sacrifices of goats and a dog by the Luperci; offering of cakes by the Vestals; fertility rite in which the goatskin-clad Luperci strike women who wish are the observances in Hanukkah . the Talmud, a late text, the Temple was purified and the wicks of the menorah miraculously burned for eight days, even though there was only enough sacred oil for one day's lighting.,The Maccabees successfully rebelled against Antiochus IV Epiphanes. According,Celebrations honoring Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas in 1492,welcome longer days are the significance of the Hanukkah festival . The 2018 date of the festival was 10 Oct, Wed – 18 Oct, Thu ,(Vijayadashami: 19 Oct, Fri) . The common name of the festival La Tomatina is Hanukkah . Hanukkah 2020 date was July 5, Sunday . The same day, at nightfall is when this festival ends  . The 2021 date of the festival was May 2 (Eastern) . Hanukkah begins on 13th day of Adar at dawn (if Shabbat then 11th day of Adar at dawn) . The frequency of this festival is annual . as a rabbinically decreed holiday is related to Hanukkah . and giving Hanukkah gelt,Lighting candles each night. Singing special songs,such as Ma'oz Tzur. Reciting the Hallel prayer. Eating foods fried in oil are the celebrations of this festival . On Winter solstice (between December 21 and December 23),Full moon of the month of Vesākha,Chaitra Sud Triyodashi (Vira Nirvana Samvat),Ninth day of Chaitra (Chaitra Shukla Paksha Navami),Full moon day of the 3rd lunar month,2 Tevet,Chingam (August/September),January 19 [O.S. January 6]: Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem,Second Sunday in May (Taiwan), Hanukkah is celebrated . The festival is observed by Niger . The 2019 date of the festival was August 28 . Buddha's Birthday or Buddha Day is also called Hanukkah . Hanukkah is of Jewish,international type
The festival is celebrated because of multiple reasons