The common name of the festival Arabic: عيد الفطر is Mawlid . Mawlid is related to Nativity Fast . Mawlid ends on 11 days after the start . The significance of Mawlid festival are Celebrations honoring Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas in 1492,Traditional commemoration of the birth of Muhammad . The 2018 date of the festival was Fri 24 Aug . The 2019 date of the festival was Tuesday, 5 February, Pig . Havliye,Navratri,Tang-cheh (冬節),Rakhi Pournima,Dongji (동지) is also called Mawlid . Mawlid begins on the last night of the month of Sha'ban . family and other social gatherings,Tasbih,Hamd are the observances in Mawlid . Mawlid 2020 date was Monday, 9 March . national is the type(s) Mawlid festival . On The Friday immediately preceding Easter Sunday, Mawlid is celebrated . Burkina Faso,Senegal,Gambia,Kuwait,Mauritania,Iran,India,Bangladesh,Pakistan,Somalia,Shia Islam and various other Islamic denominations. As a public holiday in Afghanistan,Sudan,Chad,Benin,Oman,Roman Republic,Algeria,Indonesia,and Yemen,Iraq,Mali,Libya,Maldives,Niger,Lebanon,Tunisia,Bahrain,Nigeria,Egypt,Malaysia,Morocco,Brunei,Adherents of mainstream Sunni Islam,Kyrgyzstan,Jordan observe Mawlid festival . The 2021 date of the festival was May 2 (Eastern) . Biannual is the frequency of this festival . last day: processions are the celebrations of this festival
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