The Jewish High Holy Days conclude with Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement (October 4). Then on Wednesday evening (October 8) Jews begin celebrating Sukkot, the Feast of Tabernacles, recalling their ancestors’ 40 years of wandering in the desert by building temporary shelters.

Hindus end their major nine-day festival of Navaratri with Dussehra (October 4), which commemorates Lord Rama’s killing of a demon.

This weekend, Muslims worldwide mark the end of the hajj with Eid al-Adha (October 4), the Feast of the Sacrifice.