thai coinciding with Pusam star. The festival is celebrated to commemorate...