n. 25B6; noun
the town's autumn festival : FêTE, fair, gala (day), carnival, fiesta, jamboree, celebrations, festivities, eisteddfod.
fasting precedes the festival : HOLY DAY, feast day, saint's day, commemoration, day of observance. See list.
Religious Festivals and Holy Days
festival month
Christianity
Epiphany January
Candlemas February
Shrove Tuesday February/March
Ash Wednesday February/March
Annunciation March
Easter March/April
Pentecost or Whit Sunday April/May
All Saints' Day or All Hallows November
Christmas December
Holy Innocents' Day December
See also saint .
Judaism
Purim February/March
Passover or Pesach March/April
Lag b'Omer April/May
Shavuoth May/June
Rosh Hashana September/October
Yom Kippur or Day of Atonement September/October
Succoth September/October
Hanukkah December
Hinduism
Mahashivaratri February/March
Holi February/March
Rama Naumi March/April
New Year January/February
Raksha Bandhan August
Janmashtami August/September
Navaratri October
Dusshera October
Diwali October/November
Sikhism
Holi Mohalla March/April
Baisakhi April
Martyrdom of Guru Arjan May/June
Birthday of Guru Nanak November
Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh December/January
Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur December/January
Buddhism
Vesak April/May
Dhammacakka July
Bodhi Day November
Islam
Lailat ul-Isra wal Mi'raj April/May
Lailat ul-Bara'h April/May
Lailat ul-Qadr May/June
Eid ul-Fitr May/June
Eid ul-Adha July
Muhrarran September/October
pagan
Beltane April
Lammas August
Samhain October