World's Most Celebrated Religious Festivals

Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year is one of the most colorful traditional celebrations in the most populous country in the world. Also known as the Spring Festival, this colorful festival is celebrated from the last day of the last month of the Chinese calendar, to the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month, making it the longest observed festival in the Chinese calendar.

Ramadan/Eid-Al-Fitr

Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, is an annual observance that is regarded as one of the Five Pillars of Islam. Renowned as the month of fasting, Muslims from across the world abstain from eating, drinking, smoking and love making during this holy period. And as per the legend, this is practiced for Allah for showing Muslim brotherhood’s sincerity and submissiveness to his will.

Navratri

Navratri, a festival dedicated to the worship of the divine mother Durga, is a major festival that is celebrated with great fervor across the length and breadth of India.

The festival that literally means nine nights in Sanskrit is usually celebrated during the beginning of spring. During the nine nights and ten days when the festival is celebrated, nine forms of Hindu deity Durga are worshiped.

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