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Clear filtersGalungan - the Balinese day of dharma's return, and the 210-day pawukon cycle
Galungan is the Balinese Hindu festival marking the return of dharma after Bhatara Guru's descent into the underworld. It always falls on a Wednesday and recurs on a 210-day pawukon cycle, so Bali sees it roughly twice a Gregorian year.
Epiphany (Three Kings Day) - January 6, the bigger gift-giving day in Spain and Latin America
Epiphany (Día de los Reyes Magos) on January 6 commemorates the visit of the Magi to the infant Jesus. In Spain and most of Latin America it is the bigger gift-giving day, marked by the Cabalgata de Reyes parade on January 5 and the Roscón de Reyes cake.
Pongal - the Tamil harvest festival, the four days of Pongal, and Mattu Pongal
Pongal is a four-day Tamil harvest festival celebrated in mid-January to mark the end of the winter solstice and the harvest of the rice crop. Observed primarily in Tamil Nadu, Sri Lanka, and the Tamil diaspora worldwide, the festival honours the Sun God (Surya), the rain god (Indra), and the cattle that enable the harvest.