Lists of festivals

ordinarily staged by a community, centering on and celebrating some unique aspect of that community and its traditions, often marked as a local or national holiday, mela, or eid.

A festival is a special occasion of feasting or celebration, usually with a religious focus.

Aside from religion, and sometimes folklore, another significant origin is agricultural.

Food (and consequently agriculture) is so vital that many festivals are associated with harvest time.

Religious commemoration and thanksgiving for good harvests are blended in events that take place in autumn such as Halloween in the northern hemisphere and Easter in the southern.