In Sri Lanka, all of the full-moon days are Buddhist holidays - so is the day following the vesak full-moon day
there are also these:
abhidhamma day, asalha puja, bon festival , buddha's birthday, Cambodian new year, chap goh meh, cheung chau bun festival, Chinese New Year, chuseok, daeboreum, dongzhi(lunar term), ennichi, Japanese new year, Korean new year, lantern festival, lao new year, losar, lunar new years day, magha puja, meak bochea day, omisaka, parinirvana day, pavarana, pee ta khon, poy sang long , poya, , rocket festival, sanghamitta, Tet, thingyan, Tsagaan Sar, ubon ratchathani candle festival, uposatha, vesakha, wan awk pansa, water festival
Answer:
There are many. Due to the number of Buddhist traditions (schools) and countries these are not always celebrated everywhere at the same time. Some are:
Buddhist New Year:
Vesak (Buddha Day)
On the first full moon day in May, Buddhists worldwide celebrate the birth, enlightenment and death of the Buddha in a single day.
Sangha Day (AKA Magha Puja Day or Fourfold Assembly Day)
Commemorates the Buddha's visit to Veruvana Monastery in the city of Rajagaha. It is celebrated on the full moon day of the third lunar month (March).
Dhamma Day (AKA Asalha Puja Day)
Dhamma Day is observed on the full moon day of the eighth lunar month (July). It commemorates the Buddha's first sermon at the Sarnath Deer Park.
Observance Day (Uposatha)
Observance Day refers to each of the four traditional monthly holy days (the new moon, full moon, and quarter moon days) observed in Theravada countries -
Kathina Ceremony (Robe Offering Ceremony)
The Kathina Ceremony is held on any convenient date within one month of the conclusion of the three month rains retreat season (Vassa). It is observed by offering new robes etc. to the monks and nuns.
Festival of Floating Bowls (Loy Krathong)
In Thailand on the full moon night of the twelfth lunar month people bring bowls made of leaves containing flowers, candles and incense sticks, and float them in the water.
Elephant Festival
The Buddha explained the enlightenment of others using the example of a wild elephant that is harnessed to a tame one to train it. Thai Buddhists celebrate an Elephant Festival on the third Saturday in November.
The Festival of the Tooth
In August, on the night of the full moon, there is a special procession marking the preservation of one of the Buddha's teeth in Sri Lanka.
Ancestor Day (Ulambana)
In Mahayana countries, it is believed that people and their ancestors are especially close from the first day of the eighth lunar month for 15 days. On the fifteenth day, Ulambana or Ancestor Day, people visit cemeteries to make offerings to the departed ancestors. Some Theravadin countries (Cambodia, Laos and Thailand) also observe this festival.
There is a similar Japanese Buddhist festival known as Obon, from the beginning on the thirteenth of July lasting for three daysto celebrate the reunion of family ancestors with the living.
Vesak day.
A Buddhist holiday is vesak day
In sri lanka, all of the full-moon days are Buddhist holidays - so is the day following the vesak full-moon day
there are also these:
abhidhamma day, asalha puja, bon festival , buddha's birthday, Cambodian new year, chap goh meh, cheung chau bun festival, Chinese new year, chuseok, daeboreum, dongzhi(lunar term), ennichi, Japanese new year, Korean new year, lantern festival, lao new year, losar, lunar new years day, magha puja, meak bochea day, omisaka, parinirvana day, pavarana, pee ta khon, poy sang long , poya, , rocket festival, sanghamitta, Tet, thingyan, Tsagaan Sar, ubon ratchathani candle festival, uposatha, vesakha, wan awk pansa, water festival
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They have one, it is called Vesak Day, which is the full moon day in May. The next one is May 2nd, 2009.
Yes, Wesak is the celebration of the birth, death and enlightenment of the Buddha.
This depends on what branch bof Buddhism and what schools thereof.
In the international sense, we don't have any true holidays. Most celebrations are local customs and almost all are indiginous to China, Tibet, Japan, and their neighbors.
Most important one is called Vesak. Birth , Enlightment and Parinibbana of Lord Buddha is celebrated.
Vesak is the main festival. Birth ,Enlightenment and parinibbana is celebrated
one is Vesak Day, Buddha's birthday.
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