India: A Land Of Festivals INDIA‚ the world’s second largest country‚ has over 1 billion inhabitants‚ who speak 18 major languages and more than 1‚000 minor languages and dialects. It features an infinite variety of landscapes and unsurpassed cultural richness. With so much diversity embedded within one culture‚ it is easy to understand why India is called "a land of festival and fairs." Every day of the year there is a festival celebrated in some part of the country. As in any old civilization
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The Pahiyas Festival is celebrated every year on May 15 in Lucban‚ Quezon. It is in honor of St. Isidore the Farmer‚ the patron saint of harvest. Lucban is marvelously situated at the foot of Mount Banahaw and the Pahiyas festival showcases a street of houses adorned with fruits‚ vegetables‚ agricultural products‚ handicrafts and kiping‚ a decoration made from rice flour‚ which afterwards can be grilled or fried for eating. The houses compete to be declared the best decorated. Tourists visit Lucban
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There are three things that are certain to occur in Oklahoma during the spring. One being bad weather‚ the second is the Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon and the third being the start of festival and fair season. Oklahoma City has festivals to celebrate the arts‚ music‚ and foods that are unique to Oklahoma. The City of Guthrie devotes a whole weekend to the Land Run of 1889 with “89er Days Celebration” and in Bartlesville you will be transported back to Indian Territory of the 1820s during the
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The Strawberry Festival has now become an annual tradition at USD where the dining services provide free food for the students and faculty. Throughout the festival I surprised to see the amount of students that attended because they did not advertise as much as I expected them to do so I thought the students were not well informed. However‚ in the Student Life Pavilion (SLP) at tables they did have a small sign that advertised it as well they sent out an email to inform us however in the SLP student
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FESTIVALS Good morning everybody. My name is Lavitsef. I’m here today to invite you to go on the most colorful and eventful journey that you’ll ever make in your life. A journey with Slavitsef to Festivals! But first‚ I wanna give you some basic information about festivals. A festival is simply a day or period of the year when people stop working to celebrate a special event. In general‚ there are 3 major types of festivals: national festivals such as Mexican Independence Day Festival‚ religious
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Short essay on Onam festival of Kerala Onam is one of the most significant harvest festivals of Kerala and is an attraction for thousands of people outside and within the State. All the activities during this season are centered on worship‚ music‚ dance‚ sports‚ boat races and good food. This festival is celebrated in the Malayalam month Chingam (ending of August and beginning of September). Onam is a harvest festival and celebrates the reward of nature after a year of hard work. The merry-making
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Festivals in Jharkhand Sarhul is a festival where Shaal tree and leaves play an important role. Sarhul is celebrated during the spring season when the Shaal trees get new leaves. Shaal flowers are brought to saran sthal (the sacred place) and pahan propitiates the Gods. The priest is called Pahan and he distributes shaal flowers to every villager. The shaal flowers represent the brotherhood and friendship among villagers. It is believed that the earth becomes fertile after this festival as such
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Dashain is the greatest and propitious festival of Nepalese people. Like other cultural celebration‚ it is also based on the lunar calendar and falls in the months of September and October. Nepalese observed this festival for 10 days from the new moon day to the full moon day and it also celebrated throughout the globe. Dashain is a festival of great delight‚ enthusiasm and happiness. This festival’s value is on family gathering as well as renewal of community truss. Those people who were away from
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Glastonbury festival Glastonbury festival (officially The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts) is biggest and one of the most important music festivals in the world‚ best known for its contemporary music‚ but also for dance‚ comedy‚ theatre‚ circus‚ cabaret and other arts. It takes place in south west England. The festival organiser Michael Eavis‚ a farmer in a Somerset decided to host the first festival‚ )then called Pilton Festival) as he saw open air Led Zeppelin concert
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General information: Chinese New Year is also known as the Lunar New Year or the Spring Festival. Lunar because it s based on a lunisolar calendar (moon phase and solar year) and spring because it s the beginning of Spring. You celebrate the first day of the chinese calendar‚ but basically it s a long chinese holiday starting from the first day until the Lantern Festival on the last day. It is the time to honor deities and ancestors. New year´s days are celebrated as a family affair and a time
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