The Lantern Festival of Sri Lanka, organised by the Embassy of Sri Lanka in Addis Ababa in collaboration with the Sri Lankan community in Ethiopia, was celebrated in Ethiopia on 23 June 2024, marking ...

Wesak celebrates the Buddha's birthday and, for some Buddhists, also marks his enlightenment and death. It is also called Buddha Day. Wesak is the most important of the Buddhist festivals and is ...

Over the next several months — often on the day of a full moon — Buddhists around the world will celebrate one of their most important religious holidays — Vesak, or the Day of Buddha’s Enlightenment.

We would like to wish all staff and students at DMU happy Vesak Day. Taking place on Wednesday 26 May (at the time of the first full moon of the lunar month Vesakha) and celebrated by Buddhists around ...

GEORGE TOWN: The streets here will come alive on Monday as Buddhists gather to celebrate Wesak Day, while Hindus celebrate the annual “mini Thaipusam” with vibrant grand processions. While Wesak Day ...

Monday, May 12, 2025 is Vesak Day, the most sacred day to millions of Buddhists around the world. Traditions vary across Asia. In East Asian Buddhist schools, Vesak celebrates the birth of Buddha. In ...