Celebrating, rejoicing as a group, gathering en masse for anniversaries or commemorations are profoundly human activities. They have always existed, and mark important dates every year, such as ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Thousands of Ethiopians gathered in the capital Thursday to celebrate an annual religious festival distinguished by the lighting of bonfires according to the beliefs of ...

A “stampede-like situation” at one of the biggest religious festivals in India, the Maha Kumbh Mela, led to multiple casualties on Wednesday, police said. A massive crowd, estimated to be 100 million, ...

This calendar is not an exhaustive list either of religious or cultural traditions or of the holidays observed in those traditions. If we have not included a religious tradition or major religious ...

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — Deadly stampedes are relatively common around Indian religious festivals, where large crowds gather in small areas with shoddy infrastructure and few safety measures. LUCKNOW, ...

St. Anthony’s Feast, the largest Italian religious festival in New England is back in Boston’s North End. This year the festival marks its 150th year and thousands of visitors are expected to attend ...

To outsiders, Saraswati Pujo in Bengal may seem like just another festival - a day when students place their books at the goddess’s feet and pray for good grades. But ask a Bengali, to him/her, it is ...

ADDIS ABABA – Thousands of Ethiopians gathered in the capital Thursday to celebrate an annual religious festival distinguished by the lighting of bonfires according to the beliefs of the local ...