Celebration

Nowruz, which starts on the vernal equinox and marks the Iranian New Year, is celebrated by more than 300 million people in diverse communities across the world.

A member of the Zulu Social Aid and Pleasure Club marches down St. Charles Avenue during a Mardi Gras parade on March 5th, 2019, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Commuters interact with an elephant as he rests on a public road ahead of the annual Navam Maha Perahera festival of the historic Buddhist Gangaramaya Temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on February 18th, 2019.

Here's how the Year of the Pig began in different parts of Asia.

Crowds of people pack the streets as they leave McMahons Point after viewing the midnight fireworks display on New Year's Eve in Sydney, Australia.

A pilgrim arrives on his knees at the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City during the annual celebration of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Mexico's patron saint, on December 12th, 2018.

President Donald Trump, Melania Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, and Karen Pence attend a Hanukkah reception in the East Room of the White House on December 6th, 2018, in Washington, D.C.

Revelers parade through the streets of Lewes in East Sussex, southern England, on November 5th, 2018, during traditional Bonfire Night celebrations.

The national holiday celebrates the reunification of East and West Germany in 1990.

A Bangladeshi child lights a candle to mark International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples in Dhaka on August 8th, 2018.

Israelis march in Jerusalem on May 13th, 2018, as they celebrate Jerusalem Day.

People fly kites during the 32nd International Kite Festival at the beach of Berck-sur-Mer, northern France, on April 18th, 2018.

A costumed reveler takes part in the Correfoc festival in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, on January 21st, 2018.

African Heritage Dancers dance to the African Heritage Drummers during a Kwanzaa celebration at the Lincoln Theater in Washington, D.C.

Children and families enjoy the houses on Franklin Road lit with Christmas lights on December 1st, 2017, in Auckland, New Zealand.

Harare residents celebrate in the streets following the resignation of Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on November 21st, 2017.

Can Christmas' pagan roots explain its increasing secularization today?

While national identities are often used to separate people, a husband-and-wife Facebook photography project aims to build connections.

Yes. But if the Christmas culture warriors took an honest look at the history of this holiday in our country they may not like what they find.