sacred festivals
Religious ceremonial occasions
Sacred festivals are religious celebrations or ceremonial observances held at fixed times, typically marking significant events in a faith's calendar: Diwali is one of Hinduism's most sacred festivals, The town closes down during the sacred festival.
These occasions often involve rituals, feasting, and community gathering, set apart from ordinary time as spiritually significant.
- ChristmasWinter nativity celebration
- chantingRhythmic repetitive vocalization
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
- BeltaneCeltic spring fire festival
- summer solsticeLongest daylight of year
winter solstice · Samhain · ancestor veneration · feast · Vesak · Harvest Festival · harvest moon · fire · Day of the Dead · Passover · feast day · Nowruz · full moon · moon · music · meditation · ritual dance · rites
sacred festivalsnational holidays
Official countrywide observances
public holidays · bank holidays · civil ceremonies · cultural festivals · Labor Day