There are hundreds of festivals taking place every month all over the world. They are often connected with celebrations of certain holidays, for example, New Year Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Shrove Tuesday, Mother’s Day, May Day, Children’s Day, Halloween, etc. There are also some festivals, which are not connected with common holidays, but are cheerfully celebrated in certain countries. For example, Songkran – Thai New Year, La Tomatina, Oktoberfest, Glastonbury Festival, Guy Fawkes Night, Notting Hill Carnival, Holi.
Abrahamic religions
Christmas, a Christian holiday
Hanukkah, a Jewish holiday
Saint Lucy's Day, a Christian holiday
Eastern religions
Diwali, a religious festival associated with Hinduism, Sikhism, and Jainism
Karthika Deepam, a post-Diwali Tamil festival associated with Hinduism
Kartik Purnima, a post-Diwali religious festival associated with Hinduism, Sikhism, and Jainism
Lantern Festival, a Chinese festival of lantern lights, originating in Buddhism, that marks the last day of the Lunar New Year or Spring Festival
Tazaungdaing festival, a Buddhist festival marking the end of Kathina
Organized events
Canada
Cavalcade of Lights Festival, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Celebration of Light, a fireworks and light display in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Celebration of Lights, an annual winter light festival in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
Festival of Northern Lights, held each winter in Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
Peterborough Musicfest, formerly named the Peterborough Summer Festival of Lights, a concert series in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Winter Festival of Lights in Niagara Falls, Canada
United States
Celebration of Lights, a former winter lights festival in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Festival of Lights (Hawaii), an annual Christmas celebration in Hawaii
Holiday Trail of Lights, a multi-city event celebrated in Louisiana and Texas in the United States
Magnificent Mile Lights Festival, an annual festival on North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Illinois
Elsewhere
Festival of Lights (Berlin)
Festival of Lights (Lyon), a French local tradition known as Fête des lumières
Festival of Lights (New Plymouth), a summer event of lights and performances in New Zealand
Jerusalem Festival of Light, an annual outdoor summer art festival
Guangzhou International Light Festival, Guangzhou, China
Nationwide Festival of Light, a series of rallies by conservative Christian groups in September 1971 in the United Kingdom
Vivid Sydney
Kobe Luminarie, Kobe, Japan
Signal Festival, Prague
Other uses
Festival of Lights (film), a 2010 film
Festival of Light Australia, an advocacy group
festival of lights - guides to the festivals
Объяснение:
There are hundreds of festivals taking place every month all over the world. They are often connected with celebrations of certain holidays, for example, New Year Day, St. Patrick’s Day, Shrove Tuesday, Mother’s Day, May Day, Children’s Day, Halloween, etc. There are also some festivals, which are not connected with common holidays, but are cheerfully celebrated in certain countries. For example, Songkran – Thai New Year, La Tomatina, Oktoberfest, Glastonbury Festival, Guy Fawkes Night, Notting Hill Carnival, Holi.