The 2021 date of the festival was April 30 (Eastern) . Mawlid is also called Donba,Rakhi,Mawlid an-Nabawī (المولد النبوي),Gani,Milad un-Nabi,or Nauratam,Havliye . Mawlid 2019 date was June 9 (Western) . fasting,decoration of streets and homes,Hamd,Tasbih,processions,Na`at (religious poetry),family and other social gatherings,public processions,Sadya rituals are observed in this festival . such as latkes and sufganiyot are the celebrations of this festival . The significance of Mawlid festival are sun worship . Mawlid is of Islamic,Christian type . Mawlid 2018 date was Tuesday 20 March 2018,at 16:15 UTC * . Roman Catholics,Wiccans,Uzbekistan,Old Catholics,Bangladesh (by Bangladeshi Shia Muslims and others),Thailand,Iraq (by Kurds and Turkmens),Eastern Orthodox,Sikhs,Laos (as Boun That Luang),Jews in Judaism,Tajikistan,Jains,Azerbaijan,Jordan,Malayalis as religious and cultural festival,Pakistan (by Balochis, Iranis, Parsis and Pashtuns),Scottish people and Manx people),northern Malaysia,Jain,Israel (by Persian Jews, Mountain Jews and Bukharan Jews),Syria (by Kurds),Kerala state,Various countries in the Americas,Afghanistan,Chinese,Burmese,and Celtic neopagans,Cambodia (as Bon Om Touk),various Little Italys around the world,and some Buddhists (notably Newar Buddhists),Valencia,Ethnic Chinese and non-Chinese people worldwide observe Mawlid festival . Mawlid 2020 date was Friday 20 March 2020,at 03:50 UTC * . The common name of the festival Buddha Purnima is Mawlid . Dussehra is related to Mawlid . On April 8 or May 8 (Japan), Mawlid is celebrated . The frequency of this festival is annual . Mawlid begins on Ashvin Shukla Prathama
The festival involves gifts