What is the world’s biggest festival? There might be different ways of measuring it. Some festivals have a single day that is the height of the celebration, or the festival is celebrated on one day. Others have a season or consist of a series of events over a prolonged (or short) period. Or, you may ask, which one attracts the largest number of people? Which is the most populous of them?
Yet again you might measure it according to which festival is celebrated in the most countries around the world. Then again, since so many of them are religious festivals, the biggest one may well be whichever one belongs to the world’s largest religion, determined by size of population. Some of them may include different cultures, and the world’s biggest may be one of those celebrated across cultures.
There is a very interesting contender. Let us consider the Muslim festival of Eid al Adha, also known as the Festival of the Sacrifice. It is the holiest of the Islamic holidays and the most spectacular of its events. This is a festival that highlights faith, man’s obedience to Allah, devotion and dedication, while at the same time goodwill to others.
