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Clear filtersChuseok - the Korean harvest festival on 15 Chuseok, observed on the 8th month of the lunar calendar
Chuseok (한가위, Han-ga-wi) is the Korean harvest festival observed on the 8th day of the 8th lunar month, plus a one-day pre- and post-period. A 3-day public holiday in South Korea (and North Korea). Marked by charye ancestor rites, songpyeon rice cakes, family visits to ancestral hometowns, and gift-giving between employers and employees.
Dashain - the fifteen-day Nepalese autumn festival that ends with red tika on Vijayadashami
Dashain is the greatest festival in the Nepalese calendar, running fifteen days in the lunar month of Kartika and culminating on Vijayadashami. It opens with Ghatasthapana fire rituals to Shiva and closes with tika, shubha labh and jamara.
Onam - the Kerala harvest festival on Thiruvonam day, and how it is observed
Onam is the annual harvest festival of Kerala (India), observed on Thiruvonam day in the Malayalam month of Chingam. Celebrates the mythic King Mahabali and the return of prosperity. Date moves between late August and mid-September in the Gregorian calendar.
Chongyang Festival - the Chinese Double Ninth Festival, the festival of high places, and the celebration of the long-lived
The Chongyang Festival (Double Ninth Festival) is a traditional Chinese holiday observed on the 9th day of the 9th month of the Chinese lunar calendar, marking the convergence of the auspicious yang number 9 and the autumn season.
Enkutatash - Ethiopian New Year on September 11, when the daisies bloom and the new year begins with a flatbread and a sheep
Enkutatash, the Ethiopian and Eritrean new year, falls on September 11 in the Ethiopian calendar. It is marked by the meskel daisy, a shared new-year meal, and the passing of the year from one generation to the next.
Mid-Autumn Festival - the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, moon cakes, and how Asia observes it
Mid-Autumn Festival (Zhongqiu / Tết Trung Thu) falls on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month. Celebrated across China, Vietnam, Korea, and the Chinese diaspora with moon cakes, lanterns, and family reunions. Date moves between mid-September and early October in the solar calendar.
Oktoberfest - the Munich beer festival, mid-September to early October, and how it is observed
Oktoberfest is the worlds largest folk festival, held annually in Munich, Bavaria from mid-September to the first Sunday in October. Runs 16-18 days. Public holiday in Munich on the first day. Cultural + beer festival, not a religious or federal holiday.
Mabon - the Wiccan and Neo-Pagan celebration of the autumnal equinox, the second harvest, and the descent into darkness
Mabon is the Wiccan and Neo-Pagan celebration of the autumnal equinox, observed around September 22-23 in the Northern Hemisphere. The festival marks the point in the year when day and night are of equal length, and the beginning of the autumn season.
Talk Like a Pirate Day - September 19, the internet-originated observance
Talk Like a Pirate Day on September 19 is an international informal observance created in 1995 by John Baur (Ol' Chumbucket) and Mark Summers (Cap'n Slappy) in Albany, Oregon. Promoted to a public event in 2002 after a syndicated columnist's mention. Not a public holiday; observed online and at themed events.