Cultural holidays from around the world.
50 editorially curated international and religious holidays — observed by billions of people across every continent — with origin paragraphs, native-language greetings, palette and design notes, five ready-to-use verses each, and outbound links to the standard reference works.
South Asia
The festival calendar of the Indian subcontinent — Hindu, Sikh, Jain, Buddhist and Muslim observances across India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh and the diaspora.
East Asia & Pacific
Lunisolar new years, harvest moon festivals, Buddhist observances and water-splashing celebrations across China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Thailand and Southeast Asia.
Middle East & North Africa
The Islamic festival calendar — the two Eids, Ramadan, Mawlid — alongside Persian Nowruz and the older observances of the Levant and the Maghreb.
Latin America
Catholic Spanish heritage braided with Indigenous American traditions — Día de los Muertos, the Posadas, Carnival, Quinceañera and the saint's days that anchor every village calendar.
Europe
Saints' days, solstice bonfires, Carnival processions and the long, slow seasonal calendar that has held the continent together for a thousand years.
Africa
Ethiopian Orthodox feasts, Maghrebi Eids, West African harvest rites, South African Heritage Day, and the diasporic celebration of Kwanzaa.
Jewish Diaspora
The Hebrew calendar's fixed cycle of festivals — Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Sukkot, Hanukkah, Purim, Passover, Shavuot — observed identically across thousands of miles for two millennia.