Festivals are events that are usually happy celebrations centered around some unique aspect of a local community or religion. They serve to meet social and entertainment needs by providing a sense of belonging and tradition sharing. There are many types of festivals worldwide, including religious festivals tied to specific faiths, seasonal festivals aligned with changes in season important to things like agriculture, and institutional festivals that commemorate founding dates or important events for organizations.

1. Festival
A festival or gala is usually a happy, funevent, usually and ordinarily staged by alocal community,
which centers on and celebrates some unique aspect of thatcommunity and the Festival.
Among many religions, a feast is a set of celebrations in honor of Godor gods. A feast and a festival are
historically interchangeable.
However, theterm "feast" has also entered common secular parlance as asynonym forany large or
elaborate meal. When used as in the meaning of a festival, most often refersto areligious festival rather
than a film or artfestival.
Etymology
The festival is a special occasion of feasting or celebration, thatis usually religious. There can be many
different types of festivals, like Halloween, Saturnalia, Christmas and Loy Krathong.
Function
Festivals of many types serve to meet specific needs, as well as to provide entertainment. These times of
celebration offer a sense of belonging for religious, social, or geographical groups.
Modern festivals thatfocus on cultural or ethnic topics seek to inform members of their traditions. Inpast
times, festivals were times when the elderly shared stories and for people to find mates. Select
anniversaries have annual festivals tocommemorate previous significant occurrences
Types of festivals
There are numerous types of festivals in theworld. Though manyhave religious origins, others involve
seasonal change or have some cultural significance.
Also, certain institutions celebrate their own festival to marksome significant occasions in their history.
These occasions could be the day these institutions were founded or any other event which they decide to
commemorate periodically, usually annually.

2. Seasonal festivals
Seasonal aredetermined by the solar and the lunar calendars and by thecycle of the seasons. The
changing of the season was celebrated because of its effect onfood supply.
An important type of seasonal festivals are those related with the agricultural seasons. Dee Festival of the
Loy Krathong is one such important festival, which is celebrated every year in Septembers.