Christian Feast Day: Nativity of Mary (Roman Catholic Church), (Anglo-Catholicism) Monti Fest (Mangalorean Catholic)

Monti Fest is a Catholic Christian festival held on the 8th of September every year, by the Latin Christian community of Konkani people, originating in the Konkan region of India & the Konkani Christian migrants in the Canara sub-region of Karnataka, India. This festival celebrates the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, for the Mangalorean Catholics the festival involves the blessing of Novem. In certain Goan Catholic dialects the festival's name is corrupted to "Moti Fest".

Mangalorean Catholics are an ethno-religious community of Latin Christians from the Diocese of Mangalore and the erstwhile South Canara area; by the southern coast of present-day Karnataka, India.