People belonging to different castes creeds and countries celebrate different festivals. These festivals have both religious and psychological importance. On these occasions‚ people perform certain rites and thank God for the blessing that He bestows upon them. They gathers together at some place and offer prayers according to the teachings and dogmas of their religion. The rich give alms to the poor. Relatives‚ friends and neighbours pay specials visits to one another. They enjoy and rejoice in
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Chinese New Year The most favorite holiday celebration in my country is Chinese New Year. It contains threes parts: the preparations‚ New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. The Chinese New Year’s day is different from each year because it is based on the Chinese traditional lunar calendar. For the preparations of New Year‚ Chinese prefer decorate their houses and purchase goods that relate the Chinese New Year’s celebrations. Like people in Western countries prepare for Thanksgiving and Christmas
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Celebration of Feast of Saint Dominic "St. Dominic‚ Man of Compassion" serves as the theme of this year celebration of the Feast of St. Dominic from August 1-7‚ 2012 and the program held on August 14 of the same year at Pilgrims Center. The celebration started from August 1-3‚ by the three-day prayer or the tridum attributed for St. Dominic. The different contests like the poster making held on August 6 while the quiz bee and poem composition was conducted on the next day
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A. Briefly explain the significance of your celebration (historical events/key themes) Yom HaShoah‚ or Holocaust Remembrance Day‚ is a very important Jewish Holiday. It’s their day of morning the victims and reflecting on the events that took place during the holocaust (January 30‚ 1933 - May 8‚ 1945). Yom HaShoah gives them a chance to get together as a community or with their families to remember and pay respect to the 6 000 000 Jews who died. Mourning‚ respect‚ and remembrance are defiantly
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October 04‚ 2012‚ the HSL-Braille College community worked together for the biggest and widest celebration of “My Teacher‚ My Hero” for World’s Teachers Day 2012. As early as 6:30 in the morning‚ HSL-Braille College community led by its Student Government Organization (S.G.O)‚ administrators‚ faculty‚ parents and students gathered together in the school ground to welcome our lovely teachers with their glamorous attire as they take their grand entrance in the red carpet together with their respective
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Anthony P. Syjuco – 09291885709 January 6‚ 2013 Theme: “A Celebration of Unity” Text: Psalm 133: 1-3 Intro: Let’s start our first sermon with the template of celebration; a very optimistic outlook of our series of studies that will focus primarily on the Truth about the church. This is a sermon of celebration‚ celebration because it is rare occurrence that a two independent ministry will merge into one. Also‚ it is celebration because our text speaks about the dwelling together in unity of
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English 101 25 June 2012 My Family Value Without family where do we learn values from? We are not born with values‚ but learn values from our families. All my values developed from my family‚ and as I grew into an adult‚ I made them my own values. As a child‚ one is dependent on his or her family for emotional‚ physical‚ and mental support. The way a person values things is determined by one’s upbringing. Family is the most important value to me. Without my family‚ where would I be? How would
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Social and Cultural Influences On Death and Funerals in My Family Each family confronts death and funerals in a different manner. Some families follow long held traditions‚ while others seem to have no such precedent to serve as a guide. At first consideration‚ I thought it would be nearly impossible to write an essay on death and funerals in my family‚ because I don’t have much in the way of personal involvement to draw upon. After contemplating this absence of experience‚ I came to the realization
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Everyone has a different perception of what their culture is and what it means to them. There are so many things that I like about my culture. Some of the things that I’m fond of are my family traditions‚ religion‚ music and my family values. One of my family traditions is the Christmas party we have at my aunt’s house from my mom’s side‚ and there we usually get there and eat and the food is mostly dishes like tamales‚ rice and beans. The sweets are like cookies called ojarascas which are made sugar
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traditions. Every family has their own unique values and beliefs. I created a flag that encompasses words‚ colors‚ and symbols to represent my family’s heritage. In my flag‚ I used the words educated‚ traditional‚ creative‚ and ambitious to represent my family. I said educated because people in my family have grown up to be very successful. I have had members that were famous lawyers‚ teachers‚ and doctors. Creative because everyone in my family does a fine art. My dad plays the indian drum‚ my mom dances
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