religious festival
C2504
concept
A religious festival is a recurring, community-based celebration rooted in spiritual beliefs and traditions, marked by rituals, ceremonies, and social gatherings that honor deities, sacred events, or religious values.
Aliases (16)
- Hindu festival ×14
- ancient Greek religious festival ×5
- Buddhist festival ×3
- Jain festival ×2
- ancient Greek festival ×2
- Greek festival ×1
- Hindu festival tradition ×1
- Hindu religious festival ×1
- Holi-related festival ×1
- Holy Week celebration ×1
- Sikh festival ×1
- festival of lights ×1
- religious feast ×1
- religious festival cycle ×1
- religious observance period ×1
- religious performance tradition ×1
Instances (71)
- Purim
- Pythian Games ("ancient Greek festival")
- Aseret Yemei Teshuvah ("religious observance period")
- Resurrection Sunday
- Diwali ("Hindu festival")
- Holi ("Hindu festival")
- Eleusinian Mysteries
- Navaratri ("Hindu festival")
- Nemean Games
- Janmashtami ("Hindu festival")
- Isthmian Games
- Rama Navami ("Hindu festival")
- Dionysia ("ancient Greek religious festival")
- Makar Sankranti ("Hindu festival")
- Ganesh Chaturthi ("Hindu festival")
- Rosh Hashanah
- Panathenaia ("ancient Greek religious festival")
- Kumbh Mela ("Hindu religious festival")
- Christmas pageants ("religious performance tradition")
- Kali Puja ("Hindu festival")
- Yam Dwitiya ("Hindu festival")
- Festival of Sacrifice
- Weeks
- Nativity of Christ
- Hosay
- Ramleela ("Hindu festival tradition")
- Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
- Sigd
- Paryushana ("Jain festival")
- Mahavir Jayanti
- Festival of Lights
- Teej ("Hindu festival")
- Gion Matsuri
- Osun-Osogbo Festival
- Olojo Festival
- Vesak ("Buddhist festival")
- Magha Puja ("Buddhist festival")
- Asalha Puja ("Buddhist festival")
- Vaisakhi ("Sikh festival")
- Gangaur ("Hindu festival")
- Dussehra ("Hindu festival")
- Chhath Puja ("Hindu festival")
- Passover
- Narali Purnima ("Hindu festival")
- Fiesta de San Pedro
- Day of the Dead in San Andrés Mixquic
- Mawlid
- Daphnephoria ("ancient Greek religious festival")
- Panhellenic Games ("religious festival cycle")
- Simchat Torah
- Iztapalapa Holy Week passion play ("Holy Week celebration")
- Thargelia
- Panathenaea ("ancient Greek religious festival")
- Fiestas de San Miguel Arcángel
- Shigmo ("Holi-related festival")
- Anthesteria ("ancient Greek festival")
- Shavuot
- Hanukkah
- Sinulog Festival
- Feast of Saint Ambrose ("religious feast")
- Dinagyang Festival
- Lenaia ("ancient Greek religious festival")