Spring festivals

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ancestors, grave sites visitation day in China, festival in East Asia

Akitu or Akitum () () is a spring festival and New Year's celebration, held on the first day of the Assyrian and Babylonian Nisan in ancient Mesopotamia and in Assyrian communities around the world, to celebrate the sowing of barley. Akitu originates from the Sumerian spring New Year festival of Zagmuk.

New Year celebration in Southeast Asia

personification of the May Day holiday, and of springtime and also summer, often part of Pentecostal traditions

The Sechseläuten (Zürich German: Sächsilüüte, "The six o'clock ringing of the bells") is a traditional spring holiday in the Swiss city of Zürich celebrated in its current form, usually on the 3rd Monday of April, since the early 20th century.

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Annual holiday commemorating the Assyrian New Year

music festival

thumb|right|Buergbrennen in Junglinster, LuxembourgBuergbrennen is a celebration centred on a huge bonfire which takes place on the first Sunday in Lent in Luxembourg and surrounding areas. In Germany it is called Burgbrennen, in France and Belgium it is known as the dimanche des Brandons. It is based on old traditions representing the end of winter and the coming of spring.

Shakrain Festival (; also known as Kite Festival and Ghuri Utsob) is an annual Bengali celebration in Dhaka, Bangladesh, observed with the flying of kites. The celebration is uniquely celebrated by the Bengali Dhakaiya community based on Old Dhaka. It occurs at the end of Poush, the ninth month of the Bengali calendar (January 14 or 15 on a leap year, according to the Gregorian calendar). The festival coincides with the holiday of Poush Sankranti This day is known as Poush Sankranti (; End of Poush).

250px|right|thumb|The Aztec "Sun stone" presenting elements of the Aztec calendar.

North Korean festival

popular festivity in Murcia, Spain

festival in Ghana by the Frafras

Puruli () was a Hattian spring festival, held at Nerik, dedicated to the earth goddess Hannahanna, who is married to a new king.

Seharane, also spelled Seharaneh, is a multi-day festival celebrated by Kurdish Jews. Although traditionally observed following Passover, in Israel today the festival is observed during the intermediate days of Sukkot.

Japanese festival