Vesak

E58752

Buddhist festival religious observance

Vesak is the most important Buddhist festival, commemorating the birth, enlightenment, and death (parinirvana) of Gautama Buddha.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Vesak canonical	12
Buddha Purnima	3
Buddha Jayanti	2
Vesak Day	2
Buddha Day	1
Buddha's Birthday	1
International Day of Vesak	1
Vesak in Theravada Buddhism	1
Visakha Puja	1
Wesak	1

Statements (74)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist festival ⓘ religious observance ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Vesak ⓘ surface form: Buddha Day Vesak ⓘ surface form: Buddha Jayanti Vesak ⓘ surface form: Buddha Purnima Saga Dawa ⓘ Vesak ⓘ surface form: Vesak Day Vesākha ⓘ Vesak ⓘ surface form: Visakha Puja Vesak ⓘ surface form: Wesak
associatedWith	Mahayana ⓘ surface form: Mahayana Buddhism Theravada ⓘ surface form: Theravada Buddhism Vajrayana ⓘ surface form: Vajrayana Buddhism
calendarMonth	Vesākha ⓘ surface form: Vesakha
calendarSystem	lunar calendar ⓘ
commemorates	birth of Gautama Buddha ⓘ enlightenment of Gautama Buddha ⓘ parinirvana of Gautama Buddha ⓘ
culturalSignificance	most important Buddhist festival in many countries ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
majorRitual	chanting sutras ⓘ decorating temples with lights ⓘ lighting lanterns ⓘ meditation ⓘ observing precepts ⓘ offering alms to monks ⓘ releasing captive animals ⓘ visiting temples ⓘ
observedIn	People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh Bhutan ⓘ Cambodia ⓘ China ⓘ Hong Kong, China ⓘ surface form: Hong Kong India ⓘ Indonesia ⓘ Japan ⓘ Laos ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ Mongolia ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Singapore ⓘ South Korea ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ Taiwan, Province of China ⓘ surface form: Taiwan Thailand ⓘ Viet Nam ⓘ surface form: Vietnam global Buddhist diaspora ⓘ
publicHolidayIn	People's Republic of Bangladesh (from East Pakistan) ⓘ surface form: Bangladesh Bhutan ⓘ Cambodia ⓘ Indonesia ⓘ Laos ⓘ Malaysia ⓘ Myanmar ⓘ Nepal ⓘ Singapore ⓘ Sri Lanka ⓘ Thailand ⓘ Viet Nam ⓘ surface form: Vietnam
recognizedBy	United Nations ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
symbol	Buddha statues ⓘ Buddhist flags ⓘ lanterns ⓘ lotus flowers ⓘ
theme	commemoration of Buddha ⓘ practice of compassion ⓘ practice of generosity ⓘ reflection on Dharma ⓘ
typicalMonthGregorian	April ⓘ May ⓘ
UNName	Vesak self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: International Day of Vesak
UNRecognitionYear	1999 ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Buddhism → hasHoliday → Vesak ⓘ

this entity surface form: Buddha's Birthday

Borobudur Temple → associatedFestival → Vesak ⓘ

Sinhalese people → traditionalFestivals → Vesak ⓘ

Vesak → alsoKnownAs → Vesak ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vesak Day

Vesak → alsoKnownAs → Vesak ⓘ

this entity surface form: Buddha Day

Vesak → alsoKnownAs → Vesak ⓘ

this entity surface form: Buddha Purnima

Vesak → alsoKnownAs → Vesak ⓘ

this entity surface form: Buddha Jayanti

Vesak → alsoKnownAs → Vesak ⓘ

this entity surface form: Visakha Puja

Vesak → alsoKnownAs → Vesak ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wesak

Vesak → UNName → Vesak self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: International Day of Vesak

Asalha Puja → relatedFestival → Vesak ⓘ

Magha Puja → relatedFestival → Vesak ⓘ

Chinese Buddhism → hasFestival → Vesak ⓘ

Bodh Gaya → majorFestivalObserved → Vesak ⓘ

this entity surface form: Buddha Purnima

Poson → relatedFestival → Vesak ⓘ

Vesākha → alsoKnownAs → Vesak ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vesak Day

Vesākha → alsoKnownAs → Vesak ⓘ

this entity surface form: Buddha Purnima

Vesākha → alsoKnownAs → Vesak ⓘ

this entity surface form: Buddha Jayanti

Saga Dawa → correspondsTo → Vesak ⓘ

Saga Dawa → relatedFestival → Vesak ⓘ

this entity surface form: Vesak in Theravada Buddhism

Buddhist flags → usedOn → Vesak ⓘ

subject surface form: Buddhist flag

Asalha Bucha → relatedFestival → Vesak ⓘ

Kason → relatedConcept → Vesak ⓘ