The festival involves celebrating last day: processions . Mawlid is of national type . The official name of the festival Mawlid is Arabic: عيد الفطر . Mawlid ends on 11 days after the start . Nativity Fast is related to Mawlid . The Friday immediately preceding Easter Sunday is when Mawlid is celebrated . Mawlid begins on the last night of the month of Sha'ban . family and other social gatherings,Tasbih,Hamd are the observances in Mawlid . 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 frequency of this festival is Biannual . Mawlid 2020 date was Monday, 9 March . Mawlid 2021 date was May 2 (Eastern) . 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 . Mawlid is also called Havliye,Navratri,Tang-cheh (冬節),Rakhi Pournima,Dongji (동지) . Mawlid 2019 date was Tuesday, 5 February, Pig
There is at least one more name of Mawlid festival