Religious Dates in August

Starting with Lammas / Lughnasdh, the Wiccan harvest festival and reflection on the mysteries of nature, the month of August has a smattering of fasts and feasts, including Zoroastrian Fravardigan, the Chinese Qixi Jie / Ch'I Hou Chieh (Herd Boy and Weaving Maid Festival), the Jewish remembrance day of Tisha B'Av, the sentimental Buddhist Hachigatsu O-Bon to honor ancestral spirits, the Baha'i Feast of Asmá' (Names), Zarathustra's Birthday and Jainism's Paryushan Parva (8 days of purification, fasting and seeking forgiveness for mistakes). Wicca. A harvest festival and reflection on the mysteries of nature. https://www.humanreligions.info/august.html