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    festivals of india

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    Festivals‚ of many types‚ serve to meet specific needs‚ as well as to provide entertainment. These times of celebration offer a sense of belonging for religious‚ social‚ or geographical groups. Modern festivals that focus on cultural or ethnic topics seek to inform members of their traditions.  In past times‚ festivals were times when the elderly shared stories and transferred certain knowledge to the next generation. Historic feasts often provided a means for unity among families and for people

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    Festival in Malaysia

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    Green Culture Singapore Feature Article for August 2007 Published online 1 September 2007 Text & Pictures by Ian Chung • Edited by Lynnette Terh The Putrajaya Flower and Garden Festival is Malaysia’s largest Flower and Garden Festival to date. The venue for this event is at Lakefront Precinct 2‚ Putrajaya in Kuala Lumpur‚ Malaysia‚ from 25 August to 2 Septemer 2007‚ and is held in conjunction with Malaysia’s 50th National Day Celebration and alongside the 44th International Federation of Landscape

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    Dear Nadhirah‚ How are you? I hope you’re in the pink of health. It’s been a pretty long time since I last write you a letter. I do have the guts to do so but my time was always packed with homeworks and school activities. Do you know that last month was my birthday? My father took our whole family on a vacation for a weekend as my birthday present. I was so axcited when he informed us that we’d visit the famous Jeju Island located in South Korea as it was my dream place vacation after

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    Philippine Festival

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    Philippine Festivals 1. The Black Nazarene * A life-sized statue of Christ is carried through town by barefooted men yelling‚ "Viva Señor‚ while huge crowd tries to touch the statue. * January 9 at Quiapo Church in Manila 2. Sinulog * The festival is characterized by a very long parade with many groups of persons dressed in colorful costumes‚ finding their way through the streets while dancing the Sinulog. * Held every year on the third Sunday of January in Cebu City.

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    Laguna Festivals

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    Laguna Festivals Laguna Islands Philippines | Ana Kalang Festival - Nagcarlan‚ Laguna‚ Philippines  Nagcarlan‚ Laguna‚ located 105 kms. South of Manila‚ supposedly got its name from the legendary head of the tribe before Christianity was brought to the Philippines- Ana Kalang. This beautiful and capable leader‚ allegedly saw the Virgin Sta. Ana‚ who took the poison out of the lanzones fruit so that it can be edible‚ thus‚ the name Ana kalang Festival‚ in honor of the fruit which is one of the

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    Dinagyang Festival

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    Dinagyang Festival A participant of Dinagyang Festival The Dinagyang is a religious and cultural festival in Iloilo City‚ Philippines held on the fourth Sunday of January‚ or right after the Sinulog In Cebu and the Ati-Atihan in Aklan. It is held both to honor the Santo Niño and to celebrate the arrival on Panay of Malay settlers and the subsequent selling of the island to them by the Atis. History Dinagyang began after Rev. Fr. Ambrosio Galindez of a local Roman Catholic parish introduced the

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    Panagbenga Festival

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    PANAGBENGA FESTIVAL (BAGUIO) Panagbenga Festival (English: Flower Festival) is a month-long annual flower festival occurring in Baguio‚ the summer capital of thePhilippines.[1] The term is of Malayo-Polynesian origin‚ meaning "season of blooming".[1] The festival‚ held during the month of February‚ was created as a tribute to the city’s flowers and as a way to rise up from the devastation of the 1990 Luzon earthquake.[2] The festival includes floats that are decorated with flowers not unlike those

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    Vaisakhi Festival

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    Research Task – Vaisakhi Vaisakhi is celebrated in the month of April by all Sikh. This is to remember the day when the Khalsa Panth was formed. Guru Gobind Singh chose the festival of Vaisakhi to create a brotherhood for saint soldiers‚ and the brotherhood was named Khalsa Panth. Vaisakhi is celebrated in many different ways; the way Vaisakhi is celebrated varies. In the Gurdwara‚ 2 days before Vaisakhi‚ Akhand Paath begins. This is the nonstop reading of the whole of Guru Granth Sahib in 48

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    Cultural Festivals

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    has its own festival and celebration. People all around the world love joining together and sharing good time through the festivals and celebrations. Festivals are great way to experience local culture. Sometime they even offer a glimpse into past. There are hundreds of festivals across the world. So are you ready to experience of fun and colorful festivals? Below are some of festivals from Europe‚ Asia‚ Africa and Latin America. Let’s start in Europe. Europeans have a lot of festivals that attract

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    Lantern Festival

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    Lantern Festival The Lantern Festival (Shangyuan) is a traditional Chinese festival‚ which is on the 15th of the first month of Chinese New Year and the first full moon night which symbolizes the coming of spring. It may be regarded as the last day of the Spring Festival. The start of this festival marks the end of the celebrations of the Chinese New Year. The Lantern Festival is regarded as a good day for family gatherings. An old custom from china is people on that night will lighten up fancy

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