"Festival of Lights" meaning in English

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Proper name

Etymology: From the importance of candles or light during the celebrations. Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Festival of Lights}} Festival of Lights
  1. (Judaism) Hanukkah. Tags: Judaism Categories (topical): Judaism, Holidays Categories (place): Myanmar
    Sense id: en-Festival_of_Lights-en-name-Je9qIyf9 Disambiguation of Holidays: 33 32 35 Disambiguation of Myanmar: 36 34 30 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 36 28 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 32 32 37 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 35 30 35
  2. (Hinduism) Divali. Tags: Hinduism Categories (topical): Hinduism, Holidays Categories (place): Myanmar
    Sense id: en-Festival_of_Lights-en-name-Qo2ykiLH Disambiguation of Holidays: 33 32 35 Disambiguation of Myanmar: 36 34 30 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 36 28 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 32 32 37 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 35 30 35
  3. (Myanmar) The Thadingyut Festival. Tags: Myanmar Categories (topical): Holidays Categories (place): Myanmar Related terms: Feast of Light
    Sense id: en-Festival_of_Lights-en-name-Y-PB1cA6 Disambiguation of Holidays: 33 32 35 Disambiguation of Myanmar: 36 34 30 Categories (other): Myanmar English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 36 28 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 32 32 37 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 35 30 35

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