Home›Hindu Festivals›Status Today›Living tradition, practised todayBrowse ByLiving tradition, practised todayThis page groups holidays by whether they are still kept today. Wikipedia notes that "the science of religious rites and festivals is known as heortology," a field that studies festivals whether or not they are still actively observed. Browsing by status today lets a visitor separate a holiday still widely kept from one now studied only historically.FactsLearn MoreLiving tradition, practised todaySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedRecurring days of public celebration in a tradition's calendar, usually communal and usually marked by gathering, food, procession or lights. It is the widest of the holiday groupings and the least precise: what it collects is defined against the narrower labels - not a fast, not a feast of appointed liturgical rank, not a day of highest rank - rather than by a property of its own. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedHolidays & Festivals 1Learn MoreThe Festivals This group gathers festivals, the joyous celebrations of the religious calendar, marking sacred events, seasons and divine figures with feasting, gathering, ritual and rejoicing. Festivals are among the most visible and communal expressions of religious life, and this is the largest holiday grouping in the atlas. The browser will find festivals from across the world's traditions. The entries describe each festival's occasion, customs and meaning, noting the tradition and the calendar on which it falls.Living tradition, practised todayFilter Results24 entriesTraditionAllShaktism (2)Vaishnavism (3)Calendar SystemAllHindu lunisolar (panchanga) (20)Hindu solar (sidereal, sankranti-based) (5)Date TypeAllFixed date in its own calendar (21)Set by an astronomical event or computus (3)Observance TypeAllCommemoration of a person or event (1)Deliverance or victory remembered (1)Fast / abstinence (2)Feast / celebration (7)Harvest / agricultural (2)Kinship or family bond (1)Memorial of the dead (1)Nativity / birth remembered (3)New year (3)Pilgrimage (3)Procession (4)Purification (1)Seasonal turning point (4)Veneration of a deity or holy figure (12)Vigil / night observance (1)MonthAllJanuary (1)Origin EraAll1700 (1)1893 (1)Place of OriginAllIndia (22)Nepal (2)UNESCO StatusAllInscribed on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity (3)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 24Ambubachi MelaLiving tradition, practised todayBhai DoojLiving tradition, practised todayChhath PujaLiving tradition, practised todayDhanterasLiving tradition, practised todayDiwaliLiving tradition, practised todayDurga PujaLiving tradition, practised todayDussehraLiving tradition, practised todayGai JatraLiving tradition, practised todayGanesh ChaturthiLiving tradition, practised todayGovardhan PujaLiving tradition, practised todayGudi PadwaLiving tradition, practised todayHanuman JayantiLiving tradition, practised todayHoliLiving tradition, practised todayKrishna JanmashtamiLiving tradition, practised todayKumbh MelaLiving tradition, practised todayMakar SankrantiLiving tradition, practised todayNavaratriLiving tradition, practised todayOnamLiving tradition, practised todayRam NavamiLiving tradition, practised todayRatha YatraLiving tradition, practised todayThaipusamLiving tradition, practised todayUgadiLiving tradition, practised todayVasant PanchamiLiving tradition, practised todayVishuLiving tradition, practised todaySources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Encyclopedia of Religiontier 1Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005View the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.