Yom HaSho'ah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) is a solemn day for Jews and people worldwide to commemorate the approximately six million Jews who lost their lives during the Holocaust. Yom HaSho'ah begins at sundown on the first day and concludes at...

Vaisakhi is the Sikh new year festival and commemorates 1699, the year Sikhism was born. Vaisakhi is also a long-established harvest festival. Communities: Sikh Common practices: Parades, dancing, and singing Celebrations involve music, singing, and chanting of scriptures and hymns

Buddha Day is the celebration of Buddha's birthday. It commemorates the birth, enlightenment, and death of the Buddha. Community: Buddhist Common practices: Decorating homes Visiting local temples Observers are encouraged to refrain from slaughtering and to avoid eating meat on...

Beltane is a fire festival that celebrates the coming of summer and the fertility of the coming year. Communities: Pagan, Wiccan, Druid Common practices: Jumping the balefire Dancing the Maypole

Ascension of the Baha'ullah commemorates the death of the founder of the Bahá’í faith who died in 1892. Community: Bahá’í Common practices: Devotional programs Reading from the scriptures