종교 축일, 세계 곳곳에서 월별로
성인 축일, 사원 축제, 행렬. 볼거리보다 신앙이 먼저인 날이에요.
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1월의 종교 축일
- 아디스아바바 🇪🇹 에티오피아팀캇 · 1월 18–21일The 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
- 바히르다르 🇪🇹 에티오피아타나 호수 팀캇 · 1월 18–20일The tabots are carried down to the lakeshore on the eve of the 19th and the blessing of the water happens at first light.94
- 다카 🇧🇩 방글라데시비슈와 이즈테마 · 1월 5일 – 2월 20일(예년 기준)Millions gather at Tongi on the Turag over two weekend phases, one of the largest annual assemblies anywhere.93
- 곤다르 🇪🇹 에티오피아파실리데스 목욕탕 팀캇 · 1월 18–20일The 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
- 멕시코시티 🇲🇽 멕시코동방박사의 날 · 1월 5–6일Sweet bread shared on 6 January with a figure baked inside, and whoever finds it owes tamales in February.92
- 치타공 🇧🇩 방글라데시Maizbhandar Urs · 1월 22–26일(예년 기준)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
- 산크리스토발데라스카사스 🇲🇽 멕시코치아파데코르소 대축제 · 1월 4–23일Three 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
- 아스마라 🇪🇷 에리트레아팀캇 · 1월 18–20일Orthodox Epiphany on 19 January.89
- 룩소르 🇪🇬 이집트아부 엘하가그 물리드 · 1월 15일 – 3월 10일(예년 기준)Luxor's own festival: boat floats hauled round the mosque above the temple, horse races and stick dancing for three days.88
- 랄리벨라 🇪🇹 에티오피아팀캇 · 1월 18–21일The 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
- 바라나시 🇮🇳 인도마카르 산크란티 · 1월 13–16일Kites over the old city all day and a dawn dip at the ghats on 14 January, the day the sun turns north.86
- 바간 🇲🇲 미얀마아난다 파고다 축제 · 12월 25일 – 1월 31일(예년 기준)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
- Ezulwini Valley 🇸🇿 에스와티니인쿠알라 · 12월 20일 – 1월 15일(예년 기준)The kingship ceremony at Lobamba, timed by the moon and running over several weeks with the Big Incwala at its centre.82
- 바야돌리드 🇲🇽 멕시코칸델라리아 축제 · 1월 27일 – 2월 8일(예년 기준)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
- 첸나이 🇮🇳 인도Kapaleeshwarar Teppam float festival · 1월 20일 – 2월 15일(예년 기준)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
- 코치 🇮🇳 인도에르나쿨라타판 우트사밤 · 1월 15일 – 2월 10일(예년 기준)Eight days at the Shiva temple on Durbar Hall Ground: caparisoned elephants lined up for the evening processions, panchari melam and fireworks.75
- Tossa de Mar 🇪🇸 스페인토사 순례 행렬 · 1월 19–21일On 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
- 모나코 🇲🇨 모나코생트 데보트 축일 · 1월 26–27일The 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
- 마닐라 🇵🇭 필리핀검은 나사렛 예수 축제 · 1월 9일Millions of barefoot devotees pull the image through Quiapo in a procession that takes most of a day and sometimes into the night.73
- 푸나카 🇧🇹 부탄Monk body in winter residence · 11월 15일 – 5월 15일(예년 기준)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
- 오사카 🇯🇵 일본도카 에비스 · 1월 9–11일A 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
- 페낭 🇲🇾 말레이시아타이푸삼 · 1월 20일 – 2월 15일(예년 기준)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
- 사우바도르 🇧🇷 브라질봉핑 계단 씻기 축제 · 1월 8–18일(예년 기준)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
- Lençóis 🇧🇷 브라질Festa do Senhor dos Passos · 1월 23일 – 2월 3일The 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
- 후쿠오카 🇯🇵 일본Tamaseseri at Hakozaki Shrine · 1월 3일A 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
…1월에 11곳이 더 있어요.
2월의 종교 축일
- 룩소르 🇪🇬 이집트아부 엘하가그 물리드 · 1월 15일 – 3월 10일(예년 기준)Luxor's own festival: boat floats hauled round the mosque above the temple, horse races and stick dancing for three days.93
- 아그라 🇮🇳 인도홀리 · 2월 25일 – 3월 25일(예년 기준)Holi, the spring festival of colours, is a public holiday across north India.92
- 델리 🇮🇳 인도홀리 · 2월 25일 – 3월 20일(예년 기준)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
- 카주라호 🇮🇳 인도마탕게슈와르 사원 시바라트리 · 2월 10일 – 3월 15일(예년 기준)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
- 바라나시 🇮🇳 인도마하 시바라트리 · 2월 10일 – 3월 15일(예년 기준)The night of the city's own god.89
- 조드푸르 🇮🇳 인도홀리 · 2월 25일 – 3월 25일(예년 기준)Holi, the spring festival of colours, is a public holiday across north India.89
- 에르모시요 🇲🇽 멕시코Candelaria in Villa de Seris · 2월 1–2일The 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
- 카트만두 🇳🇵 네팔홀리 · 2월 25일 – 3월 20일(예년 기준)Basantapur and Thamel take the brunt of it and nobody walks through dry.85
- 푸네 🇮🇳 인도홀리 · 2월 25일 – 3월 25일(예년 기준)Holi, the spring festival of colours, is a public holiday across north India.85
- 다카 🇧🇩 방글라데시비슈와 이즈테마 · 1월 5일 – 2월 20일(예년 기준)Millions gather at Tongi on the Turag over two weekend phases, one of the largest annual assemblies anywhere.84
- 암리차르 🇮🇳 인도Hola Mohalla at Anandpur Sahib · 2월 25일 – 3월 30일(예년 기준)The Nihang Sikh gathering the day after Holi: gatka sword displays, horseback stunts and processions at Takht Kesgarh Sahib.84
- Hsipaw 🇲🇲 미얀마Bawgyo Pagoda festival · 2월 20일 – 3월 25일(예년 기준)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
- 치타공 🇧🇩 방글라데시Shiva Chaturdashi Mela, Sitakunda · 2월 10일 – 3월 15일(예년 기준)For about ten days in Phalgun, pilgrims climb the long stairway to Chandranath temple above Sitakunda, a short trip up the Dhaka highway.84
- 텔아비브 🇮🇱 이스라엘부림절 · 2월 20일 – 3월 25일(예년 기준)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
- 뭄바이 🇮🇳 인도홀리 · 2월 25일 – 3월 20일(예년 기준)The last big street festival before the hot season.82
- 콜카타 🇮🇳 인도홀리 · 2월 25일 – 3월 25일(예년 기준)Holi, the spring festival of colours, is a public holiday across north India.82
- 리시케시 🇮🇳 인도마하 시바라트리 · 2월 14일 – 3월 14일(예년 기준)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
- 함피 🇮🇳 인도비루팍샤 사원 마하 시바라트리 · 2월 5일 – 3월 10일(예년 기준)Virupaksha is a working temple in the middle of the ruins and Shivaratri is its night.82
- 팍세 🇱🇦 라오스왓푸 축제 · 2월 1–28일(예년 기준)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
- 시라쿠사 🇮🇹 이탈리아Sant'Agata in Catania · 2월 3–5일An 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
- 카타니아 🇮🇹 이탈리아산타가타 축제 · 2월 3–5일Three days in early February when the whole city, in white sacchi, hauls the saint's silver bust through the streets overnight.80
- 퐁디셰리 🇮🇳 인도마시 마감 · 2월 20일 – 3월 20일(예년 기준)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
- 바야돌리드 🇲🇽 멕시코칸델라리아 축제 · 1월 27일 – 2월 8일(예년 기준)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
- 첸나이 🇮🇳 인도Kapaleeshwarar Teppam float festival · 1월 20일 – 2월 15일(예년 기준)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
- 나이니탈 🇮🇳 인도홀리 · 2월 25일 – 3월 25일(예년 기준)Holi, the spring festival of colours, is a public holiday across north India.78
…2월에 27곳이 더 있어요.
3월의 종교 축일
- 텔아비브 🇮🇱 이스라엘부림절 · 2월 20일 – 3월 25일(예년 기준)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
- 암리차르 🇮🇳 인도Hola Mohalla at Anandpur Sahib · 2월 25일 – 3월 30일(예년 기준)The Nihang Sikh gathering the day after Holi: gatka sword displays, horseback stunts and processions at Takht Kesgarh Sahib.89
- 카트만두 🇳🇵 네팔홀리 · 2월 25일 – 3월 20일(예년 기준)Basantapur and Thamel take the brunt of it and nobody walks through dry.88
- 나이니탈 🇮🇳 인도홀리 · 2월 25일 – 3월 25일(예년 기준)Holi, the spring festival of colours, is a public holiday across north India.87
- 라호르 🇵🇰 파키스탄멜라 치라간 · 3월 20일 – 4월 5일(예년 기준)Three nights at Shah Hussain's shrine in Baghbanpura, beside the Shalimar Gardens: lamps, dhol and dhamaal until morning.85
- 리시케시 🇮🇳 인도마하 시바라트리 · 2월 14일 – 3월 14일(예년 기준)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
- 룩소르 🇪🇬 이집트아부 엘하가그 물리드 · 1월 15일 – 3월 10일(예년 기준)Luxor's own festival: boat floats hauled round the mosque above the temple, horse races and stick dancing for three days.83
- 코판 🇭🇳 온두라스산 호세 축제 · 3월 2–24일(예년 기준)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
- 아작시오 🇫🇷 프랑스A Madunnuccia · 3월 17–18일The 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
- 누와라엘리야 🇱🇰 스리랑카Ram Navami at Seetha Amman · 3월 25일 – 4월 20일(예년 기준)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
- 우다이푸르 🇮🇳 인도메와르 페스티벌 · 3월 15일 – 4월 20일(예년 기준)Udaipur's version of Gangaur: two days of processions down to Gangaur Ghat, boats out on Pichola and fireworks over the water.81
- 리장 🇨🇳 중국싼둬제 · 3월 5일 – 4월 5일(예년 기준)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
- 마카오 🇲🇴 마카오Feast of the God Tou Tei · 3월 5–25일(예년 기준)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
- 아그라 🇮🇳 인도홀리 · 2월 25일 – 3월 25일(예년 기준)Holi, the spring festival of colours, is a public holiday across north India.80
- Mussoorie 🇮🇳 인도홀리 · 2월 25일 – 3월 25일(예년 기준)Holi, the spring festival of colours, is a public holiday across north India.80
- 자이푸르 🇮🇳 인도강가우르 · 3월 15일 – 4월 15일(예년 기준)Two afternoons of processions out of the City Palace at Tripolia Gate, with elephants, camels and the palanquins of the goddess.79
- 벵갈루루 🇮🇳 인도우가디 · 3월 15일 – 4월 15일(예년 기준)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
- 마이소르 🇮🇳 인도Nanjangud Dodda Jatre · 3월 10일 – 4월 15일(예년 기준)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
- 델리 🇮🇳 인도홀리 · 2월 25일 – 3월 20일(예년 기준)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
- 카주라호 🇮🇳 인도마탕게슈와르 사원 시바라트리 · 2월 10일 – 3월 15일(예년 기준)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
- 냐짱 🇻🇳 베트남포나가르 사원 축제 · 3월 25일 – 5월 5일(예년 기준)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
- 닌빈 🇻🇳 베트남호아루 축제 · 3월 25일 – 4월 25일(예년 기준)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
- 바라나시 🇮🇳 인도마하 시바라트리 · 2월 10일 – 3월 15일(예년 기준)The night of the city's own god.76
- 조드푸르 🇮🇳 인도홀리 · 2월 25일 – 3월 25일(예년 기준)Holi, the spring festival of colours, is a public holiday across north India.76
- 다람살라 🇮🇳 인도달라이 라마 봄 법회 · 2월 20일 – 3월 20일(예년 기준)Several days of public teaching at Tsuglagkhang, announced only weeks ahead and free once you register in person.76
…3월에 30곳이 더 있어요.
4월의 종교 축일
- 알리칸테 🇪🇸 스페인산타 파스 순례 · 4월 1일 – 5월 5일(예년 기준)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
- 코르도바 🇪🇸 스페인5월의 십자가 축제 · 4월 28일 – 5월 5일(예년 기준)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
- 리장 🇨🇳 중국싼둬제 · 3월 5일 – 4월 5일(예년 기준)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
- 고르카 🇳🇵 네팔바이사크 푸르니마 축제 · 4월 20일 – 5월 20일(예년 기준)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
- 폰타델가다 🇵🇹 포르투갈세뇨르 산투 크리스투 두스 밀라그르스 축제 · 4월 25일 – 6월 5일(예년 기준)The largest religious festival in the Azores, on the fifth Sunday after Easter.84
- 카트만두 🇳🇵 네팔비스켓 자트라 · 4월 9–18일(예년 기준)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
- 솔트레이크시티 🇺🇸 미국모르몬교 연차 대회 (4월) · 4월 3–6일(예년 기준)The first weekend of April brings tens of thousands to Temple Square for the church's semiannual conference.82
- 가마쿠라 🇯🇵 일본가마쿠라 마쓰리 · 4월 10–20일(예년 기준)A week at the shrine from the second Sunday of April, ending with mounted archery down the avenue.80
- 파로 🇧🇹 부탄파로 체추 · 3월 15일 – 4월 20일(예년 기준)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
- 브뤼허 🇧🇪 벨기에성혈 행렬 · 4월 30일 – 6월 5일(예년 기준)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
- 푸나카 🇧🇹 부탄Monk body in winter residence · 11월 15일 – 5월 15일(예년 기준)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
- 칼로 🇲🇲 미얀마Kason full moon · 4월 25일 – 5월 25일(예년 기준)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
- 라호르 🇵🇰 파키스탄멜라 치라간 · 3월 20일 – 4월 5일(예년 기준)Three nights at Shah Hussain's shrine in Baghbanpura, beside the Shalimar Gardens: lamps, dhol and dhamaal until morning.76
- 버밍엄 🇬🇧 영국바이사키 · 4월 13–27일(예년 기준)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
- 닛코 🇯🇵 일본야요이 마쓰리 · 4월 13–17일Futarasan Shrine's spring festival, when twelve town floats are wheeled through Nikko.74
- 코수멜섬 🇲🇽 멕시코엘 세드랄 축제 · 4월 20일 – 5월 15일(예년 기준)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
- 누와라엘리야 🇱🇰 스리랑카Ram Navami at Seetha Amman · 3월 25일 – 4월 20일(예년 기준)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
- 다카야마 🇯🇵 일본다카야마 봄 축제 · 4월 14–15일Two fixed days of lacquered floats and marionettes through the old town, with the evening procession by lantern.72
- 홍콩 🇭🇰 홍콩청차우 빵 축제 · 4월 25일 – 5월 25일(예년 기준)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
- 마카오 🇲🇴 마카오아마 축제 · 4월 15일 – 5월 15일(예년 기준)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
- 냐짱 🇻🇳 베트남포나가르 사원 축제 · 3월 25일 – 5월 5일(예년 기준)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
- 벵갈루루 🇮🇳 인도우가디 · 3월 15일 – 4월 15일(예년 기준)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
- 암리차르 🇮🇳 인도바이사키 · 4월 13–14일The wheat harvest and the founding of the Khalsa land on the same day, and Punjab converges on the Golden Temple for it.69
- 닌빈 🇻🇳 베트남호아루 축제 · 3월 25일 – 4월 25일(예년 기준)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
- 길리 제도 🇮🇩 인도네시아녜피로 발리 배편 중단 · 3월 5일 – 4월 5일(예년 기준)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
…4월에 18곳이 더 있어요.
5월의 종교 축일
- 마드리드 🇪🇸 스페인산 이시드로 축제 · 5월 7–17일Eleven 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
- 테네리페섬 🇪🇸 스페인성체 축일 꽃길 카펫 · 5월 25일 – 6월 25일(예년 기준)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
- 칼리아리 🇮🇹 이탈리아산테피시오 축제 · 5월 1–4일On 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
- 생트로페 🇫🇷 프랑스라 브라바드 · 5월 16–18일Three days of musket salvos, processions and eighteenth-century uniform for the town's patron saint, on the same dates since the sixteenth century.94
- 브라질리아 🇧🇷 브라질Festa do Divino in Planaltina · 5월 5일 – 6월 15일(예년 기준)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
- 알리칸테 🇪🇸 스페인산타 파스 순례 · 4월 1일 – 5월 5일(예년 기준)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
- 톨레도 🇪🇸 스페인성체 축일 · 5월 20일 – 6월 25일(예년 기준)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
- 아작시오 🇫🇷 프랑스생테라슴 어부 축제 · 5월 30일 – 6월 2일(예년 기준)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
- 올비아 🇮🇹 이탈리아산 심플리치오 축일 · 5월 12–18일The town's own days around the granite Romanesque basilica: a procession, horse races and a mussel supper laid out in the streets.93
- 바리 🇮🇹 이탈리아산 니콜라 축제 · 5월 6–10일The 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
- 니시 🇷🇸 세르비아City feast of Constantine and Helena · 5월 30일 – 6월 5일(예년 기준)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
- 코차밤바 🇧🇴 볼리비아Santa Vera Cruz Tatala · 5월 2–3일At the sanctuary on the road to Valle Hermoso, pilgrims ask the Tatala for children, harvests and livestock, and women trade improvised coplas.92
- 그라나다 🇪🇸 스페인십자가의 날 · 5월 1–5일Flower crosses in the squares of the Realejo and the Albaicin on 3 May, each with a bar and a sound system beside it.92
- 세비야 🇪🇸 스페인성체 축일 · 5월 25일 – 6월 25일(예년 기준)A local public holiday: the silver monstrance and the dancing seises leave the cathedral early in the morning, on streets covered in rosemary.90
- 오루프레투 🇧🇷 브라질Corpus Christi sawdust carpets · 5월 20일 – 6월 25일(예년 기준)Overnight before the Thursday procession residents cover about three kilometres of the old streets with carpets of coloured sawdust, coffee grounds and flowers.90
- 라르나카 🇨🇾 키프로스카타클리스모스 · 5월 20일 – 6월 25일(예년 기준)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
- 카프리섬 🇮🇹 이탈리아산 코스탄초 축일 · 5월 13–15일The 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
- 코르도바 🇪🇸 스페인5월의 십자가 축제 · 4월 28일 – 5월 5일(예년 기준)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
- 과나후아토 🇲🇽 멕시코Fiesta of Nuestra Senora de Guanajuato · 5월 1–31일May 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
- 센다이 🇯🇵 일본센다이 아오바 마쓰리 · 5월 15–20일(예년 기준)The third weekend of May: sparrow dancing through the centre on the Saturday, floats and samurai on the Sunday.87
- 폰타델가다 🇵🇹 포르투갈세뇨르 산투 크리스투 두스 밀라그르스 축제 · 4월 25일 – 6월 5일(예년 기준)The largest religious festival in the Azores, on the fifth Sunday after Easter.86
- 산미겔데아옌데 🇲🇽 멕시코Santa Cruz del Valle del Maiz · 5월 20–31일(예년 기준)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
- 도쿄 🇯🇵 일본산자 마쓰리 · 5월 13–22일(예년 기준)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
- 교토 🇯🇵 일본아오이 마쓰리 · 5월 15일A Heian-costume procession walks from the Imperial Palace to the Kamo shrines on 15 May.85
- 쿠엥카 🇪🇨 에콰도르성체 축일과 셉테나리오 · 5월 20일 – 6월 30일(예년 기준)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
…5월에 39곳이 더 있어요.
6월의 종교 축일
- 브라질리아 🇧🇷 브라질Festa do Divino in Planaltina · 5월 5일 – 6월 15일(예년 기준)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
- 코임브라 🇵🇹 포르투갈산투스 포풀라르스 · 6월 1–30일(예년 기준)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
- 리스본 🇵🇹 포르투갈산투스 포풀라르스 · 6월 1–30일Street 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
- 브라가 🇵🇹 포르투갈브라가 상 주앙 축제 · 6월 15–24일A week of giants, rusgas and cavaquinho bands ending on 24 June, which is the municipal holiday and closes the offices.93
- 마르베야 🇪🇸 스페인산 베르나베 축제 · 6월 8–16일(예년 기준)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
- 테네리페섬 🇪🇸 스페인성체 축일 꽃길 카펫 · 5월 25일 – 6월 25일(예년 기준)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
- 포르투 🇵🇹 포르투갈상주앙 축제 · 6월 22–25일The 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
- 안타나나리보 🇲🇬 마다가스카르파마디하나 시즌 · 6월 15일 – 9월 30일(예년 기준)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
- 폰타델가다 🇵🇹 포르투갈세뇨르 산투 크리스투 두스 밀라그르스 축제 · 4월 25일 – 6월 5일(예년 기준)The largest religious festival in the Azores, on the fifth Sunday after Easter.90
- 오루프레투 🇧🇷 브라질Corpus Christi sawdust carpets · 5월 20일 – 6월 25일(예년 기준)Overnight before the Thursday procession residents cover about three kilometres of the old streets with carpets of coloured sawdust, coffee grounds and flowers.90
- 브뤼허 🇧🇪 벨기에성혈 행렬 · 4월 30일 – 6월 5일(예년 기준)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
- 아작시오 🇫🇷 프랑스생테라슴 어부 축제 · 5월 30일 – 6월 2일(예년 기준)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
- 예레반 🇦🇲 아르메니아바르다바르 · 6월 25일 – 7월 31일(예년 기준)For one day in high summer anyone on the street is fair game for a bucket of water, children and government ministers alike.88
- 아순시온 🇵🇾 파라과이San Juan Ára · 6월 15–30일(예년 기준)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
- 메노르카섬 🇪🇸 스페인시우타데야 산 조안 축제 · 6월 21–25일On 23 and 24 June riders on black Menorcan stallions rear into a crowd packed shoulder to shoulder in Placa des Born.87
- Mundaka 🇪🇸 스페인Fiestas de San Pedro · 6월 24일 – 7월 6일(예년 기준)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
- 발레타 🇲🇹 몰타페스타 시즌 · 6월 1일 – 9월 15일Every parish takes a weekend for its patron saint: banners across the streets, band marches and fireworks made in the village's own factory.85
- 톨레도 🇪🇸 스페인성체 축일 · 5월 20일 – 6월 25일(예년 기준)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
- 할슈타트 🇦🇹 오스트리아성체 축일 선상 행렬 · 5월 20일 – 6월 25일(예년 기준)The Thursday procession leaves the church and continues onto the lake in decorated boats, stopping at four blessing stations.85
- Ollantaytambo 🇵🇪 페루세뇨르 데 초케킬카 축제 · 5월 10일 – 6월 20일(예년 기준)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
- 쿠엥카 🇪🇨 에콰도르성체 축일과 셉테나리오 · 5월 20일 – 6월 30일(예년 기준)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
- 그라나다 🇪🇸 스페인그라나다 성체 축제 · 5월 25일 – 6월 15일(예년 기준)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
- 니시 🇷🇸 세르비아City feast of Constantine and Helena · 5월 30일 – 6월 5일(예년 기준)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
- 바티칸 시국 바티칸 시국성 베드로와 바오로 대축일 · 6월 29일The 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
- 산페드로데아타카마 🇨🇱 칠레성 베드로·바오로 축제 · 6월 27–30일The 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
…6월에 35곳이 더 있어요.
7월의 종교 축일
- 산티아고데콤포스텔라 🇪🇸 스페인사도 성 야고보 축제 · 7월 20–26일Fireworks 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
- Peniche 🇵🇹 포르투갈노사 세뇨라 다 보아 비아젱 · 7월 28일 – 8월 6일(예년 기준)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
- 이키케 🇨🇱 칠레라 티라나 축제 · 7월 10–20일A 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
- Guatapé 🇨🇴 콜롬비아카르멘 성모 축제 · 7월 10–20일(예년 기준)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
- 예카테린부르크 🇷🇺 러시아차르의 날 행렬 · 7월 15–19일On 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
- 폰타델가다 🇵🇹 포르투갈성령 축제 · 5월 1일 – 8월 15일(예년 기준)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
- Mundaka 🇪🇸 스페인Fiestas de San Pedro · 6월 24일 – 7월 6일(예년 기준)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
- Villa de Leyva 🇨🇴 콜롬비아카르멘 성모 축제 · 7월 12–17일(예년 기준)The patron of drivers gets processions, masses, fireworks and a parade of decorated trucks and floats with a blessing of vehicles.90
- Búzios 🇧🇷 브라질산타나 축제 · 7월 22–28일(예년 기준)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
- 코임브라 🇵🇹 포르투갈성녀 이사벨 여왕 축제 · 7월 1–15일(예년 기준)The city's own fortnight in early July.88
- 안타나나리보 🇲🇬 마다가스카르파마디하나 시즌 · 6월 15일 – 9월 30일(예년 기준)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
- 일랴그란지섬 🇧🇷 브라질Festa de Santana · 7월 24–27일(예년 기준)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
- 마르베야 🇪🇸 스페인카르멘 성모 축제 · 7월 16일The 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
- 레 🇮🇳 인도헤미스 축제 · 6월 15일 – 7월 20일(예년 기준)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
- 푸노 🇵🇪 페루Fiesta de Santiago on Taquile · 7월 24–31일(예년 기준)Taquile island's patron saint feast, centred on the 25th, is when the islanders dance in their finest weaving to panpipes and drums.82
- 딜리잔 🇦🇲 아르메니아바르다바르 · 6월 28일 – 7월 28일(예년 기준)Ninety-eight days after Easter, and the one day of the year when anyone can throw a bucket of water over anyone else.82
- 지로나 🇪🇸 스페인Sant Jaume (Saint James's Day) · 7월 25일One of only two official local festival days on the city's own calendar, alongside Sant Narcis in the autumn.81
- 팔레르모 🇮🇹 이탈리아산타 로살리아 축제 · 7월 10–15일The 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
- 마테라 🇮🇹 이탈리아브루나 축제 · 6월 28일 – 7월 2일The one day Matera belongs to Materans.80
- 라무 🇰🇪 케냐마울리디 · 7월 15일 – 9월 30일(예년 기준)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
- 예레반 🇦🇲 아르메니아바르다바르 · 6월 25일 – 7월 31일(예년 기준)For one day in high summer anyone on the street is fair game for a bucket of water, children and government ministers alike.79
- 안티과과테말라 🇬🇹 과테말라Feast of Santiago · 7월 1–25일(예년 기준)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
- 발레타 🇲🇹 몰타페스타 시즌 · 6월 1일 – 9월 15일Every parish takes a weekend for its patron saint: banners across the streets, band marches and fireworks made in the village's own factory.77
- 캔디 🇱🇰 스리랑카에살라 페라헤라 · 7월 15일 – 8월 25일(예년 기준)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
- 주앙페소아 🇧🇷 브라질네베스 축제 · 7월 26일 – 8월 5일(예년 기준)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
…7월에 31곳이 더 있어요.
8월의 종교 축일
- 이키케 🇨🇱 칠레San Lorenzo de Tarapacá · 8월 1–11일(예년 기준)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
- 안타나나리보 🇲🇬 마다가스카르파마디하나 시즌 · 6월 15일 – 9월 30일(예년 기준)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
- Peniche 🇵🇹 포르투갈노사 세뇨라 다 보아 비아젱 · 7월 28일 – 8월 6일(예년 기준)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
- Ericeira 🇵🇹 포르투갈보아 비아젱 성모 축제 · 8월 5–18일(예년 기준)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
- 코차밤바 🇧🇴 볼리비아우르쿠피냐 성모 축제 · 8월 14–18일Bolivia's biggest pilgrimage after Copacabana fills Quillacollo, half an hour west, for three days of dancing from dawn.91
- 과테말라시티 🇬🇹 과테말라호코테낭고 축제 · 8월 10–20일(예년 기준)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
- 아순시온 🇵🇾 파라과이Founding of Asunción · 8월 5–15일The 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
- 엘자디다 🇲🇦 모로코물레이 압달라 암가르 무셈 · 8월 1–20일(예년 기준)A week of tents, horses and gunpowder on the plain south of town, with fantasia troupes riding at the crowd in line.85
- 폰타델가다 🇵🇹 포르투갈성령 축제 · 5월 1일 – 8월 15일(예년 기준)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
- Tilcara 🇦🇷 아르헨티나파차마마의 날 · 8월 1일On the first of August households open a hole in the ground and feed it — food, coca, alcohol — before anyone eats.84
- 차차포야스 🇵🇪 페루Fiesta of the Virgen Asunta · 8월 1–15일The 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
- 포토시 🇧🇴 볼리비아추티요스 축제 · 8월 22–31일(예년 기준)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
- 클리블랜드 🇺🇸 미국성모 승천 대축일 · 8월 13–16일Four 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
- 라무 🇰🇪 케냐마울리디 · 7월 15일 – 9월 30일(예년 기준)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
- 몸바사 🇰🇪 케냐Maulidi (Mawlid al-Nabi) · 8월 20–30일(예년 기준)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
- 욕야카르타 🇮🇩 인도네시아스카텐과 그레벡 마울루드 · 8월 1일 – 10월 15일(예년 기준)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
- 주앙페소아 🇧🇷 브라질네베스 축제 · 7월 26일 – 8월 5일(예년 기준)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
- Morro de São Paulo 🇧🇷 브라질Festa de Nossa Senhora da Luz · 8월 30일 – 9월 8일(예년 기준)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
- 코파카바나 🇧🇴 볼리비아8월 비르헨 데 코파카바나 축제 · 8월 1–8일The 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
- 샤모니 🇫🇷 프랑스산악 가이드 축제 · 8월 13–16일(예년 기준)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
- 라싸 🇨🇳 중국쇼돈 축제 · 8월 1–25일(예년 기준)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
- 캔디 🇱🇰 스리랑카에살라 페라헤라 · 7월 15일 – 8월 25일(예년 기준)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
- 케르키라섬 🇬🇷 그리스성 스피리돈 행렬 · 8월 11일One 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
- 자킨토스섬 🇬🇷 그리스아기오스 디오니시오스 축일 · 8월 23–25일The 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
- 마세이오 🇧🇷 브라질Nossa Senhora dos Prazeres · 8월 17–27일Ten 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
…8월에 45곳이 더 있어요.
9월의 종교 축일
- 안타나나리보 🇲🇬 마다가스카르파마디하나 시즌 · 6월 15일 – 9월 30일(예년 기준)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
- 살라망카 🇪🇸 스페인살라망카 축제 · 9월 7–21일Two weeks around the Virgen de la Vega on 8 September: concerts in the squares, a bullfighting week and the students back in town.94
- Cafayate 🇦🇷 아르헨티나Fiesta of La Sentadita · 9월 28일 – 10월 7일The 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
- 나자레 🇵🇹 포르투갈나자레 성모 순례 축제 · 9월 5–10일The 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
- 수크레 🇧🇴 볼리비아과달루페 성모 축제 · 9월 5–15일(예년 기준)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
- 살타 🇦🇷 아르헨티나기적의 축제 · 9월 6–16일The 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
- 타리파 🇪🇸 스페인빛의 성모 축제 · 9월 1–10일(예년 기준)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
- 푸에르테벤투라섬 🇪🇸 스페인페냐 성모 순례 · 9월 10–22일(예년 기준)The island's patron draws everyone inland to Vega de Rio Palmas on the third Saturday of September, on foot through the barranco.87
- 산마리노 산마리노성 마리누스 축일 · 9월 3일The national day on 3 September marks the founding of the republic in 301, with a procession, a torchlit evening and everything official shut.87
- 바르셀로나 🇪🇸 스페인라 메르세 · 9월 20–28일(예년 기준)The city's own festa major: human towers on Plaça Sant Jaume, the correfoc fire run, and free concerts across several stages.84
- 잘츠부르크 🇦🇹 오스트리아루페르티키르탁 · 9월 19–28일(예년 기준)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
- 타오스 🇺🇸 미국산 헤로니모 축일 · 9월 29–30일The pueblo's feast day at the end of September, with a trade fair, foot races and a pole climb.84
- 란사로테섬 🇪🇸 스페인돌로레스 성모 로메리아 · 9월 12–18일The 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
- 팔레르모 🇮🇹 이탈리아몬테 펠레그리노 순례 · 9월 3–4일The 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
- 나폴리 🇮🇹 이탈리아Festa di Piedigrotta · 9월 7–19일(예년 기준)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
- 메노르카섬 🇪🇸 스페인마온 그라시아 축제 · 9월 7–9일The last of the island's horse fiestas and the one that closes the summer, in the capital rather than Ciutadella.80
- Morro de São Paulo 🇧🇷 브라질Festa de Nossa Senhora da Luz · 8월 30일 – 9월 8일(예년 기준)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
- 라무 🇰🇪 케냐마울리디 · 7월 15일 – 9월 30일(예년 기준)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
- 발레타 🇲🇹 몰타페스타 시즌 · 6월 1일 – 9월 15일Every parish takes a weekend for its patron saint: banners across the streets, band marches and fireworks made in the village's own factory.77
- 벵갈루루 🇮🇳 인도가네샤 차투르티 · 8월 25일 – 9월 20일(예년 기준)Pandals go up on every other street corner for ten days and the immersion processions close roads on the last night.73
- 욕야카르타 🇮🇩 인도네시아스카텐과 그레벡 마울루드 · 8월 1일 – 10월 15일(예년 기준)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
- 마르가리타섬 🇻🇪 베네수엘라바예 성모 축제 · 9월 1–15일The 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
- 마이소르 🇮🇳 인도마이소르 다사라 · 9월 25일 – 10월 25일(예년 기준)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
- 팀부 🇧🇹 부탄팀푸 체추 · 9월 5일 – 10월 10일(예년 기준)Three days of masked dances in the courtyard of Tashichho Dzong, with the whole valley in its best kira and gho.67
- 랄리벨라 🇪🇹 에티오피아메스켈 · 9월 26–28일A 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
…9월에 37곳이 더 있어요.
10월의 종교 축일
- Cafayate 🇦🇷 아르헨티나Fiesta of La Sentadita · 9월 28일 – 10월 7일The 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
- 리마 🇵🇪 페루세뇨르 데 로스 밀라그로스 축제 · 10월 1일 – 11월 1일Hundreds of thousands walk behind the image in purple through the centre, with the main days on 18, 19 and 28 October.94
- 과나후아토 🇲🇽 멕시코망자의 날 · 10월 30일 – 11월 3일Altars 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
- 이카 🇵🇪 페루세뇨르 데 루렌 행렬 · 10월 14–28일(예년 기준)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
- 멕시코시티 🇲🇽 멕시코망자의 날 · 10월 31일 – 11월 2일Altars 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
- 지로나 🇪🇸 스페인산 나르시스 축제 · 10월 23일 – 11월 3일(예년 기준)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
- 모렐리아 🇲🇽 멕시코죽은 자들의 밤 · 10월 30일 – 11월 3일The Michoacan version is the one on the postcards: candlelit graveyards on the islands of Lake Patzcuaro, an hour and a half west.89
- 야즈드 🇮🇷 이란Mehregan (Autumn Festival) · 9월 28일 – 10월 8일(예년 기준)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
- 오아하카 🇲🇽 멕시코망자의 날 · 10월 31일 – 11월 2일Vigils in the valley cemeteries from the night of 31 October; rooms go a year ahead.86
- 과달라하라 🇲🇽 멕시코사포판 순례 · 10월 11–13일On 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
- 나가사키 🇯🇵 일본나가사키 군치 · 10월 7–9일Three fixed days at Suwa Shrine since 1634, with the Chinese and Dutch borrowings that no other Japanese festival has.85
- 솔트레이크시티 🇺🇸 미국모르몬교 연차 대회 (10월) · 10월 2–5일(예년 기준)The autumn half of the same weekend, on the first weekend of October.84
- 산살바도르데후후이 🇦🇷 아르헨티나Virgen de Rio Blanco y Paypaya · 10월 1–31일Every Sunday in October the faithful walk, many barefoot, to the patron saint's sanctuary at Rio Blanco, a few kilometres outside the city.83
- 교토 🇯🇵 일본지다이 마쓰리 · 10월 22일Two thousand people in costume walk a thousand years of Kyoto history from the palace to Heian Shrine on 22 October, oldest period last.82
- 시와 오아시스 🇪🇬 이집트화해의 축제 시야하 · 10월 1–31일(예년 기준)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
- 푸노 🇵🇪 페루Tata Pancho in Yunguyo · 10월 6–14일(예년 기준)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
- 아바루아 쿡 제도복음의 날 (누쿠) · 10월 25–27일26 October marks the arrival of the missionaries in 1821.77
- 아이투타키 쿡 제도복음의 날 (누쿠) · 10월 24–27일The 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
- 암리차르 🇮🇳 인도Langur Mela · 9월 20일 – 10월 25일(예년 기준)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
- 벨렝 🇧🇷 브라질시리우 지 나자레 · 10월 6–28일(예년 기준)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
- 다카야마 🇯🇵 일본가을 다카야마 마쓰리 · 10월 9–10일The Hachiman half of the same pair, on fixed dates in October and generally the better weather of the two.75
- 팀부 🇧🇹 부탄팀푸 체추 · 9월 5일 – 10월 10일(예년 기준)Three days of masked dances in the courtyard of Tashichho Dzong, with the whole valley in its best kira and gho.74
- Baños 🇪🇨 에콰도르아구아 산타 성모 축제 · 10월 1–31일October 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
- 라싸 🇨🇳 중국라밥 두첸 · 10월 20일 – 11월 25일(예년 기준)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
- 닛코 🇯🇵 일본Toshogu Autumn Grand Festival · 10월 16–17일The 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
…10월에 29곳이 더 있어요.
11월의 종교 축일
- 리마 🇵🇪 페루세뇨르 데 로스 밀라그로스 축제 · 10월 1일 – 11월 1일Hundreds of thousands walk behind the image in purple through the centre, with the main days on 18, 19 and 28 October.95
- 과나후아토 🇲🇽 멕시코망자의 날 · 10월 30일 – 11월 3일Altars 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
- 이키케 🇨🇱 칠레Fiesta de San Andres in Pica · 11월 28–30일The 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
- 멕시코시티 🇲🇽 멕시코망자의 날 · 10월 31일 – 11월 2일Altars 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
- 아디스아바바 🇪🇹 에티오피아Tsome Nebiyat, the Advent fast · 11월 24일 – 1월 6일The 43-day Fast of the Prophets runs up to Ethiopian Christmas.93
- 오아하카 🇲🇽 멕시코망자의 날 · 10월 31일 – 11월 2일Vigils in the valley cemeteries from the night of 31 October; rooms go a year ahead.91
- 모렐리아 🇲🇽 멕시코죽은 자들의 밤 · 10월 30일 – 11월 3일The Michoacan version is the one on the postcards: candlelit graveyards on the islands of Lake Patzcuaro, an hour and a half west.91
- 암리차르 🇮🇳 인도구루 나낙 탄신일 · 11월 5–30일(예년 기준)Guru Nanak's birth anniversary brings a nagar kirtan through the walled city and an unbroken recitation at the temple.87
- 베니도름 🇪🇸 스페인수호성인 대축제 · 11월 8–20일(예년 기준)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
- 푸나카 🇧🇹 부탄Monk body in winter residence · 11월 15일 – 5월 15일(예년 기준)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
- 라파스 🇧🇴 볼리비아토도스 산토스 · 11월 1–2일Families 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
- 바라나시 🇮🇳 인도차트 푸자 · 10월 24일 – 11월 22일(예년 기준)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
- 포토시 🇧🇴 볼리비아토도스 산토스 · 11월 1–3일Potosi 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
- 아틀란호 🇬🇹 과테말라토도스 산토스 · 11월 1일Families spend 1 November in the cemeteries above the lake villages, repainting the graves and eating fiambre among them.80
- 에보라 🇵🇹 포르투갈상 마르티뉴 축일 · 11월 11일Saint 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
- 지로나 🇪🇸 스페인산 나르시스 축제 · 10월 23일 – 11월 3일(예년 기준)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
- Skiathos 🇬🇷 그리스파나기아 에이코니스트리아 · 11월 20–22일The island's patronal feast on 21 November, with the icon carried up to the Evangelistria monastery.78
- 메리다 🇲🇽 멕시코하날 픽산과 영혼의 행렬 · 10월 24일 – 11월 2일(예년 기준)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
- 비엔티안 🇱🇦 라오스탓루앙 축제 · 11월 1–30일(예년 기준)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
- 마드리드 🇪🇸 스페인알무데나 성모 축일 · 11월 9일The city's own public holiday, with mass and a flower offering at the cathedral.73
- 플라야델카르멘 🇲🇽 멕시코망자의 날 · 10월 30일 – 11월 2일The Yucatec version, Hanal Pixan, is a family and cemetery affair rather than a parade.73
- 캉쿤 🇲🇽 멕시코하날 픽산 · 10월 31일 – 11월 2일The Yucatán's own Day of the Dead: altars in the houses, cemeteries lit at night, and mucbipollo baked in a pit oven.72
- Ollantaytambo 🇵🇪 페루토도스 산토스 · 11월 1–2일Sacred 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
- Isla Mujeres 🇲🇽 멕시코원죄 없으신 성모 축제 · 11월 30일 – 12월 8일Nine 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
- 남체바자르 🇳🇵 네팔텡보체 마니 림두 · 10월 15일 – 11월 20일(예년 기준)The monastery half a day above Namche dances the masked drama over three public days set by the Tibetan calendar.71
…11월에 8곳이 더 있어요.
12월의 종교 축일
- 아디스아바바 🇪🇹 에티오피아Tsome Nebiyat, the Advent fast · 11월 24일 – 1월 6일The 43-day Fast of the Prophets runs up to Ethiopian Christmas.92
- 과나후아토 🇲🇽 멕시코Guadalupe feast and the posadas · 12월 11–24일The 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
- 오아하카 🇲🇽 멕시코라스 포사다스 · 12월 16–24일Nine nights of processions through the barrios with candles, punch and a pinata at the end of each.91
- 산크리스토발데라스카사스 🇲🇽 멕시코과달루페 성모 행렬 · 12월 1–12일Runners 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
- 아레키파 🇵🇪 페루Wititi dance festival, Chivay · 12월 5–11일The 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
- 아틀란호 🇬🇹 과테말라치치카스테낭고 산토 토마스 축제 · 12월 13–21일An 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
- 바간 🇲🇲 미얀마아난다 파고다 축제 · 12월 25일 – 1월 31일(예년 기준)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
- 알리칸테 🇪🇸 스페인Venida de la Virgen in Elche · 12월 28–29일A 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
- Suchitoto 🇸🇻 엘살바도르산타 루시아 축제 · 12월 6–13일The 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
- Ezulwini Valley 🇸🇿 에스와티니인쿠알라 · 12월 20일 – 1월 15일(예년 기준)The kingship ceremony at Lobamba, timed by the moon and running over several weeks with the Big Incwala at its centre.82
- 시라쿠사 🇮🇹 이탈리아산타 루치아 축일 · 12월 13–20일The city's own saint.80
- 푸나카 🇧🇹 부탄Monk body in winter residence · 11월 15일 – 5월 15일(예년 기준)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
- 그라나다 🇳🇮 니카라과라 그리테리아 · 12월 7–8일On 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
- 레온 🇳🇮 니카라과라 그리테리아 · 12월 7–8일La 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
- 푸에르토바야르타 🇲🇽 멕시코과달루페 성모 행렬 · 12월 1–12일Twelve nights of neighbourhood and workplace processions up Juarez to the crowned church, with fireworks and a band each time.77
- 세비야 🇪🇸 스페인Inmaculada and the Seises · 12월 7–15일University 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
- Isla Mujeres 🇲🇽 멕시코원죄 없으신 성모 축제 · 11월 30일 – 12월 8일Nine 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
- 고아 🇮🇳 인도성 프란치스코 하비에르 축일 · 11월 24일 – 12월 3일A 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
- 푸노 🇵🇪 페루Inmaculada Concepcion in Lampa · 12월 6–15일Lampa, 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
- 사우바도르 🇧🇷 브라질Nossa Senhora da Conceicao da Praia · 12월 8일The 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
- 바리 🇮🇹 이탈리아San Nicola in December · 12월 5–6일The 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
- 오메테페섬 🇳🇮 니카라과라 그리테리아 · 12월 7–8일Nicaragua'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
- San Juan del Sur 🇳🇮 니카라과라 그리테리아 · 12월 7–8일Nicaragua'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
- 코치 🇮🇳 인도트리푸니투라 브리시콜사밤 · 11월 10일 – 12월 5일(예년 기준)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
- 하갓냐 🇬🇺 괌Feast of Santa Marian Kamalen · 12월 8일Guam's patroness is carried in procession around Hagatna after mass at the Cathedral-Basilica, the largest gathering on the island's calendar.61
…12월에 1곳이 더 있어요.