The yearly celebration of Kwanzaa is coming soon, beginning the day after Christmas. Unlike Christmas and Hanukkah, Kwanzaa ...

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Across the county, communities celebrated Juneteenth, or Freedom Day, on Wednesday, June 19. Many Americans may remember from history class that slavery ended when President ...

Feb. 14 marks the start of Lent, a 40-day religious celebration observed by many Christian denominations, including Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox traditions. Every year, the celebration begins on ...

Last Tuesday, millions of Shia Muslims spent their entire day at the mosque to commemorate Ashura, a momentous day of grief and reflection. But at Georgetown University, I was pressured to choose ...

(RNS) — This week, people of all South Asian backgrounds celebrated the Hindu Solar New Year in their unique, regional ways. But common threads between the holidays, many say, have the power to unite ...

Christmas is a global celebration, but each country adds its own unique customs and traditions to this festive season. While the holiday brings people together worldwide, how it’s celebrated varies ...

June in Wooster Square signaled the beginning of the religious celebrations honoring the patreon of the villages and towns that had been home to the immigrants. Every village and town in Italy is ...

INLE LAKE, Myanmar (AP) — Hundreds of waterborne spectators gathered Friday to watch boat races on Myanmar’s Inle Lake, the highlight of the annual Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda Festival. The festival, held on ...

Earlier this month, our correspondent - NPR's Diaa Hadid - was in the central Indian city of Nagpur. She was there covering the 100-year anniversary celebration of a powerful Hindu nationalist ...