religious festivals
Holy days observed
Religious festivals are celebrations tied to a faith tradition, marking sacred events, seasons, or figures.
Examples include Christmas, Easter, Passover, Eid, Diwali, and Hanukkah.
Most involve special rituals, gatherings, foods, or observances prescribed by religious custom: The town closes down during major religious festivals.
Some have secular counterparts that overshadow their religious origins.
- EasterResurrection commemoration day
- NavratriNine-night Hindu festival
- HajjIslamic pilgrimage obligation
- ritual fastingDeliberate food avoidance for devotion
- harvestGathering mature crops
pilgrimage · Holi · Diwali · Vesak · solstice · Shavuot · Hanukkah · All Saints' Day · sacred rite · religious observance · Pentecost · Sukkot · feast day · Eid al-Adha · prayer vigil · equinox · community celebration · Passover
- Latin traditionscarnival traditions, folk dances, folk traditions, traditional dance, traditional dances
- festivalsfestivals, carnival, carnivals, Carnival, fairs
- PortugalLisbon, Porto, Algarve, Oporto, Madeira
- religionChristianity, Islam, beliefs, Judaism, Hinduism
- folk traditionsfolk songs, folk dance, folk dances, folk tunes, folklore
- public rejoicingparades, fireworks, festivals, carnivals, parties
religious festivalsnational holidays
Official countrywide observances
bank holidays · public holidays · Independence Day · Labor Day · Bastille Day
religious festivalsfunerary rites
Ceremonies for the dead
Lent · Yom Kippur · Ashura · Tisha B'Av · vigils