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 . Mawlid is also called Donba,Rakhi,Mawlid an-Nabawī (المولد النبوي),Gani,Milad un-Nabi,or Nauratam,Havliye . Mawlid is of Islamic,Christian type . Because of sun worship the festival Mawlid is observed . April 8 or May 8 (Japan) is when Mawlid is celebrated . The official name of the festival Mawlid is Buddha Purnima . 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 . Dussehra is related to Mawlid . Mawlid begins on Ashvin Shukla Prathama . The frequency of this festival is annual . such as latkes and sufganiyot are the celebrations of this festival . The 2020 date of the festival was Friday 20 March 2020,at 03:50 UTC * . The 2019 date of the festival was June 9 (Western) . The 2018 date of the festival was Tuesday 20 March 2018,at 16:15 UTC * . Mawlid 2021 date was April 30 (Eastern)
The festival is celebrated to mark sun worship