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As most countries and cultures of South and Southeast Asia lie within the Indian cultural sphere, the development of their traditional calendars have been strongly influenced by some form of the Hindu calendar. As in many other calendars, the New Year was based on the northern hemisphere vernal equinox (the beginning of spring).
The following is an incomplete list of festivals in Asia, with links to separate lists by country and region where applicable. This list includes festivals of diverse types, including regional festivals, commerce festivals, film festivals , folk festivals , carnivals , recurring festivals on holidays, and music festivals . [ 1 ]
Eid al-Fitr is celebrated for one to three days, depending on the country. [15] It is forbidden to fast on the Day of Eid, and a specific prayer is nominated for this day. [ 16 ] As an obligatory act of charity, money is paid to the poor and the needy ( zakat al-Fitr ) before performing the 'Eid prayer.
January 15, 2025 at 12:46 AM. ... over the course of the day. ... Vast numbers of pilgrims are expected to travel to the region by train, so authorities have added 3,000 special trains and 13,100 ...
Theravāda New Year, also known as Songkran, is the water-splashing festival celebration in the traditional new year for the Theravada Buddhist calendar widely celebrated across South and Southeast Asia in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, parts of northeast India, parts of Vietnam, and Xishuangbanna, China [2] [3] begins on 13 April of the year.
After a long and complex history of cosmological and religious development, adoption and decline, the Hindu-synthesis [13] and the late but thorough introduction of Islam about 80% of modern-day Indians and Nepalis identify as Hindus. [14] In Sri Lanka and Bhutan most people adhere to various forms of Buddhism. [15]
The Nashik and Ujjain festivals have been celebrated in the same year or one year apart, [22] typically about 3 years after the Prayagraj Kumbh Mela. [ 23 ] The Kumbh Melas have three dates around which the significant majority of pilgrims participate, while the festival itself lasts between one [ 24 ] and three months around these dates. [ 25 ]
Asia's various modern cultural and religious spheres correspond roughly with the principal centers of civilization. West Asia (or Southwest Asia as Ian Morrison puts it, or sometimes referred to as the Middle East) has their cultural roots in the pioneering civilizations of the Fertile Crescent and Mesopotamia, spawning the Persian, Arab, Ottoman empires, as well as the Abrahamic religions of ...