On April 8 or May 8 (Japan), Mawlid is celebrated . sun worship are the significance of the Mawlid festival . fasting,decoration of streets and homes,Hamd,Tasbih,processions,Na`at (religious poetry),family and other social gatherings,public processions,Sadya are the observances in Mawlid . Mawlid begins on Ashvin Shukla Prathama . Mawlid is also called Donba,Rakhi,Mawlid an-Nabawī (المولد النبوي),Gani,Milad un-Nabi,or Nauratam,Havliye . The common name of the festival Buddha Purnima is Mawlid . The festival involves celebrating such as latkes and sufganiyot . Mawlid 2021 date was April 30 (Eastern) . Mawlid 2018 date was Tuesday 20 March 2018,at 16:15 UTC * . Dussehra is related to Mawlid . Mawlid 2020 date was Friday 20 March 2020,at 03:50 UTC * . annual is the frequency of this festival . Mawlid is of Islamic,Christian type . Mawlid 2019 date was June 9 (Western) . The festival is observed by 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
Mawlid and May Day are similar