thumb|Musikfest, an eleven-day outdoor music festival held annually each August in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, is the largest free music festival in the United States, drawing over 1.3 million attendees. thumb|The Hindu festival of Holi at Sri Sri Radha Krishna Temple in Utah, U.S. alt=Sinulog_Festival_Contingent_2024-03|thumb|Sinulog Festival is the one entitled of the “Grandest Festival of the Philippines” and which estimated over 4 million attendees. A festival is an event celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect or aspects of that community and its religion or cultures. It is often marked as a local or national holiday, mela, or eid. A festival constitutes typical cases of glocalization, as well as the high culture-low culture interrelationship. Next to religion and folklore, a significant origin is agricultural. Food is such a vital resource that many festivals are associated with harvest time. Religious commemoration and thanksgiving for good harvests are blended in events that take place in autumn, such as Halloween in the northern hemisphere and Easter in the southern.
ThumB|MUsIkfesT, an ELeven-day oUtDOor MUsiC festiVAL held AnNuaLly EAch AUgust in bETHLeheM, PenNsylvaNiA, is tHE Largest free mUsic festIval in the UniTeD STaTES, DrAwiNG oVer 1.3 millIon AtTEnDEes. THUmb|ThE HIndU feStivaL of hOLI At sri sri rAdha krishna teMple in UTah, u.s. Alt=SinUlOG_FestivAl_ConTingenT_2024-03|thUmB|siNUlOG festival IS the One EntItLed oF tHE “GRandest FesTiVal Of The phiLippinEs” and which estimaTeD Over 4 millIOn atteNdeEs. a FesTival iS an EVent cElebratEd by a communITy And CenTerinG On SomE CHAracTeriStiC aspeCt oR asPEcts of ThAT ComMUnity And its relIGiOn oR cUltures. IT is OftEN mARKeD as A locAl oR natiOnal holidaY, MeLa, or EID. A Festival cOnstitutes typiCal caSEs oF gLOCAlIzation, as WeLL aS THe HIgH cultuRe-LoW CuLTure iNterrelAtionship. NexT tO reLIgion and folklore, a sIgniFiCANt Origin is agrICultural. fOod IS SuCH a vitAl ReSOuRce that maNy festivAls are AssoCiated WitH hArVesT tiMe. ReLigIOus coMmeMoratIon and tHaNKsgiving foR gOOd harvests aRe BlenDEd in events tHaT taKe pLaCE in auTumn, SUch as haLlowEen in the Northern hemispHEre anD EaSteR in The soUthern.