The festival involves celebrating Parades and Nagar Kirtan . Yule,Laba Festival (in China),Buddha's Birthday,Bandi Chhor Divas,Other related festivals,Rohatsu (in Japan) is related to Vesak . Vesak is of Historical type . enlightenment and death (parinirvana) of Gautama Buddha,Punjabi new year are the significance of the Vesak festival . The 2021 date of the festival was April 30 (Eastern) . The festival is observed by Buddhists and some Hindus in South and Southeast Asia and in East Asia (as Buddha's Birthday),Old Catholics . 2 Tevet or 3 Tevet is when this festival ends  . On (or 1 November in the S. Hemisphere),usually in April (first),January 19 [O.S. January 6]: Armenian Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Vesak is celebrated . The frequency of this festival is Biannual . raising of the Nishan Sahib flag,Meditation, observing the Eight Precepts, partaking of vegetarian food, giving are the observances in Vesak . Vesak begins on Ashvin Shukla Prathama . Vesak 2019 date was Wednesday 20 March 2019,at 21:58 UTC * . The 2018 date of the festival was May 27 (Eastern) . Gani,Buddha's Birthday or Buddha Day,Magha is also called Vesak . The official name of the festival Vesak is বুদ্ধ পূর্ণিমা,初八日)부처님 오신 날,Buddha Purnima,Dongzhi (冬至),La Tomatina,Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Jayanti
The festival is celebrated because of multiple reasons