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1. 🏙️ أديس أبابا 🇪🇹 إثيوبياTimkat · 18–21 يناThe tabots are carried from the churches to Jan Meda on the eve of 19 January and the crowd is blessed with water the next morning.95
2. 🏙️ بحر دار 🇪🇹 إثيوبياTimkat on Lake Tana · 18–20 يناThe tabots are carried down to the lakeshore on the eve of the 19th and the blessing of the water happens at first light.94
3. 🏙️ دكا 🇧🇩 بنغلاديشBishwa Ijtema · 5 ينا – 20 فبر (عادةً)Millions gather at Tongi on the Turag over two weekend phases, one of the largest annual assemblies anywhere.93
4. 🏙️ قوندر 🇪🇹 إثيوبياTimkat at Fasilides' Bath · 18–20 يناThe stone bath below the castle is filled for the one morning of the year, and when the water is blessed the crowd goes in over the walls.93
5. 🏙️ مدينة مكسيكو 🇲🇽 المكسيكDia de Reyes · 5–6 يناSweet bread shared on 6 January with a figure baked inside, and whoever finds it owes tamales in February.92
6. 🏙️ جاتجام 🇧🇩 بنغلاديشMaizbhandar Urs · 22–26 ينا (عادةً)Hundreds of thousands of devotees converge on the Maizbhandar shrine in Fatikchhari, about 40 km north of the city, around 10 Magh (24 January) for Maizbhandari songs and kaviyal performances.92
7. 🏙️ San Cristóbal de las Casas 🇲🇽 المكسيكFiesta Grande de Chiapa de Corzo · 4–23 يناThree weeks of Parachico dancers in carved wooden masks and blond headdresses processing between the churches of Chiapa de Corzo, an hour down the valley.91
8. 🏙️ أسمرة 🇪🇷 إرترياTimket · 18–20 يناOrthodox Epiphany on 19 January.89
9. 🏙️ الأقصر 🇪🇬 مصرMoulid of Abu el-Haggag · 15 ينا – 10 مار (عادةً)Luxor's own festival: boat floats hauled round the mosque above the temple, horse races and stick dancing for three days.88
10. 🥾 لاليبيلا 🇪🇹 إثيوبياTimkat · 18–21 يناThe Epiphany procession takes the tabots out of the churches and down to the water, a fortnight after Genna and with most of the same crowd still in town.87
11. 🏙️ فاراناسي 🇮🇳 الهندMakar Sankranti · 13–16 يناKites over the old city all day and a dawn dip at the ghats on 14 January, the day the sun turns north.86
12. 🥾 باغان 🇲🇲 ميانمارAnanda Pagoda Festival · 25 ديس – 31 ينا (عادةً)Fifteen days of temple fair around the full moon of Pyatho: bullock carts camped on the plain, stalls the length of the approach, and monks receiving alms in a line before dawn.85
13. 🏙️ Ezulwini Valley 🇸🇿 إسواتينيIncwala · 20 ديس – 15 ينا (عادةً)The kingship ceremony at Lobamba, timed by the moon and running over several weeks with the Big Incwala at its centre.82
14. 🏙️ فالادوليد، المكسيك 🇲🇽 المكسيكFeria de la Candelaria · 27 ينا – 8 فبر (عادةً)The town's patronal fair around the second of February, with bullring events, vaqueria dances in the square and a fairground on the edge of town.81
15. 🏙️ تشيناي 🇮🇳 الهندKapaleeshwarar Teppam float festival · 20 ينا – 15 فبر (عادةً)Over three evenings in the Tamil month of Thai, around Thaipusam, the Mylapore temple's deities are rowed round the temple tank on a lit float; crowds line the tank steps and the streets around fill with stalls.77
16. 🏙️ كوتشي 🇮🇳 الهندErnakulathappan Utsavam · 15 ينا – 10 فبر (عادةً)Eight days at the Shiva temple on Durbar Hall Ground: caparisoned elephants lined up for the evening processions, panchari melam and fireworks.75
17. 🏖️ توسا دي مار 🇪🇸 إسبانياEl Pelegrí de Tossa · 19–21 يناOn Sant Sebastia, 20 January, one villager walks forty kilometres through the night to Santa Coloma de Farners and back, a vow kept since a plague, and the town waits up for the return.74
18. 🏙️ موناكو 🇲🇨 موناكوSainte Devote · 26–27 يناThe patron saint's night on 26 January, when a boat is burned in front of her chapel by the corner the racing drivers are named after, and the Grimaldis turn out for it.73
19. 🏙️ مانيلا 🇵🇭 الفلبينFeast of the Black Nazarene · 9 يناMillions of barefoot devotees pull the image through Quiapo in a procession that takes most of a day and sometimes into the night.73
20. 🏙️ بونخا 🇧🇹 بوتانMonk body in winter residence · 15 نوف – 15 مايو (عادةً)The Je Khenpo and the Central Monastic Body move down from Thimphu to Punakha Dzong for the winter, arriving in procession around late November and leaving again around May, a custom dating to the Zhabdrung.71
21. 🏙️ أوساكا 🇯🇵 اليابانToka Ebisu · 9–11 يناA million people pass through Imamiya Ebisu over three days in the second week of January to buy bamboo charms for the year's business.69
22. 🏝️ بينانق 🇲🇾 ماليزياThaipusam · 20 ينا – 15 فبر (عادةً)A silver chariot is pulled from Little India up to the Waterfall Temple over three days, with kavadi bearers, coconut smashing and a crowd well into six figures.69
23. 🏖️ سلفادور 🇧🇷 البرازيلLavagem do Bonfim · 8–18 ينا (عادةً)Baianas in white wash the church steps with scented water at the end of an eight-kilometre walk from Comercio, followed by about a million people and a great many sound trucks.69
24. 🥾 Lençóis 🇧🇷 البرازيلFesta do Senhor dos Passos · 23 ينا – 3 فبرThe old diamond miners' patron is honoured for twelve days: the church steps washed with scented water, a novena, the procession through the historic centre on 2 February and a blessing for the garimpeiros.68
25. 🏙️ فوكوكا 🇯🇵 اليابانTamaseseri at Hakozaki Shrine · 3 يناA New Year rite at Hakozakigu: two teams of loincloth-clad men wrestle for a sacred wooden ball in the afternoon, doused with water as they go.67

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1. 🏙️ الأقصر 🇪🇬 مصرMoulid of Abu el-Haggag · 15 ينا – 10 مار (عادةً)Luxor's own festival: boat floats hauled round the mosque above the temple, horse races and stick dancing for three days.93
2. 🏙️ آغرة 🇮🇳 الهندHoli · 25 فبر – 25 مار (عادةً)Holi, the spring festival of colours, is a public holiday across north India.92
3. 🏙️ دلهي 🇮🇳 الهندHoli · 25 فبر – 20 مار (عادةً)A bonfire the night before, then a day of colour and water that shuts the city down completely — no shops, almost no traffic, and taxis that will not come.90
4. 🏙️ خاجوراهو 🇮🇳 الهندShivaratri at Matangeshwar · 10 فبر – 15 مار (عادةً)The one temple in the western group still in daily worship holds an overnight fair for Shivaratri, and pilgrims from the surrounding districts queue round the compound.90
5. 🏙️ فاراناسي 🇮🇳 الهندMahashivratri · 10 فبر – 15 مار (عادةً)The night of the city's own god.89
6. 🏙️ جودبور 🇮🇳 الهندHoli · 25 فبر – 25 مار (عادةً)Holi, the spring festival of colours, is a public holiday across north India.89
7. 🏙️ ارموسييو سونورا 🇲🇽 المكسيكCandelaria in Villa de Seris · 1–2 فبرThe old southern barrio of Villa de Seris honours the Virgin of Candelaria with processions and masses, and a street fair where tamales are the point of going.87
8. 🏙️ كتمندو 🇳🇵 نيبالHoli · 25 فبر – 20 مار (عادةً)Basantapur and Thamel take the brunt of it and nobody walks through dry.85
9. 🏙️ بونه 🇮🇳 الهندHoli · 25 فبر – 25 مار (عادةً)Holi, the spring festival of colours, is a public holiday across north India.85
10. 🏙️ دكا 🇧🇩 بنغلاديشBishwa Ijtema · 5 ينا – 20 فبر (عادةً)Millions gather at Tongi on the Turag over two weekend phases, one of the largest annual assemblies anywhere.84
11. 🏙️ أمرتسر 🇮🇳 الهندHola Mohalla at Anandpur Sahib · 25 فبر – 30 مار (عادةً)The Nihang Sikh gathering the day after Holi: gatka sword displays, horseback stunts and processions at Takht Kesgarh Sahib.84
12. 🥾 Hsipaw 🇲🇲 ميانمارBawgyo Pagoda festival · 20 فبر – 25 مار (عادةً)The most important Shan pilgrimage in the north runs for about a week up to the Tabaung full moon at the pagoda just west of town.84
13. 🏙️ جاتجام 🇧🇩 بنغلاديشShiva Chaturdashi Mela, Sitakunda · 10 فبر – 15 مار (عادةً)For about ten days in Phalgun, pilgrims climb the long stairway to Chandranath temple above Sitakunda, a short trip up the Dhaka highway.84
14. 🏖️ تل أبيب 🇮🇱 إسرائيلPurim · 20 فبر – 25 مار (عادةً)The one night the city dresses up and drinks in the street; Florentin and the Rothschild end of town are the centre of it, and the parties run to daylight.83
15. 🏙️ مومباي 🇮🇳 الهندHoli · 25 فبر – 20 مار (عادةً)The last big street festival before the hot season.82
16. 🏙️ كلكتا 🇮🇳 الهندHoli · 25 فبر – 25 مار (عادةً)Holi, the spring festival of colours, is a public holiday across north India.82
17. 🥾 ريشيكيش 🇮🇳 الهندMaha Shivratri · 14 فبر – 14 مار (عادةً)Shiva's night draws walking pilgrims up to Neelkanth Mahadev through the hills behind the town, and the ghats and the bridges are shoulder to shoulder from the afternoon before.82
18. 🏙️ هامبي 🇮🇳 الهندMaha Shivaratri at Virupaksha · 5 فبر – 10 مار (عادةً)Virupaksha is a working temple in the middle of the ruins and Shivaratri is its night.82
19. 🏙️ باكسي 🇱🇦 لاوسWat Phou Festival · 1–28 فبر (عادةً)Three days of pilgrimage, elephant racing and music at the Khmer temple below the mountain south of town, timed to the February full moon.81
20. 🏙️ سرقوسة 🇮🇹 إيطالياSant'Agata in Catania · 3–5 فبرAn hour north, Catania's patron-saint feast is among the largest Catholic processions anywhere: devotees in white haul the saint's silver reliquary through the streets from the morning of 5 February into the next day.80
21. 🏙️ قطانية 🇮🇹 إيطالياFesta di Sant'Agata · 3–5 فبرThree days in early February when the whole city, in white sacchi, hauls the saint's silver bust through the streets overnight.80
22. 🏖️ بونديشيري 🇮🇳 الهندMasi Magam · 20 فبر – 20 مار (عادةً)Deities from temples across the district are carried down to the sea for a ritual bath on the Magam star of the Tamil month of Masi, and the beach road fills from before dawn.79
23. 🏙️ فالادوليد، المكسيك 🇲🇽 المكسيكFeria de la Candelaria · 27 ينا – 8 فبر (عادةً)The town's patronal fair around the second of February, with bullring events, vaqueria dances in the square and a fairground on the edge of town.79
24. 🏙️ تشيناي 🇮🇳 الهندKapaleeshwarar Teppam float festival · 20 ينا – 15 فبر (عادةً)Over three evenings in the Tamil month of Thai, around Thaipusam, the Mylapore temple's deities are rowed round the temple tank on a lit float; crowds line the tank steps and the streets around fill with stalls.78
25. 🏙️ منطقة ناينيتال 🇮🇳 الهندHoli · 25 فبر – 25 مار (عادةً)Holi, the spring festival of colours, is a public holiday across north India.78

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1. 🏖️ تل أبيب 🇮🇱 إسرائيلPurim · 20 فبر – 25 مار (عادةً)The one night the city dresses up and drinks in the street; Florentin and the Rothschild end of town are the centre of it, and the parties run to daylight.91
2. 🏙️ أمرتسر 🇮🇳 الهندHola Mohalla at Anandpur Sahib · 25 فبر – 30 مار (عادةً)The Nihang Sikh gathering the day after Holi: gatka sword displays, horseback stunts and processions at Takht Kesgarh Sahib.89
3. 🏙️ كتمندو 🇳🇵 نيبالHoli · 25 فبر – 20 مار (عادةً)Basantapur and Thamel take the brunt of it and nobody walks through dry.88
4. 🏙️ منطقة ناينيتال 🇮🇳 الهندHoli · 25 فبر – 25 مار (عادةً)Holi, the spring festival of colours, is a public holiday across north India.87
5. 🏙️ لاهور 🇵🇰 باكستانMela Chiraghan · 20 مار – 5 أبر (عادةً)Three nights at Shah Hussain's shrine in Baghbanpura, beside the Shalimar Gardens: lamps, dhol and dhamaal until morning.85
6. 🥾 ريشيكيش 🇮🇳 الهندMaha Shivratri · 14 فبر – 14 مار (عادةً)Shiva's night draws walking pilgrims up to Neelkanth Mahadev through the hills behind the town, and the ghats and the bridges are shoulder to shoulder from the afternoon before.84
7. 🏙️ الأقصر 🇪🇬 مصرMoulid of Abu el-Haggag · 15 ينا – 10 مار (عادةً)Luxor's own festival: boat floats hauled round the mosque above the temple, horse races and stick dancing for three days.83
8. 🏙️ كوبان 🇭🇳 هندوراسFeria de San José · 2–24 مار (عادةً)The town's patron fair takes the plaza for the best part of a week in March: masses, a rodeo, food stalls and bands that run late.83
9. 🏝️ أجاكسيو 🇫🇷 فرنساA Madunnuccia · 17–18 مارThe city's patron saint day: candles lit at the statue on Place Foch on the evening of the 17th, then mass at the cathedral and a procession through the old town on the 18th, a local holiday.82
10. 🥾 نوارا إليا 🇱🇰 سريلانكاRam Navami at Seetha Amman · 25 مار – 20 أبر (عادةً)Hindu pilgrims on Sri Lanka's Ramayana Trail gather at the Seetha Amman Temple, said to mark Sita's captivity, for special pujas; the date follows the lunar calendar and shifts between late March and mid-April.82
11. 🏙️ أديبور 🇮🇳 الهندMewar Festival · 15 مار – 20 أبر (عادةً)Udaipur's version of Gangaur: two days of processions down to Gangaur Ghat, boats out on Pichola and fireworks over the water.81
12. 🥾 ليجيانج 🇨🇳 الصينSanduo Festival · 5 مار – 5 أبر (عادةً)The Naxi honour their protector god on the eighth day of the second lunar month, usually late March, with horse racing and family picnics out at the foot of the snow mountain.81
13. 🏙️ ماكاو 🇲🇴 ماكاوFeast of the God Tou Tei · 5–25 مار (عادةً)Neighbourhood earth-god shrines near the Inner Harbour mark the deity's lunar birthday with roast-pig offerings, lion dances and open-air Cantonese opera.80
14. 🏙️ آغرة 🇮🇳 الهندHoli · 25 فبر – 25 مار (عادةً)Holi, the spring festival of colours, is a public holiday across north India.80
15. 🏙️ Mussoorie 🇮🇳 الهندHoli · 25 فبر – 25 مار (عادةً)Holi, the spring festival of colours, is a public holiday across north India.80
16. 🏙️ جيبور 🇮🇳 الهندGangaur · 15 مار – 15 أبر (عادةً)Two afternoons of processions out of the City Palace at Tripolia Gate, with elephants, camels and the palanquins of the goddess.79
17. 🏙️ بنغالور 🇮🇳 الهندUgadi · 15 مار – 15 أبر (عادةً)The Kannada new year in spring: mango leaves over doorways, bevu-bella eaten bitter and sweet together, and a quiet city for a day as offices and most restaurants close.79
18. 🏙️ ميسور 🇮🇳 الهندNanjangud Dodda Jatre · 10 مار – 15 أبر (عادةً)A day trip 25 km south: five temple chariots are hauled through Nanjangud's main street for Srikanteshwara, followed by a float festival on the Kabini, and several lakh devotees come for the day.79
19. 🏙️ دلهي 🇮🇳 الهندHoli · 25 فبر – 20 مار (عادةً)A bonfire the night before, then a day of colour and water that shuts the city down completely — no shops, almost no traffic, and taxis that will not come.78
20. 🏙️ خاجوراهو 🇮🇳 الهندShivaratri at Matangeshwar · 10 فبر – 15 مار (عادةً)The one temple in the western group still in daily worship holds an overnight fair for Shivaratri, and pilgrims from the surrounding districts queue round the compound.78
21. 🏖️ نها ترانج 🇻🇳 فيتنامPo Nagar temple festival · 25 مار – 5 مايو (عادةً)The Cham towers above the river hold three days of offerings, processions and dance in the third lunar month, drawing pilgrims from across the south-central coast.77
22. 🏙️ محافظة ننه بنه 🇻🇳 فيتنامHoa Lư Festival · 25 مار – 25 أبر (عادةً)The old capital marks the Dinh and Le kings with processions between the two temples and boat and palanquin rites on the Hoang Long river.77
23. 🏙️ فاراناسي 🇮🇳 الهندMahashivratri · 10 فبر – 15 مار (عادةً)The night of the city's own god.76
24. 🏙️ جودبور 🇮🇳 الهندHoli · 25 فبر – 25 مار (عادةً)Holi, the spring festival of colours, is a public holiday across north India.76
25. 🥾 دارامسالا 🇮🇳 الهندDalai Lama spring teachings · 20 فبر – 20 مار (عادةً)Several days of public teaching at Tsuglagkhang, announced only weeks ahead and free once you register in person.76

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1. 🏖️ لقنت 🇪🇸 إسبانياRomeria de la Santa Faz · 1 أبر – 5 مايو (عادةً)On the second Thursday after Easter a couple of hundred thousand people walk the eight kilometres out to the monastery from dawn, carrying rosemary.92
2. 🏙️ قرطبة 🇪🇸 إسبانياCruces de Mayo · 28 أبر – 5 مايو (عادةً)Flower-covered crosses go up in the squares at the start of May, each with a bar beside it, and the city drinks outdoors for four nights.91
3. 🥾 ليجيانج 🇨🇳 الصينSanduo Festival · 5 مار – 5 أبر (عادةً)The Naxi honour their protector god on the eighth day of the second lunar month, usually late March, with horse racing and family picnics out at the foot of the snow mountain.85
4. 🥾 اللغة النيبالية 🇳🇵 نيبالBaisakh Purnima fair · 20 أبر – 20 مايو (عادةً)A fair is held at the Gorakhnath cave below the palace on the Baisakh full moon, drawing hill villages that otherwise never come into town.85
5. 🏝️ بنتة دلغادة 🇵🇹 البرتغالSenhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres · 25 أبر – 5 يون (عادةً)The largest religious festival in the Azores, on the fifth Sunday after Easter.84
6. 🏙️ كتمندو 🇳🇵 نيبالBisket Jatra · 9–18 أبر (عادةً)Bhaktapur's new-year festival, an hour out of the city: chariots hauled through the lanes by hand and a pole raised and dropped in the square.82
7. 🏙️ سولت ليك 🇺🇸 الولايات المتحدةGeneral Conference (April) · 3–6 أبر (عادةً)The first weekend of April brings tens of thousands to Temple Square for the church's semiannual conference.82
8. 🏙️ كاماكورا 🇯🇵 اليابانKamakura Matsuri · 10–20 أبر (عادةً)A week at the shrine from the second Sunday of April, ending with mounted archery down the avenue.80
9. 🥾 بارو 🇧🇹 بوتانParo Tsechu · 15 مار – 20 أبر (عادةً)Days of masked dance in the dzong courtyard, ending before dawn on the last morning when the great thongdrel is unrolled down the wall and taken in again before the sun reaches it.79
10. 🏙️ بروج 🇧🇪 بلجيكاProcession of the Holy Blood · 30 أبر – 5 يون (عادةً)On Ascension Day the relic is carried through the centre with some thousands of costumed townspeople behind it, watched by about thirty-five thousand.78
11. 🏙️ بونخا 🇧🇹 بوتانMonk body in winter residence · 15 نوف – 15 مايو (عادةً)The Je Khenpo and the Central Monastic Body move down from Thimphu to Punakha Dzong for the winter, arriving in procession around late November and leaving again around May, a custom dating to the Zhabdrung.78
12. 🥾 Kalaw 🇲🇲 ميانمارKason full moon · 25 أبر – 25 مايو (عادةً)On the full moon of Kason, at the end of the hot season, people carry pots of water in procession to pour on the bodhi trees at the monasteries.77
13. 🏙️ لاهور 🇵🇰 باكستانMela Chiraghan · 20 مار – 5 أبر (عادةً)Three nights at Shah Hussain's shrine in Baghbanpura, beside the Shalimar Gardens: lamps, dhol and dhamaal until morning.76
14. 🏙️ برمنغهام 🇬🇧 المملكة المتحدةVaisakhi · 13–27 أبر (عادةً)Two Nagar Kirtan processions set off from gurdwaras across the city in late April and converge on the Vaisakhi Mela at Handsworth Park, with free langar along the route.76
15. 🏙️ نيكو 🇯🇵 اليابانYayoi Matsuri · 13–17 أبرFutarasan Shrine's spring festival, when twelve town floats are wheeled through Nikko.74
16. 🏝️ كوزوميل 🇲🇽 المكسيكFiesta de El Cedral · 20 أبر – 15 مايو (عادةً)The island's oldest festival, held in the inland village of El Cedral around the Fiestas de Santa Cruz in late April or early May: bullfights, rodeo, dancing and the only time the interior gets busy.74
17. 🥾 نوارا إليا 🇱🇰 سريلانكاRam Navami at Seetha Amman · 25 مار – 20 أبر (عادةً)Hindu pilgrims on Sri Lanka's Ramayana Trail gather at the Seetha Amman Temple, said to mark Sita's captivity, for special pujas; the date follows the lunar calendar and shifts between late March and mid-April.73
18. 🏙️ تاكاياما 🇯🇵 اليابانSpring Takayama Festival · 14–15 أبرTwo fixed days of lacquered floats and marionettes through the old town, with the evening procession by lantern.72
19. 🏙️ هونغ كونغ 🇭🇰 هونغ كونغCheung Chau Bun Festival · 25 أبر – 25 مايو (عادةً)Held around Buddha's Birthday on a car-free island an hour out by ferry: floating-children parades in the afternoon, bun-tower scrambling overnight.71
20. 🏙️ ماكاو 🇲🇴 ماكاوA-Ma Festival · 15 أبر – 15 مايو (عادةً)The 23rd day of the third lunar month at the A-Ma Temple below the Barra: incense by the armful, Cantonese opera on a bamboo stage built for the week, and the fishing families back in town for it.71
21. 🏖️ نها ترانج 🇻🇳 فيتنامPo Nagar temple festival · 25 مار – 5 مايو (عادةً)The Cham towers above the river hold three days of offerings, processions and dance in the third lunar month, drawing pilgrims from across the south-central coast.71
22. 🏙️ بنغالور 🇮🇳 الهندUgadi · 15 مار – 15 أبر (عادةً)The Kannada new year in spring: mango leaves over doorways, bevu-bella eaten bitter and sweet together, and a quiet city for a day as offices and most restaurants close.70
23. 🏙️ أمرتسر 🇮🇳 الهندBaisakhi · 13–14 أبرThe wheat harvest and the founding of the Khalsa land on the same day, and Punjab converges on the Golden Temple for it.69
24. 🏙️ محافظة ننه بنه 🇻🇳 فيتنامHoa Lư Festival · 25 مار – 25 أبر (عادةً)The old capital marks the Dinh and Le kings with processions between the two temples and boat and palanquin rites on the Hoang Long river.69
25. 🏝️ جزر جيلي 🇮🇩 إندونيسياNyepi stops the Bali boats · 5 مار – 5 أبر (عادةً)The Gilis are not Hindu and carry on as normal, but Bali shuts for the day and no fast boat leaves Padangbai or Serangan.68

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1. 🏙️ مدريد 🇪🇸 إسبانياFiestas de San Isidro · 7–17 مايوEleven days of free concerts and chotis dancing around the patron saint's day on 15 May, centred on the Pradera de San Isidro and Las Vistillas rather than the tourist streets.95
2. 🏝️ تينيريف 🇪🇸 إسبانياCorpus Christi carpets · 25 مايو – 25 يون (عادةً)La Orotava lays a carpet of coloured volcanic sand from Teide across its town hall square for one day, built over a week and swept away the same evening.94
3. 🏝️ كلياري 🇮🇹 إيطالياFesta di Sant'Efisio · 1–4 مايوOn 1 May the saint is carried out of the city towards Nora behind thousands of Sardinians in the costume of their own village, and the whole island turns up to watch it pass.94
4. 🏖️ سان تروبيه 🇫🇷 فرنساLa Bravade · 16–18 مايوThree days of musket salvos, processions and eighteenth-century uniform for the town's patron saint, on the same dates since the sixteenth century.94
5. 🏙️ برازيليا 🇧🇷 البرازيلFesta do Divino in Planaltina · 5 مايو – 15 يون (عادةً)Pentecost festival in Planaltina, the old town that predates Brasilia, listed as DF heritage: rural and street folias ride with the banners and meet in the Encontro das Bandeiras, drawing crowds of well over a hundred thousand.93
6. 🏖️ لقنت 🇪🇸 إسبانياRomeria de la Santa Faz · 1 أبر – 5 مايو (عادةً)On the second Thursday after Easter a couple of hundred thousand people walk the eight kilometres out to the monastery from dawn, carrying rosemary.93
7. 🏙️ طليطلة 🇪🇸 إسبانياCorpus Christi · 20 مايو – 25 يون (عادةً)The city's biggest day: awnings strung over the route, walls hung with tapestries, thyme and rosemary underfoot and the cathedral monstrance carried through.93
8. 🏝️ أجاكسيو 🇫🇷 فرنساSaint-Erasme, the fishermen's feast · 30 مايو – 2 يون (عادةً)The fishermen carry their patron down to the port at the end of May, and on 2 June the statue goes out into the gulf with a following of boats before the blessing.93
9. 🏝️ أولبيا 🇮🇹 إيطالياSan Simplicio · 12–18 مايوThe town's own days around the granite Romanesque basilica: a procession, horse races and a mussel supper laid out in the streets.93
10. 🏙️ باري 🇮🇹 إيطالياFesta di San Nicola · 6–10 مايوThe city's patron is carried to the sea and out on a fishing boat, then back to the basilica crypt, over three days in May.93
11. 🏙️ نيش 🇷🇸 صربياCity feast of Constantine and Helena · 30 مايو – 5 يون (عادةً)Nis, Constantine's birthplace, celebrates its patron saints on 3 June with a week of church services, folk ensembles, concerts and sports around the fortress and centre.93
12. 🏙️ كوتشابامبا 🇧🇴 بوليفياSanta Vera Cruz Tatala · 2–3 مايوAt the sanctuary on the road to Valle Hermoso, pilgrims ask the Tatala for children, harvests and livestock, and women trade improvised coplas.92
13. 🏙️ غرناطة 🇪🇸 إسبانياDia de la Cruz · 1–5 مايوFlower crosses in the squares of the Realejo and the Albaicin on 3 May, each with a bar and a sound system beside it.92
14. 🏙️ إشبيلية 🇪🇸 إسبانياCorpus Christi · 25 مايو – 25 يون (عادةً)A local public holiday: the silver monstrance and the dancing seises leave the cathedral early in the morning, on streets covered in rosemary.90
15. 🏙️ أورو براتو 🇧🇷 البرازيلCorpus Christi sawdust carpets · 20 مايو – 25 يون (عادةً)Overnight before the Thursday procession residents cover about three kilometres of the old streets with carpets of coloured sawdust, coffee grounds and flowers.90
16. 🏖️ لارنكا 🇨🇾 قبرصKataklysmos · 20 مايو – 25 يون (عادةً)Cyprus keeps Pentecost as a water festival and Larnaca's is the big one: days of stalls and boat races along Finikoudes, and strangers throwing water over each other.89
17. 🏝️ قبرة 🇮🇹 إيطالياSan Costanzo · 13–15 مايوThe island's patron is carried through Capri and down to Marina Grande on the 14th, a procession the residents put on for themselves rather than for the ferry crowd.89
18. 🏙️ قرطبة 🇪🇸 إسبانياCruces de Mayo · 28 أبر – 5 مايو (عادةً)Flower-covered crosses go up in the squares at the start of May, each with a bar beside it, and the city drinks outdoors for four nights.89
19. 🏙️ ولاية غواناخواتو 🇲🇽 المكسيكFiesta of Nuestra Senora de Guanajuato · 1–31 مايوMay is the month of the city's patroness: neighbourhoods and trade guilds walk in pilgrimage to the Basilica on Plaza de la Paz day after day, ending on 31 May with dawn bells, serenades and mass for her coronation anniversary.87
20. 🏙️ سنداي 🇯🇵 اليابانSendai Aoba Matsuri · 15–20 مايو (عادةً)The third weekend of May: sparrow dancing through the centre on the Saturday, floats and samurai on the Sunday.87
21. 🏝️ بنتة دلغادة 🇵🇹 البرتغالSenhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres · 25 أبر – 5 يون (عادةً)The largest religious festival in the Azores, on the fifth Sunday after Easter.86
22. 🏙️ سان ميغيل دي الليندي 🇲🇽 المكسيكSanta Cruz del Valle del Maiz · 20–31 مايو (عادةً)One of the town's oldest barrios, rooted in Otomi and Chichimeca families, honours the Holy Cross in late May with conchero dances, mock battles between 'Indians' and soldiers, a greased pole and fireworks, asking for good rains ahead of planting.86
23. 🏙️ طوكيو 🇯🇵 اليابانSanja Matsuri · 13–22 مايو (عادةً)Asakusa's own festival, three days on the third weekend of May: a hundred-odd portable shrines shouldered through the lanes around Sensoji, and close to two million people there to watch them go.85
24. 🏙️ كيوتو 🇯🇵 اليابانAoi Matsuri · 15 مايوA Heian-costume procession walks from the Imperial Palace to the Kamo shrines on 15 May.85
25. 🏙️ كوينكا 🇪🇨 الإكوادورCorpus Christi and the Septenario · 20 مايو – 30 يون (عادةً)Seven days from Corpus Christi, Parque Calderón fills with stalls selling nothing but sweets, and a paper hot-air balloon and a castillo of fireworks go up outside the cathedral each night.84

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1. 🏙️ برازيليا 🇧🇷 البرازيلFesta do Divino in Planaltina · 5 مايو – 15 يون (عادةً)Pentecost festival in Planaltina, the old town that predates Brasilia, listed as DF heritage: rural and street folias ride with the banners and meet in the Encontro das Bandeiras, drawing crowds of well over a hundred thousand.96
2. 🏙️ قلمرية 🇵🇹 البرتغالSantos Populares · 1–30 يون (عادةً)June brings neighbourhood arraiais with grilled sardines, basil pots and dancing, centred on Santo António dos Olivais for the 13th and the marchas of Norton de Matos.94
3. 🏙️ لشبونة 🇵🇹 البرتغالSantos Populares · 1–30 يونStreet parties through Alfama, Graca and Madragoa all month, peaking on the night of 12 June for Santo Antonio: charcoal sardines, paper garlands and marches down Avenida da Liberdade.93
4. 🏙️ براقرة 🇵🇹 البرتغالSão João de Braga · 15–24 يونA week of giants, rusgas and cavaquinho bands ending on 24 June, which is the municipal holiday and closes the offices.93
5. 🏖️ مربلة 🇪🇸 إسبانياFeria de San Bernabe · 8–16 يون (عادةً)The patron saint's week around 11 June: a daytime feria in the old town in flamenco dress and horse carriages, then a separate night fairground out by the river until dawn.92
6. 🏝️ تينيريف 🇪🇸 إسبانياCorpus Christi carpets · 25 مايو – 25 يون (عادةً)La Orotava lays a carpet of coloured volcanic sand from Teide across its town hall square for one day, built over a week and swept away the same evening.91
7. 🏙️ بورتو 🇵🇹 البرتغالFesta de Sao Joao · 22–25 يونThe best street party in Portugal and the strangest: the whole city out all night on 23 June hitting strangers on the head with squeaky plastic hammers, grilled sardines, fireworks over the Douro at midnight.90
8. 🏙️ أنتاناناريفو 🇲🇬 مدغشقرFamadihana season · 15 يون – 30 سبت (عادةً)Between harvest and the rains, highland families open the tomb, rewrap the ancestors in fresh silk and carry them round the village behind a brass band.90
9. 🏝️ بنتة دلغادة 🇵🇹 البرتغالSenhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres · 25 أبر – 5 يون (عادةً)The largest religious festival in the Azores, on the fifth Sunday after Easter.90
10. 🏙️ أورو براتو 🇧🇷 البرازيلCorpus Christi sawdust carpets · 20 مايو – 25 يون (عادةً)Overnight before the Thursday procession residents cover about three kilometres of the old streets with carpets of coloured sawdust, coffee grounds and flowers.90
11. 🏙️ بروج 🇧🇪 بلجيكاProcession of the Holy Blood · 30 أبر – 5 يون (عادةً)On Ascension Day the relic is carried through the centre with some thousands of costumed townspeople behind it, watched by about thirty-five thousand.89
12. 🏝️ أجاكسيو 🇫🇷 فرنساSaint-Erasme, the fishermen's feast · 30 مايو – 2 يون (عادةً)The fishermen carry their patron down to the port at the end of May, and on 2 June the statue goes out into the gulf with a following of boats before the blessing.89
13. 🏙️ يريفان 🇦🇲 أرمينياVardavar · 25 يون – 31 يول (عادةً)For one day in high summer anyone on the street is fair game for a bucket of water, children and government ministers alike.88
14. 🏙️ أسونسيون 🇵🇾 باراغوايSan Juan Ára · 15–30 يون (عادةً)Paraguay's favourite winter fiesta: fire games, walking on hot coals at midnight on the 23rd, the toro candil and plates of mbeju and pastel mandi'o.88
15. 🏝️ منورقة 🇪🇸 إسبانياFestes de Sant Joan, Ciutadella · 21–25 يونOn 23 and 24 June riders on black Menorcan stallions rear into a crowd packed shoulder to shoulder in Placa des Born.87
16. 🏖️ مونداكا 🇪🇸 إسبانياFiestas de San Pedro · 24 يون – 6 يول (عادةً)Mundaka's patron feast peaks on 29 June with mass, the honour aurresku and a procession with txistularis, then days of txosnas, concerts, rural sports and the greasy-pole game over the harbour.87
17. 🏙️ فاليتا 🇲🇹 مالطاFesta season · 1 يون – 15 سبتEvery parish takes a weekend for its patron saint: banners across the streets, band marches and fireworks made in the village's own factory.85
18. 🏙️ طليطلة 🇪🇸 إسبانياCorpus Christi · 20 مايو – 25 يون (عادةً)The city's biggest day: awnings strung over the route, walls hung with tapestries, thyme and rosemary underfoot and the cathedral monstrance carried through.85
19. 🏙️ هالشتات 🇦🇹 النمساCorpus Christi boat procession · 20 مايو – 25 يون (عادةً)The Thursday procession leaves the church and continues onto the lake in decorated boats, stopping at four blessing stations.85
20. 🥾 أولانتايتامبو 🇵🇪 بيروSenor de Choquekillka · 10 مايو – 20 يون (عادةً)The town's own festival over Pentecost: four days of seventeen dance troupes, bullfights and fireworks in a village of a few thousand, with everyone home for it.85
21. 🏙️ كوينكا 🇪🇨 الإكوادورCorpus Christi and the Septenario · 20 مايو – 30 يون (عادةً)Seven days from Corpus Christi, Parque Calderón fills with stalls selling nothing but sweets, and a paper hot-air balloon and a castillo of fireworks go up outside the cathedral each night.85
22. 🏙️ غرناطة 🇪🇸 إسبانياFeria del Corpus · 25 مايو – 15 يون (عادةً)Granada's own feria, tied to Corpus Christi sixty days after Easter: a tarasca parade in the morning and casetas on the Almanjayar fairground until dawn.85
23. 🏙️ نيش 🇷🇸 صربياCity feast of Constantine and Helena · 30 مايو – 5 يون (عادةً)Nis, Constantine's birthplace, celebrates its patron saints on 3 June with a week of church services, folk ensembles, concerts and sports around the fortress and centre.85
24. 🏙️ الفاتيكان الفاتيكانSaints Peter and Paul · 29 يونThe patronal feast on 29 June is a public holiday on both sides of the wall, so the museums close and much of Rome does too.85
25. 🏙️ San Pedro de Atacama 🇨🇱 تشيليFiesta de San Pedro y San Pablo · 27–30 يونThe village's patron saint is carried round the adobe church on 29 June with Atacameno dances, a rodeo and three days of mass and brass.84

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1. 🏙️ شنت ياقب 🇪🇸 إسبانياFesta do Apostolo · 20–26 يولFireworks off the Obradoiro facade on the night of 24 July, then the saint's day on the 25th, which is also Galicia's national day.94
2. 🏖️ بينيتشي 🇵🇹 البرتغالNossa Senhora da Boa Viagem · 28 يول – 6 أغس (عادةً)The fishing town's own festival, built around the only night-time sea procession in Portugal: twenty-odd lit and dressed trawlers, then the blessing of the fleet.93
3. 🏖️ إيكويكو 🇨🇱 تشيليFiesta de La Tirana · 10–20 يولA village 70 km inland takes a quarter of a million people and two hundred masked dance societies for the Virgen del Carmen on 16 July.93
4. 🏙️ جواتابي 🇨🇴 كولومبياFiestas de la Virgen del Carmen · 10–20 يول (عادةً)The town's patron saint carried through the zocalo streets on 16 July, with a boat procession on the reservoir and a week of music around it.93
5. 🏙️ يكاترينبورغ 🇷🇺 روسياTsar's Days procession · 15–19 يولOn the night of 16–17 July, the anniversary of the Romanov killings, tens of thousands walk the twenty-one kilometres from the church built over the cellar out to the mine at Ganina Yama.91
6. 🏝️ بنتة دلغادة 🇵🇹 البرتغالHoly Spirit festas · 1 مايو – 15 أغس (عادةً)Every village keeps a painted imperio chapel, and through the summer each takes its turn to crown a child and hand out soup and sweet bread to anyone who turns up.91
7. 🏖️ مونداكا 🇪🇸 إسبانياFiestas de San Pedro · 24 يون – 6 يول (عادةً)Mundaka's patron feast peaks on 29 June with mass, the honour aurresku and a procession with txistularis, then days of txosnas, concerts, rural sports and the greasy-pole game over the harbour.91
8. 🏙️ متحف الأحياء القديمة 🇨🇴 كولومبياFiestas de la Virgen del Carmen · 12–17 يول (عادةً)The patron of drivers gets processions, masses, fireworks and a parade of decorated trucks and floats with a blessing of vehicles.90
9. 🏖️ Búzios 🇧🇷 البرازيلFesta de Sant'Anna · 22–28 يول (عادةً)The patron saint's days at the old church above the harbour, kept by the fishing families rather than by the beach clubs, and one of the few times the town looks like the village it was.89
10. 🏙️ قلمرية 🇵🇹 البرتغالFestas da Rainha Santa Isabel · 1–15 يول (عادةً)The city's own fortnight in early July.88
11. 🏙️ أنتاناناريفو 🇲🇬 مدغشقرFamadihana season · 15 يون – 30 سبت (عادةً)Between harvest and the rains, highland families open the tomb, rewrap the ancestors in fresh silk and carry them round the village behind a brass band.87
12. 🏝️ Ilha Grande 🇧🇷 البرازيلFesta de Santana · 24–27 يول (عادةً)Ilha Grande's patron-saint feast on Praia da Freguesia de Santana, unbroken since 1796: dawn bells and fireworks, a morning procession, a community lunch, and forro music into the afternoon.86
13. 🏖️ مربلة 🇪🇸 إسبانياVirgen del Carmen · 16 يولThe town's patron saint goes to sea on 16 July: the image leaves the Bajadilla fishing harbour around seven in the evening with a flotilla behind it, runs to Puerto Banus and back, and the beaches line up to watch.85
14. 🥾 ليه 🇮🇳 الهندHemis Festival · 15 يون – 20 يول (عادةً)Two days of cham mask dances in the courtyard at Hemis for Padmasambhava's birthday, on the tenth day of the fifth Tibetan month.82
15. 🏙️ بونو 🇵🇪 بيروFiesta de Santiago on Taquile · 24–31 يول (عادةً)Taquile island's patron saint feast, centred on the 25th, is when the islanders dance in their finest weaving to panpipes and drums.82
16. 🥾 ديليجان 🇦🇲 أرمينياVardavar · 28 يون – 28 يول (عادةً)Ninety-eight days after Easter, and the one day of the year when anyone can throw a bucket of water over anyone else.82
17. 🏙️ جرندة 🇪🇸 إسبانياSant Jaume (Saint James's Day) · 25 يولOne of only two official local festival days on the city's own calendar, alongside Sant Narcis in the autumn.81
18. 🏙️ باليرمو 🇮🇹 إيطالياFestino di Santa Rosalia · 10–15 يولThe city's own week, u Fistinu: a wagon carrying the saint is hauled down the Cassaro on the night of 14 July and the whole of Palermo walks behind it to fireworks over the Foro Italico.80
19. 🏙️ متيرة 🇮🇹 إيطالياFesta della Bruna · 28 يون – 2 يولThe one day Matera belongs to Materans.80
20. 🏝️ لامو 🇰🇪 كينياMaulidi · 15 يول – 30 سبت (عادةً)The biggest Maulidi on the Swahili coast: a week of recitation and poetry, donkey and dhow races, and a procession to the tomb of Habib Swaleh.80
21. 🏙️ يريفان 🇦🇲 أرمينياVardavar · 25 يون – 31 يول (عادةً)For one day in high summer anyone on the street is fair game for a bucket of water, children and government ministers alike.79
22. 🏙️ أنتيغوا غواتيمالا 🇬🇹 غواتيمالاFeast of Santiago · 1–25 يول (عادةً)The city keeps its patron saint through July with processions, concerts and fireworks, building to 25 July, a local holiday when many offices shut.77
23. 🏙️ فاليتا 🇲🇹 مالطاFesta season · 1 يون – 15 سبتEvery parish takes a weekend for its patron saint: banners across the streets, band marches and fireworks made in the village's own factory.77
24. 🏙️ كاندي 🇱🇰 سريلانكاEsala Perahera · 15 يول – 25 أغس (عادةً)Ten nights of processions building to the Nikini full moon, with tuskers, whip-crackers, drummers and fire dancers on a route the town hands over entirely.74
25. 🏖️ جواو بيسوا 🇧🇷 البرازيلFesta das Neves · 26 يول – 5 أغس (عادةً)The patron saint's ten days end on 5 August, the city's own birthday, with a solemn mass and procession from the Basilica Nossa Senhora das Neves through the historic centre.73

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1. 🏖️ إيكويكو 🇨🇱 تشيليSan Lorenzo de Tarapacá · 1–11 أغس (عادةً)Pilgrims from Chile, Peru and Bolivia pour into a desert village about a hundred kilometres inland for the miners' saint on 10 August, with dance societies playing through the night.95
2. 🏙️ أنتاناناريفو 🇲🇬 مدغشقرFamadihana season · 15 يون – 30 سبت (عادةً)Between harvest and the rains, highland families open the tomb, rewrap the ancestors in fresh silk and carry them round the village behind a brass band.94
3. 🏖️ بينيتشي 🇵🇹 البرتغالNossa Senhora da Boa Viagem · 28 يول – 6 أغس (عادةً)The fishing town's own festival, built around the only night-time sea procession in Portugal: twenty-odd lit and dressed trawlers, then the blessing of the fleet.94
4. 🏖️ Ericeira 🇵🇹 البرتغالFestas da Senhora da Boa Viagem · 5–18 أغس (عادةً)The fishermen's patron carried down to the water on the evening of 15 August, weather allowing, with salt-and-sand carpets laid through the streets and fireworks off the cliff.93
5. 🏙️ كوتشابامبا 🇧🇴 بوليفياVirgen de Urkupiña · 14–18 أغسBolivia's biggest pilgrimage after Copacabana fills Quillacollo, half an hour west, for three days of dancing from dawn.91
6. 🏙️ غواتيمالا 🇬🇹 غواتيمالاFeria de Jocotenango · 10–20 أغس (عادةً)The capital's patron day on the fifteenth is a public holiday in Guatemala City and nowhere else in the country, with a fairground and rides at the Hipódromo del Norte for a week around it.87
7. 🏙️ أسونسيون 🇵🇾 باراغوايFounding of Asunción · 5–15 أغسThe city's founding day is also the feast of its patron, Our Lady of the Assumption: a river procession on the Paraguay, a land procession to the cathedral and a municipal programme of concerts and fairs.86
8. 🏖️ الجديدة 🇲🇦 المغربMoussem Moulay Abdallah Amghar · 1–20 أغس (عادةً)A week of tents, horses and gunpowder on the plain south of town, with fantasia troupes riding at the crowd in line.85
9. 🏝️ بنتة دلغادة 🇵🇹 البرتغالHoly Spirit festas · 1 مايو – 15 أغس (عادةً)Every village keeps a painted imperio chapel, and through the summer each takes its turn to crown a child and hand out soup and sweet bread to anyone who turns up.84
10. 🥾 Tilcara 🇦🇷 الأرجنتينDía de la Pachamama · 1 أغسOn the first of August households open a hole in the ground and feed it — food, coca, alcohol — before anyone eats.84
11. 🥾 شاشابوياس 🇵🇪 بيروFiesta of the Virgen Asunta · 1–15 أغسThe town's patron feast fills the first half of August with processions, dance contests and food fairs around the Plaza de Armas, closing with a procession to her sanctuary on the 15th.82
12. 🏙️ بوتوسي 🇧🇴 بوليفياCh'utillos · 22–31 أغس (عادةً)Bolivia's second-largest festival: three days of village troupes and city fraternities dancing the length of Potosí for San Bartolomé, with the ride out to the Cueva del Diablo.81
13. 🏙️ كليفلاند 🇺🇸 الولايات المتحدةFeast of the Assumption · 13–16 أغسFour days around Holy Rosary in Little Italy, built on the 15th of August and running the same way for over a century: procession, pasta and Mayfield Road closed to cars.81
14. 🏝️ لامو 🇰🇪 كينياMaulidi · 15 يول – 30 سبت (عادةً)The biggest Maulidi on the Swahili coast: a week of recitation and poetry, donkey and dhow races, and a procession to the tomb of Habib Swaleh.80
15. 🏖️ مومباسا 🇰🇪 كينياMaulidi (Mawlid al-Nabi) · 20–30 أغس (عادةً)Mawlid al-Nabi, the Prophet's birthday, is marked in Mombasa with mosque gatherings, Quran recitation, and family visits; the date shifts with the Islamic calendar.79
16. 🏙️ يوغياكارتا 🇮🇩 إندونيسياSekaten and Grebeg Maulud · 1 أغس – 15 أكت (عادةً)The kraton marks the Prophet's birthday with a month-long night fair on the alun-alun and a procession of rice mountains that the crowd is allowed to tear apart at the end.79
17. 🏖️ جواو بيسوا 🇧🇷 البرازيلFesta das Neves · 26 يول – 5 أغس (عادةً)The patron saint's ten days end on 5 August, the city's own birthday, with a solemn mass and procession from the Basilica Nossa Senhora das Neves through the historic centre.79
18. 🏝️ Morro de São Paulo 🇧🇷 البرازيلFesta de Nossa Senhora da Luz · 30 أغس – 8 سبت (عادةً)The village's patron saint closes a novena on 8 September with a solemn mass, a procession and free shows on Praça Aureliano Lima, with people coming over from the rest of the Cairu islands.79
19. 🥾 كوباكابانا 🇧🇴 بوليفياVirgen de Copacabana in August · 1–8 أغسThe Virgin was declared patroness of Bolivia in August and tens of thousands walk in for the first week of the month, which runs straight into the national holiday on the sixth.78
20. ⛷️ شاموني 🇫🇷 فرنساFete des Guides · 13–16 أغس (عادةً)The valley's guides parade and are blessed around 15 August, a working ceremony rather than a show, with fireworks off the Brevent side afterwards.77
21. 🥾 شينغوان 🇨🇳 الصينShoton Festival · 1–25 أغس (عادةً)The yogurt festival opens at dawn with a giant thangka unrolled down the hillside at Drepung, then runs a week of Tibetan opera in the Norbulingka gardens.77
22. 🏙️ كاندي 🇱🇰 سريلانكاEsala Perahera · 15 يول – 25 أغس (عادةً)Ten nights of processions building to the Nikini full moon, with tuskers, whip-crackers, drummers and fire dancers on a route the town hands over entirely.75
23. 🏝️ قرفس 🇬🇷 اليونانSaint Spyridon litany · 11 أغسOne of the four days a year the saint's body is carried through the old town, with every philharmonic band on the island behind it.75
24. 🏝️ زاكينثوس 🇬🇷 اليونانAgios Dionysios · 23–25 أغسThe island's patron is carried through Zakynthos town on 24 August with a fireworks finale over the harbour, repeated in a quieter form on 17 December.75
25. 🏖️ ماسايو 🇧🇷 البرازيلNossa Senhora dos Prazeres · 17–27 أغسTen days of masses for the city's patron saint, ending on 27 August, a municipal holiday, with a procession from the cathedral through the old centre towards Jaragua.75

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1. 🏙️ أنتاناناريفو 🇲🇬 مدغشقرFamadihana season · 15 يون – 30 سبت (عادةً)Between harvest and the rains, highland families open the tomb, rewrap the ancestors in fresh silk and carry them round the village behind a brass band.95
2. 🏙️ شلمنقة 🇪🇸 إسبانياFerias y Fiestas · 7–21 سبتTwo weeks around the Virgen de la Vega on 8 September: concerts in the squares, a bullfighting week and the students back in town.94
3. 🏙️ Cafayate 🇦🇷 الأرجنتينFiesta of La Sentadita · 28 سبت – 7 أكتThe novena for the town's patroness ends on 7 October with a procession of the seated Virgin, a parade of tractors, taxis and gaucho riders, and pilgrims arriving on foot and bicycle from across the Calchaquí valley.94
4. 🏖️ نازاري 🇵🇹 البرتغالRomaria de Nossa Senhora da Nazare · 5–10 سبتThe town's pilgrimage week up at Sitio around 8 September: processions, folk dancing, a fairground and bullfights in the square-shaped arena on the cliff.92
5. 🏙️ سوكري 🇧🇴 بوليفياFiesta de la Virgen de Guadalupe · 5–15 سبت (عادةً)The city's patron gets an entrada of dance troupes and brass through the centre in early September, days of it, with the jewelled image carried out of the cathedral.90
6. 🏙️ سالتا 🇦🇷 الأرجنتينFiesta del Milagro · 6–16 سبتThe novena starts on the 6th and the province walks in, some of it for days, for the processions in the middle of the month.89
7. 🏖️ طريفة 🇪🇸 إسبانياFeria de Nuestra Senora de la Luz · 1–10 سبت (عادةً)The town's own week at the start of September: a fairground, horses through the old walls and a week when Tarifa belongs to Tarifenos rather than to the kite crowd.88
8. 🏝️ فويرتيفنتورا 🇪🇸 إسبانياRomeria de la Virgen de la Pena · 10–22 سبت (عادةً)The island's patron draws everyone inland to Vega de Rio Palmas on the third Saturday of September, on foot through the barranco.87
9. 🏙️ سان مارينو سان مارينوFeast of Saint Marinus · 3 سبتThe national day on 3 September marks the founding of the republic in 301, with a procession, a torchlit evening and everything official shut.87
10. 🏙️ برشلونة 🇪🇸 إسبانياLa Mercè · 20–28 سبت (عادةً)The city's own festa major: human towers on Plaça Sant Jaume, the correfoc fire run, and free concerts across several stages.84
11. 🏙️ زالتسبورغ 🇦🇹 النمساRupertikirtag · 19–28 سبت (عادةً)The city's patron saint fair takes over the squares around the cathedral for five days in late September: fairground rides in the old town, and the locals rather than the festival crowd.84
12. 🥾 تاوس 🇺🇸 الولايات المتحدةSan Geronimo feast day · 29–30 سبتThe pueblo's feast day at the end of September, with a trade fair, foot races and a pole climb.84
13. 🏝️ لنزاروت 🇪🇸 إسبانياVirgen de los Dolores romeria · 12–18 سبتThe island's patron is walked to the church at Mancha Blanca on 15 September, a thanksgiving for the eighteenth-century eruptions that stopped at its doorstep.84
14. 🏙️ باليرمو 🇮🇹 إيطالياAcchianata to Monte Pellegrino · 3–4 سبتThe quieter half of the Rosalia year: on the night of 3 September people walk barefoot up the old mule track to the sanctuary on the mountain, arriving for dawn on the 4th.82
15. 🏙️ نابولي 🇮🇹 إيطالياFesta di Piedigrotta · 7–19 سبت (عادةً)Historic festival honouring the Madonna di Piedigrotta near Mergellina, dating to the 1600s, that in the 1800s became the launchpad of the Neapolitan song contest behind classics like 'O Sole Mio.80
16. 🏝️ منورقة 🇪🇸 إسبانياFestes de Gracia, Mao · 7–9 سبتThe last of the island's horse fiestas and the one that closes the summer, in the capital rather than Ciutadella.80
17. 🏝️ Morro de São Paulo 🇧🇷 البرازيلFesta de Nossa Senhora da Luz · 30 أغس – 8 سبت (عادةً)The village's patron saint closes a novena on 8 September with a solemn mass, a procession and free shows on Praça Aureliano Lima, with people coming over from the rest of the Cairu islands.80
18. 🏝️ لامو 🇰🇪 كينياMaulidi · 15 يول – 30 سبت (عادةً)The biggest Maulidi on the Swahili coast: a week of recitation and poetry, donkey and dhow races, and a procession to the tomb of Habib Swaleh.79
19. 🏙️ فاليتا 🇲🇹 مالطاFesta season · 1 يون – 15 سبتEvery parish takes a weekend for its patron saint: banners across the streets, band marches and fireworks made in the village's own factory.77
20. 🏙️ بنغالور 🇮🇳 الهندGanesha Chaturthi · 25 أغس – 20 سبت (عادةً)Pandals go up on every other street corner for ten days and the immersion processions close roads on the last night.73
21. 🏙️ يوغياكارتا 🇮🇩 إندونيسياSekaten and Grebeg Maulud · 1 أغس – 15 أكت (عادةً)The kraton marks the Prophet's birthday with a month-long night fair on the alun-alun and a procession of rice mountains that the crowd is allowed to tear apart at the end.73
22. 🏝️ جزيرة مارغريتا 🇻🇪 فنزويلاFiesta de la Virgen del Valle · 1–15 سبتThe patron of the island and of the eastern seaboard is honoured on 8 September, with fishing boats dressed overall in procession and pilgrims filling El Valle del Espíritu Santo for the days around it.73
23. 🏙️ ميسور 🇮🇳 الهندMysuru Dasara · 25 سبت – 25 أكت (عادةً)Ten nights with the palace lit end to end, closing with the Jamboo Savari — the goddess on a golden howdah, walked five kilometres to Bannimantap behind caparisoned elephants.73
24. 🥾 تيمفو 🇧🇹 بوتانThimphu Tshechu · 5 سبت – 10 أكت (عادةً)Three days of masked dances in the courtyard of Tashichho Dzong, with the whole valley in its best kira and gho.67
25. 🥾 لاليبيلا 🇪🇹 إثيوبياMeskel · 26–28 سبتA demera bonfire is lit in the churchyard on the eve of 27 September, smaller than the one in Addis and far closer to it.66

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1. 🏙️ Cafayate 🇦🇷 الأرجنتينFiesta of La Sentadita · 28 سبت – 7 أكتThe novena for the town's patroness ends on 7 October with a procession of the seated Virgin, a parade of tractors, taxis and gaucho riders, and pilgrims arriving on foot and bicycle from across the Calchaquí valley.96
2. 🏙️ ليما 🇵🇪 بيروSenor de los Milagros · 1 أكت – 1 نوفHundreds of thousands walk behind the image in purple through the centre, with the main days on 18, 19 and 28 October.94
3. 🏙️ ولاية غواناخواتو 🇲🇽 المكسيكDía de Muertos · 30 أكت – 3 نوفAltars in the university and the plazas, marigolds on the graves at the Santa Paula cemetery, and the mummy museum next door doing brisk trade.93
4. 🏙️ إيكا 🇵🇪 بيروSeñor de Luren processions · 14–28 أكت (عادةً)The city's Cristo Moreno is carried through the streets on the third Monday of October and again the Sunday after, setting off at dusk once the desert heat drops.92
5. 🏙️ مدينة مكسيكو 🇲🇽 المكسيكDay of the Dead · 31 أكت – 2 نوفAltars everywhere, a parade down Reforma that the city invented for a film, and the older, quieter version out in Mixquic and the southern boroughs.89
6. 🏙️ جرندة 🇪🇸 إسبانياFires de Sant Narcis · 23 أكت – 3 نوف (عادةً)The city's own ten-day fair around the patron's day on 29 October: barraques by the river, a fairground on the Devesa and the whole province in town after dark.89
7. 🏙️ موريليا 🇲🇽 المكسيكNoche de Muertos · 30 أكت – 3 نوفThe Michoacan version is the one on the postcards: candlelit graveyards on the islands of Lake Patzcuaro, an hour and a half west.89
8. 🏙️ يزد 🇮🇷 إيرانMehregan (Autumn Festival) · 28 سبت – 8 أكت (عادةً)An ancient Zoroastrian thanksgiving festival honouring Mithra, marked with ceremonies at Yazd's fire temples and gatherings among the city's Zoroastrian families, one of Iran's largest such communities.88
9. 🏙️ ولاية واخاكا 🇲🇽 المكسيكDay of the Dead · 31 أكت – 2 نوفVigils in the valley cemeteries from the night of 31 October; rooms go a year ahead.86
10. 🏙️ غوادالاخارا 🇲🇽 المكسيكRomería de Zapopan · 11–13 أكتOn 12 October the Virgin is walked back from the cathedral to her basilica in Zapopan after five months touring the parishes, and something over a million people walk with her.86
11. 🏙️ ناغاساكي 🇯🇵 اليابانNagasaki Kunchi · 7–9 أكتThree fixed days at Suwa Shrine since 1634, with the Chinese and Dutch borrowings that no other Japanese festival has.85
12. 🏙️ سولت ليك 🇺🇸 الولايات المتحدةGeneral Conference (October) · 2–5 أكت (عادةً)The autumn half of the same weekend, on the first weekend of October.84
13. 🏙️ سان سلفادور دي خوخوي 🇦🇷 الأرجنتينVirgen de Rio Blanco y Paypaya · 1–31 أكتEvery Sunday in October the faithful walk, many barefoot, to the patron saint's sanctuary at Rio Blanco, a few kilometres outside the city.83
14. 🏙️ كيوتو 🇯🇵 اليابانJidai Matsuri · 22 أكتTwo thousand people in costume walk a thousand years of Kyoto history from the palace to Heian Shrine on 22 October, oldest period last.82
15. 🏙️ سيوة 🇪🇬 مصرSiyaha, the reconciliation festival · 1–31 أكت (عادةً)Three days around the October full moon when the oasis gathers at the foot of Dakrour to eat, sing zikr and settle the year's arguments.82
16. 🏙️ بونو 🇵🇪 بيروTata Pancho in Yunguyo · 6–14 أكت (عادةً)Yunguyo, on the Bolivian border about two and a half hours away, honours San Francisco de Borja with a procession on 10 October, zampona contests and more than fifty troupes of sikumorenos, morenada and diablada.79
17. 🏝️ آواروآ جزر كوكGospel Day (Nuku) · 25–27 أكت26 October marks the arrival of the missionaries in 1821.77
18. 🏝️ أيتوتاكي جزر كوكGospel Day (Nuku) · 24–27 أكتThe missionaries landed here in 1821, so 26 October is Aitutaki's own day: the churches stage the arrival as drama and song, and the shops keep the holiday.76
19. 🏙️ أمرتسر 🇮🇳 الهندLangur Mela · 20 سبت – 25 أكت (عادةً)For the ten days of autumn Navratri, children dressed as langurs in red and silver, with painted faces and tails, are brought to the Bada Hanuman temple beside Durgiana to fulfil their parents' vows.75
20. 🏙️ بليم 🇧🇷 البرازيلCírio de Nazaré · 6–28 أكت (عادةً)On the second Sunday of October a couple of million people walk behind the rope with the image, and the fortnight around it is the city's real Christmas: family lunches, closed streets, no beds left.75
21. 🏙️ تاكاياما 🇯🇵 اليابانAutumn Takayama Festival · 9–10 أكتThe Hachiman half of the same pair, on fixed dates in October and generally the better weather of the two.75
22. 🥾 تيمفو 🇧🇹 بوتانThimphu Tshechu · 5 سبت – 10 أكت (عادةً)Three days of masked dances in the courtyard of Tashichho Dzong, with the whole valley in its best kira and gho.74
23. 🥾 Baños 🇪🇨 الإكوادورFiestas de la Virgen de Agua Santa · 1–31 أكتOctober belongs to the basilica: a novena, nightly verbenas, chicha handed round the streets and a candle-and-flower parade, with pilgrims arriving from across Ecuador to thank the Virgin for a favour granted.73
24. 🥾 شينغوان 🇨🇳 الصينLhabab Duchen · 20 أكت – 25 نوف (عادةً)One of the four great merit days: the kora circuits round the Jokhang and the Potala move shoulder to shoulder from before dawn and everyone gives something away.72
25. 🏙️ نيكو 🇯🇵 اليابانToshogu Autumn Grand Festival · 16–17 أكتThe shrine's autumn counterpart to the May festival: horseback archery on the 16th and the procession of a thousand men in samurai armour on the 17th, usually just as the colour starts up at Lake Chuzenji.72

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1. 🏙️ ليما 🇵🇪 بيروSenor de los Milagros · 1 أكت – 1 نوفHundreds of thousands walk behind the image in purple through the centre, with the main days on 18, 19 and 28 October.95
2. 🏙️ ولاية غواناخواتو 🇲🇽 المكسيكDía de Muertos · 30 أكت – 3 نوفAltars in the university and the plazas, marigolds on the graves at the Santa Paula cemetery, and the mummy museum next door doing brisk trade.95
3. 🏖️ إيكويكو 🇨🇱 تشيليFiesta de San Andres in Pica · 28–30 نوفThe oasis town of Pica, a day trip inland, honours its patron saint with the uncorking of the chicha on the 28th, a 5:30 am drum-and-dynamite wake-up on the 29th, candlelit processions and religious dance troupes.95
4. 🏙️ مدينة مكسيكو 🇲🇽 المكسيكDay of the Dead · 31 أكت – 2 نوفAltars everywhere, a parade down Reforma that the city invented for a film, and the older, quieter version out in Mixquic and the southern boroughs.93
5. 🏙️ أديس أبابا 🇪🇹 إثيوبياTsome Nebiyat, the Advent fast · 24 نوف – 6 يناThe 43-day Fast of the Prophets runs up to Ethiopian Christmas.93
6. 🏙️ ولاية واخاكا 🇲🇽 المكسيكDay of the Dead · 31 أكت – 2 نوفVigils in the valley cemeteries from the night of 31 October; rooms go a year ahead.91
7. 🏙️ موريليا 🇲🇽 المكسيكNoche de Muertos · 30 أكت – 3 نوفThe Michoacan version is the one on the postcards: candlelit graveyards on the islands of Lake Patzcuaro, an hour and a half west.91
8. 🏙️ أمرتسر 🇮🇳 الهندGuru Nanak Gurpurab · 5–30 نوف (عادةً)Guru Nanak's birth anniversary brings a nagar kirtan through the walled city and an unbroken recitation at the temple.87
9. 🏖️ بنيدورم 🇪🇸 إسبانياFiestas Mayores Patronales · 8–20 نوف (عادةً)From the second Saturday in November: the penas take over the streets, there is a flower offering and a mock discovery of the Virgin re-enacted on Poniente beach.87
10. 🏙️ بونخا 🇧🇹 بوتانMonk body in winter residence · 15 نوف – 15 مايو (عادةً)The Je Khenpo and the Central Monastic Body move down from Thimphu to Punakha Dzong for the winter, arriving in procession around late November and leaving again around May, a custom dating to the Zhabdrung.86
11. 🏙️ لاباز 🇧🇴 بوليفياTodos Santos · 1–2 نوفFamilies build home altars for their dead with t'antawawa bread babies, sugarcane and sweets on 1 November, then carry them to the cemeteries on the 2nd, when the Cementerio General fills with music and food.85
12. 🏙️ فاراناسي 🇮🇳 الهندChhath Puja · 24 أكت – 22 نوف (عادةً)Four days of fasting for the sun god in Kartik, and the one festival that fills the ghats twice in a day: at sunset, then again before dawn, families standing waist-deep in the river with their offerings.82
13. 🏙️ بوتوسي 🇧🇴 بوليفياTodos Santos · 1–3 نوفPotosi keeps All Saints over three days: home altars with t'antawawa bread figures open to visitors on 1 November, then music, food and dancing to send the souls off.82
14. 🥾 بحيرة أتيتلان 🇬🇹 غواتيمالاTodos Santos · 1 نوفFamilies spend 1 November in the cemeteries above the lake villages, repainting the graves and eating fiambre among them.80
15. 🏙️ يابرة 🇵🇹 البرتغالSao Martinho · 11 نوفSaint Martin's Day is marked with a magusto: chestnuts roasted over fires and the first young wine or agua-pe of the year, in tascas, schools and village squares.79
16. 🏙️ جرندة 🇪🇸 إسبانياFires de Sant Narcis · 23 أكت – 3 نوف (عادةً)The city's own ten-day fair around the patron's day on 29 October: barraques by the river, a fairground on the Devesa and the whole province in town after dark.78
17. 🏝️ سكياثوس 🇬🇷 اليونانPanagia Eikonistria · 20–22 نوفThe island's patronal feast on 21 November, with the icon carried up to the Evangelistria monastery.78
18. 🏙️ ماردة 🇲🇽 المكسيكHanal Pixán & Paseo de las Ánimas · 24 أكت – 2 نوف (عادةً)The Maya Day of the Dead: altars laid for children on 31 October and adults on 1 November, and a costumed procession from the General Cemetery to Parque de San Juan.76
19. 🏙️ فيينتيان 🇱🇦 لاوسThat Luang Festival · 1–30 نوف (عادةً)The country's biggest religious gathering: a week of alms, a wax-castle procession and a fairground around the golden stupa, ending on the November full moon.75
20. 🏙️ مدريد 🇪🇸 إسبانياLa Almudena · 9 نوفThe city's own public holiday, with mass and a flower offering at the cathedral.73
21. 🏖️ بلايا ديل كارمن 🇲🇽 المكسيكDay of the Dead · 30 أكت – 2 نوفThe Yucatec version, Hanal Pixan, is a family and cemetery affair rather than a parade.73
22. 🏖️ كانكون 🇲🇽 المكسيكHanal Pixán · 31 أكت – 2 نوفThe Yucatán's own Day of the Dead: altars in the houses, cemeteries lit at night, and mucbipollo baked in a pit oven.72
23. 🥾 أولانتايتامبو 🇵🇪 بيروTodos Santos · 1–2 نوفSacred Valley families visit and decorate graves on 1 and 2 November, and the markets sell t'anta wawa, doll-shaped sweet breads made for the dead.72
24. 🏝️ إيسلا موخيريس 🇲🇽 المكسيكFiestas de la Inmaculada · 30 نوف – 8 ديسNine days for the island's patron saint, ending on 8 December with a procession of fishing boats around the bay, fireworks off the malecon and the centre closed to carts.72
25. 🥾 بازار نامجي 🇳🇵 نيبالMani Rimdu at Tengboche · 15 أكت – 20 نوف (عادةً)The monastery half a day above Namche dances the masked drama over three public days set by the Tibetan calendar.71

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1. 🏙️ أديس أبابا 🇪🇹 إثيوبياTsome Nebiyat, the Advent fast · 24 نوف – 6 يناThe 43-day Fast of the Prophets runs up to Ethiopian Christmas.92
2. 🏙️ ولاية غواناخواتو 🇲🇽 المكسيكGuadalupe feast and the posadas · 11–24 ديسThe feast of the Virgin of Guadalupe on 12 December brings masses, fireworks and dancing in church courtyards with food stalls, and the nightly posada processions follow from the 16th until Christmas Eve.92
3. 🏙️ ولاية واخاكا 🇲🇽 المكسيكLas Posadas · 16–24 ديسNine nights of processions through the barrios with candles, punch and a pinata at the end of each.91
4. 🏙️ San Cristóbal de las Casas 🇲🇽 المكسيكVirgen de Guadalupe processions · 1–12 ديسRunners carrying torches come in from the highland villages for twelve days, and the barrio around the Guadalupe church stays up all night on the eleventh.90
5. 🏙️ أريكيبا 🇵🇪 بيروWititi dance festival, Chivay · 5–11 ديسThe Colca Valley town of Chivay, a half-day's drive from Arequipa, marks the Virgen de la Inmaculada Concepcion and Peru's national day of the Wititi, a UNESCO-listed courtship dance, with processions and folk parades.86
6. 🥾 بحيرة أتيتلان 🇬🇹 غواتيمالاSanto Tomas at Chichicastenango · 13–21 ديسAn hour and a half up from the lake, Chichicastenango spends the week to the 21st in masked dances, copal smoke on the church steps and the palo volador in the square.86
7. 🥾 باغان 🇲🇲 ميانمارAnanda Pagoda Festival · 25 ديس – 31 ينا (عادةً)Fifteen days of temple fair around the full moon of Pyatho: bullock carts camped on the plain, stalls the length of the approach, and monks receiving alms in a line before dawn.83
8. 🏖️ لقنت 🇪🇸 إسبانياVenida de la Virgen in Elche · 28–29 ديسA day trip to Elche, half an hour by train: at dawn on the 28th a pilgrimage walks in from Tamarit beach to reenact the Virgin's arrival by sea in 1370, and on the 29th children dressed as angels escort her image to the basilica.83
9. 🏙️ Suchitoto 🇸🇻 السلفادورFiestas de Santa Lucia · 6–13 ديسThe patron saint days run for a week to 13 December with something every day: masked characters, floats, music in the plaza and the town's own people back for it.83
10. 🏙️ Ezulwini Valley 🇸🇿 إسواتينيIncwala · 20 ديس – 15 ينا (عادةً)The kingship ceremony at Lobamba, timed by the moon and running over several weeks with the Big Incwala at its centre.82
11. 🏙️ سرقوسة 🇮🇹 إيطالياSanta Lucia · 13–20 ديسThe city's own saint.80
12. 🏙️ بونخا 🇧🇹 بوتانMonk body in winter residence · 15 نوف – 15 مايو (عادةً)The Je Khenpo and the Central Monastic Body move down from Thimphu to Punakha Dzong for the winter, arriving in procession around late November and leaving again around May, a custom dating to the Zhabdrung.79
13. 🏙️ غرناطة 🇳🇮 نيكاراغواLa Gritería · 7–8 ديسOn the evening of the seventh Granada puts its altars to the Virgin out on the street rather than indoors, and children go door to door singing for sweets.78
14. 🏙️ ليون 🇳🇮 نيكاراغواLa Gritería · 7–8 ديسLa Gritería began in León in 1857 and the city still keeps the loudest version: altars to the Virgin on every block, gigantona puppets in the street and firecrackers that do not let up until morning.78
15. 🏖️ بويرتو فالارتا 🇲🇽 المكسيكGuadalupe processions · 1–12 ديسTwelve nights of neighbourhood and workplace processions up Juarez to the crowned church, with fireworks and a band each time.77
16. 🏙️ إشبيلية 🇪🇸 إسبانياInmaculada and the Seises · 7–15 ديسUniversity tunas sing to the Immaculate Conception monument in Plaza del Triunfo through the night of 7 December, and for the octave that follows the choirboys called the Seises dance before the cathedral altar, one of only two times a year.76
17. 🏝️ إيسلا موخيريس 🇲🇽 المكسيكFiestas de la Inmaculada · 30 نوف – 8 ديسNine days for the island's patron saint, ending on 8 December with a procession of fishing boats around the bay, fireworks off the malecon and the centre closed to carts.76
18. 🏖️ غوا 🇮🇳 الهندFeast of St Francis Xavier · 24 نوف – 3 ديسA nine-day novena at Old Goa ending on 3 December, when pilgrims walk to the Bom Jesus basilica in tens of thousands and the lane of church ruins turns into a fairground.75
19. 🏙️ بونو 🇵🇪 بيروInmaculada Concepcion in Lampa · 6–15 ديسLampa, the colonial pink town north of Juliaca and an easy day trip, keeps its patron feast with sikuris and ayarachi contests, masses and processions, including a staged descent and ascension of the Virgin.73
20. 🏖️ سلفادور 🇧🇷 البرازيلNossa Senhora da Conceicao da Praia · 8 ديسThe feast of Bahia's patron saint, and a city holiday: mass in the open air and a procession through Comercio below the Elevador Lacerda.73
21. 🏙️ باري 🇮🇹 إيطالياSan Nicola in December · 5–6 ديسThe saint's liturgical feast is quieter than the May celebrations but deeply local: masses start before dawn at the basilica, Orthodox pilgrims arrive, and food stalls fill Bari Vecchia.73
22. 🏝️ أوميتيبي 🇳🇮 نيكاراغواLa Griteria · 7–8 ديسNicaragua's night of the Immaculate Conception: households build altars to the Virgin and hand out sweets to anyone who shouts the ritual question at the door, with firecrackers until late.71
23. 🏖️ San Juan del Sur 🇳🇮 نيكاراغواLa Griteria · 7–8 ديسNicaragua's night of the Immaculate Conception: households build altars to the Virgin and hand out sweets to anyone who shouts the ritual question at the door.71
24. 🏙️ كوتشي 🇮🇳 الهندThripunithura Vrischikolsavam · 10 نوف – 5 ديس (عادةً)The eight-day festival at Poornathrayeesa temple in Thripunithura, ten kilometres out, opens Kerala's temple season: fifteen elephants abreast and panchari melam in front of them.70
25. 🏝️ هاغاتنيا 🇬🇺 غوامFeast of Santa Marian Kamalen · 8 ديسGuam's patroness is carried in procession around Hagatna after mass at the Cathedral-Basilica, the largest gathering on the island's calendar.61

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