Lists of festivals

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This is a list of festival-related list articles on Wikipedia. A festival is an event ordinarily staged by a community, centering on and celebrating some unique aspect of that community and its traditions, often marked as a local or national holiday, mela, or eid. A festival is a special occasion of feasting or celebration, usually with a religious focus. Aside from religion, and sometimes folklore, another significant origin is agricultural. Food (and consequently agriculture) is so vital that many festivals are associated with harvest time. Religious commemoration and thanksgiving for good harvests are blended in events that take place in autumn such as Halloween in the northern hemisphere and Easter in the southern.

Sunset at Coachella, one of the most attended music and arts festivals in the world.
The Montreal International Jazz Festival is the most attended annual festival in the world.

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The following lists are for cultural festivals by culture, with location of origin:

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  •   Media related to Festivals at Wikimedia Commons
  •   Media related to Fairs at Wikimedia Commons