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    as the festivals assimilated with the American standard of faith and became more of a cultural expression‚ creating the implications that without proper cultural preservation these festivals will be absorbed into other cultural celebrations such as the Italian celebration of St. Lucy’s Day or the Americanized‚ religiously meaningless May Day festival. The festival of St. Lucia is celebrated similarly all around the globe. On December 13th‚ the festival begins

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    Tanabata- Japanese Star Festival Every country around the world had many different festivals and celebrations that out own. Japan has many different festivals each season based on the lunar calendar. One of the most celebrated festivals in Japan is a festival called Tanabata‚ which is also called the Star Festival. The first annual observance of summer is known as Tanabata‚ falling on July 7. It is a day that commemorates a romantic story‚ first handed down to Japan’s imperial court via China and

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    Pakistan and I can see many differences between these two countries. In my opinion the most prime difference between these two countries is that they enjoy different kinds of celebrations and holidays‚ and have dissimilar costume styles. First of all‚ Pakistan and the United States have different kinds of celebrations

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    RUNNING HEADER: JEWISH HOLY DAYS PAPER 1 Jewish Holy Days Paper Alicia Zackery University of Phoenix

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    strongly binds a brothers and a sisters in the circumference of mutual love and trust. Any Indian festival seems to be incomplete without the traditional Indian festivities‚ such as gathering‚ celebrations‚ exchange of sweets and gifts‚ lots of noise‚ singing and dancing. Festivals are the celebration of togetherness as being as a united family and the festival "Raksha Bandhan" is not an exception of this. The love and self actuation towards a novel cause between a brother and his sister is

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    Dia de los Muertos‚ or colloquially‚ Day of the Dead‚ is a celebration of those departed into the afterlife. It is the holiday in which Mexico is most famous for (Brandes 1997: 270). In the modern day‚ this holiday refers to the pan-Roman Catholic holiday All Souls Day‚ which has its origins in Europe. In Mexico‚ the Day of the Dead is the largest annual ceremony‚ and rivals it’s ancestral origins (Brandes 1997: 271). In North America‚ Dia de los Muertos‚ or Halloween‚ has become less about celebrating

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    mistake.” While standing on the very soil‚ which once oppressed the patriots of young America‚ Swanson‚ filled with a strong pride for our nation and detest of our former British monarchy‚ understands the importance of our independence and the celebration of it. The Fourth of July is both a pivottable date in our democracy‚ declaring our liberty through law‚ and serves as a date in which Americans all across the nation’s reaches can celebrate their freedoms and rights bestowed to them by the people

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    Most Indian business communities begin the financial year on the first day of Diwali. Diwali commemorates the return of Lord Rama‚ along with Sita and Lakshman‚ from his fourteen-year-long exile and vanquishing the demon-king Ravana. In joyous celebration of the return of their king‚ the people of Ayodhya‚ the Capital of Rama‚ illuminated the kingdom with earthen diyas (oil lamps) and burst firecrackers.[5] In Jainism‚ Diwali marks the attainment of moksha or nirvana by Mahavira in 527 BC.[6][7] In

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    "The Great Rite" is a sympathetic magick‚ to represent something a lot greater by doing a small thing. It is a portion of a Beltane ritual‚ which celebrates the start of the planting session. It is a celebration of life - most of the time symbolically done by using a chalice (as a symbol for the Goddess) and an athame (as a symbol for the God). But this rite can be performed in a multitude ways by using items which are representative for the God that can be inserted into another item to representate

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    to find more about the International Women’s Day celebration. ’Woman’- is a word that conjures up a lot of images in our minds and brings out varied emotions as selfless love‚ nurturing and caring attitude. Who is a woman? The dictionary meaning of a woman is adult female human but this definition cannot do justice to the role of woman. A woman is much more than these words. Read on to find more about the significance of Women’s Day celebration. Understanding a Woman “A woman is a full circle

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