11 days after the start is when this festival ends  . Mawlid is also called Havliye,Navratri,Tang-cheh (冬節),Rakhi Pournima,Dongji (동지) . The 2018 date of the festival was Fri 24 Aug . Celebrations honoring Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas in 1492,Traditional commemoration of the birth of Muhammad are the significance of the Mawlid festival . The common name of the festival Arabic: عيد الفطر is Mawlid . Mawlid begins on the last night of the month of Sha'ban . On The Friday immediately preceding Easter Sunday, Mawlid is celebrated . Nativity Fast is related to Mawlid . The 2021 date of the festival was May 2 (Eastern) . Biannual is the frequency of this festival . The festival involves celebrating last day: processions . Mawlid 2019 date was Tuesday, 5 February, Pig . family and other social gatherings,Tasbih,Hamd rituals are observed in this festival . The 2020 date of the festival was Monday, 9 March . The festival is observed by 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 . Mawlid is of national type
Mawlid is similar to Nativity Fast