Ethnic Holidays that We All Could Enjoy

This month, Chris put together a sidestream of Irish Celtic music in honor of St. Patrick’s Day (which, in the U.S., is celebrated by wearing lots of green and seeing how drunk you can get). I was thinking, are there other holidays, specific to an ethnic culture, that would make focus for a Folk Alley sidestream? The holiday should be something that involves or inspires special music (kind of like Christmas). And, not every holiday should be built around drinking (kind of like New Years).