Pongal Festival Pongal is a four-days-long harvest festival celebrated in Tamil Nadu‚ a southern state of India. For as long as people have been planting and gathering food‚ there has been some form of harvest festival. Pongal‚ one of the most important popular Hindu festivals of the year. This four-day festival of thanksgiving to nature takes its name from the Tamil word meaning "to boil" and is held in the month of Thai (January-February) during the season when rice and other cereals‚ sugar-cane
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Author (Stephen Chbosky) Stephen Chbosky born January 25‚ 1970 is an American novelist‚ screenwriter‚ and film director best known for writing the coming of age novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower (1999)‚ as well as for screenwriting and directing the film version of the same book‚ starring Logan Lerman‚ Emma Watson‚ and Ezra Miller. He also wrote the screenplay for the 2005 film Rent‚ and was co-creator‚ executive producer‚ and writer of the CBS television series Jericho‚ which began airing
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health and environment. With unprecedented expansion in population‚ the pollution in India has sky rocketed. The pollution in India shoots up abruptly due to various factors and the pollution due to festivals is also one among them. The practice of immersion of Ganesh idols after the Ganesh festival in various cities is causing severe water pollution which leads to the death of tonnes of fish and many aquatic creatures. Gone are the days when the idols are made with clay‚ nowadays idols are made
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documented in books‚ poems‚ and film. As the father of two young sons‚ four and two‚ I was deeply affected by the film “The Music Never Stopped‚” directed by Jim Kohlberg. I had the privilege of viewing this film at the Sundance Film Festival in 2011. This is the first film I have seen in my adult life that caused me to weep openly several times. I connected with the struggle of this father as he dealt with a devastating brain injury to his estranged son. The film covered three common themes in
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There are only two Muslim festivals set down in Islamic law: Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Adha ("Eid" or "Id" means festival). There are also several other special days which Muslims celebrate. Al-Hijra (1 Muharram) The Islamic New Year’s Day. This festival commemorates the Hijra (or Hegira) in 622 CE when the Prophet Mohammed (pbuh) moved from Mecca to Medina. This was the beginning of the growth of Islam into a world faith. The Muslim calendar counts dates from the Hijra‚ which is why Muslim
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Festival writing Everyone has their own festival to celebrate. As a Chinese‚ I always celebrate different festival like the Lantern Festival and Dragon Boat Festival. However‚ the festival which I anticipate and put in my effort to prepare for it will be the annual Chinese New Year. Whenever Chinatown is aglow with flamboyant lights‚ and the laughter and banter of eager shoppers fill the air‚ it is a clear sign that the welcoming Chinese New Year is approaching once again. While
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Moon Cake Festival: A Mid-Autumn Festival (Chung Chiu)‚ the third major festival of the Chinese calendar‚ is celebrated on the 15th day of the eighth month. This festival corresponds to harvest festival s observed by Western cultures (in Hong Kong‚ it is held in conjunction with the annual Lantern Festival). Contrary to what most people believe‚ this festival probably has less to do with harvest festivities than with the philosophically minded chinese of old. The union of man’s spirit with nature
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Pongal is the only festival of Hindu that follows a solar calendar and is celebrated on the fourteenth of January every year. Pongal marks the beginning of Uttarayana. In Hindu temples bells‚ drums‚ clarinets and conch shells herald the joyous occasion of Pongal. To symbolize a bountiful harvest‚ rice is cooked in new pots until they boil over. Some of the rituals performed in the temple include the preparation of rice‚ the chanting of prayers and the offering of vegetables‚ sugar cane and spices
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celebration - Diyas‚ fireworks - Gifts‚ sweets distribution - Lighting decoration Values of Diwali festival - Family Unite - Thanks giving and be generous - Brings unity among people - Victory of good over evil Paragraph: Draft - 2 Diwali‚ the festival of lights‚ is the most interesting festival of celebration from Indian culture. Diwali is celebrated by lighting up diyas or small clay lamps which are filled up by oil and
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The Osun Festival There are many Festivals in Nigeria‚ some of which date to the period before the arrival of the major religions in this ethnically and culturally diverse society. Does anyone know about The Osun Festival in Nigeria? The early history of the Oshogbo people is founded on mythical and spiritual beliefs‚ along the lines of the traditions of the Yoruba people. The Osun River goddess is credited with the founding and establishment of Oshogbo town. Some accounts describe her as Oso-Igbo
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