List of multinational festivals and holidays

List of multinational festivals and holidays

A very wide variety of multinational festivals and holidays are celebrated around the world, whether within particular religions, cultures, or otherwise. Celebrations listed here are celebrated in at least two or more countries; for a list holidays, see List of holidays by country.

January

Christianity

• Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God: 9 January
• Feast of the Circumcision: 1 January
• Saint Basil's Day: 1 January – In Greece, traditionally he is the Father Christmas figure.
• Twelfth Night (Epiphany Eve): 5 January
• Epiphany: 6 January – the arrival of the Three Magi.
• Armenian Apostolic Christmas: 6 January
• Orthodox Christmas: 7 January – in churches using dates corresponding to the old Julian calendar, 7 January is equivalent to 25 December in the Gregorian calendar

Judaism

• Tu BiShvat

Secular

• New Year's Day: 1 January – First day of the Gregorian Year. 
• Old New Year: 14 January: New Year's Day according to the "old" Julian calendar. Includes a winter ritual of strolling and singing that was later incorporated into the Christmas carol

Punjabi

• Lohri: 13 January

Telugu, Karnataka, Gujarat and Maharashtra

• Makar Sankranti: 14 January

Tamil

• Pongal : 14 January

February

Christianity

• • Candlemas: 2 February – Feast of the Presentation of the Lord; 40 days after Christmas; end of Christmas/Epiphany Season

Historical

• Lupercalia: 15 February – the Roman end-of-winter festival

Paganism

1. Imbolc: 1 February – first day of spring in the Celtic calendar

Secular

• Groundhog Day: 2 February
• Darwin Day: 12 February
• Valentine's Day: 14 February

March

Christianity

• Saint David's Day: 1 March – the fixed date to honour Saint David, patron saint of Wales, celebrated by Welshmen and women everywhere throughout the world
• Saint Patrick's Day: 17 March – the fixed date to honor Saint Patrick has sometimes been moved by Church if it coincides with Holy Week, but the secular world usually always celebrates it on 17 March

Judaism

• Purim

Secular

• International Women's Day: 8 March
• World Kidney Day: second Thursday of March

Secular and multiple religions

• Nowruz, Persian: spring equinox (on or near 21 March) – originally the Iranian New Year, celebrated as a secular holiday in Iran and many neighboring countries and as a religious holiday by Alawites, Alevis, Baha'is, Bektashis, Zoroastrians, and most Shi'a Muslims.

Hinduism

• Holi (Hindu holiday in honour of Vishnu)