How the Buddha’s birthday is celebrated across the world [Video]

• Buddha’s birthday is an important holiday in many Asian countries, but particular customs vary across the map.
• On Buddha’s birthday, Buddhists across the world commemorate the birth, enlightenment and death of the Buddha. The occasion is also used to reflect on Buddha’s teachings and what it means to practice the faith.
• Observers commonly attend their temples, decorate their homes with lanterns, gather for feasts and participate in rituals involving statues of Buddha.

The birthday of the historical Buddha or Shakyamuni Buddha, known as Vesak in several countries, celebrates the birth of the child who became Prince Siddhartha around the end of the 4th century B.C. This is a holy occasion for all Buddhists, but is celebrated on different dates depending on the school of Buddhismor country to which one belongs. In several Asian countries, it is observed on the eighth day of the fourth month of the lunisolar calendar, which this year falls …