Religious festivals

Mawsim or moussem (), waada, or raqb, is the term used in the Maghreb to designate an annual regional festival in which worshippers usually combine the religious celebration of local Marabouts or Sufi Tariqas, with various festivities and commercial activities. These are very popular events, often attended by people from very distant places.

thumb|Sebiba Touareg Exhibition of Djanet in Algeria. Sebiba (, Tifinagh: ⵙⴱⵉⴱⴰ) is the term used in Algeria to designate a festival and the Tuareg people's dance performed on this occasion and accompanied by female drummers in the Sahara oasis of Djanet in the Tassili n'Ajjer region in southern Algeria. . The dance was recognized by UNESCO in 2014 for its significance to humanity's intangible cultural heritage.

Heortology or eortology is a science that deals with the origin and development of religious festivals, and more specifically the study of the history and criticism of liturgical calendars and martyrologies.

annual cultural festival in Sarajevo, Bosnia