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    Diwali rituals Diwali‚ the festival of lights‚ is one of the important and widely spread holidays celebrated in India. It is a celebration of lights‚ and for many‚ it is truly a sensory experience; some families decorate their houses with all sorts of lights and open up to the neighbors‚ sharing their love and their food. Those celebrating Diwali spend time with family and friends. They perform religious ceremonies to bring in wealth and prosperity for a new year‚ cook and eat delicious food

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    Dashain Festival of Nepal INTRODUCTION Dashain is the biggest festival in Nepal. Dashain is celebrated by Nepalese people with great excitement. It is normally in the month of October but sometimes in late September. This festival is the longest and the most important of all festivals in Nepal. It falls in the best time of the year when fruits‚ vegetables and other foods are in plenty. And‚ all animals are well fed and healthy. It is said that Dashain is a celebration of the victory of the gods

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    Originally named the Mid-Autumn Festival‚ the Moon Festival is one of the most important holidays celebrated by Chinese communities around the world. Traditionally‚ it is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month in observance of the bountiful Autumn harvest. Although old rituals are no longer followed‚ families continue to gather for a day to relax and eat moon cakes. Upon this occasion‚ the legend of the Moon Goddess‚ CHANG-O‚ is often told to children. Once

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    Black Swamp Festival

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    For my event I attended the Black Swamp Arts Festival back in September. This festival was over a whole weekend and it was filled with eclectic styles of art and music. Walking through the festival and seeing the different booths made me feel like I was in a whole new world sometimes. The art was gorgeous‚ some of it was funny and amusing‚ and others were moving and were very deep. The musical portion of the weekend is where I found my most memorable events that I believe related to this class in

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    Oklahoma City Festival

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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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    “Allah has made the Kaaba‚ the sacred house‚ a maintenance for the people‚ and the sacred month and the offerings and the sacrificial animals with garlands; this is that you may know that Allah knows whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth‚ and that Allah is the Knower of all things.“ To many people‚ whether Muslim or not‚ the Ka’bah is a well-known artifact. It has a rich and fascinating past‚ and has been an important aspect throughout centuries of Islamic history. Within the Islamic

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    The Harvest Festival Paper

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    predict this celebration happened in october and lasted for three days Myth#4: The food they ate was similar to the food we eat now Fact#4: Actually there was no cranberry sauce‚ popcorn‚ or turkey Myth #5 Only one or two natives came to the harvest festival Fact #5: When in fact about 90 native men attended Myth #6: The pilgrims or colonists only wore black and white clothing Fact #6: Incorrect as well since the colonists had a variety of colors and a few materials. Myth#7 We believe that the first

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    Significance of the Title

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    The significance of a title is not always easy to discover and the full significance of the title becomes apparent to the reader only gradually. In A Long Days Journey into Night by Eugene O’Neill‚ the significance of the title is developed through the title’s importance to each of O’Neill’s characters. Tyrone‚ Mary‚ Jaime‚ and Edmund carry different meanings of the title. The words long and night play a major role in the importance of the title to each character. Both words can have multiple meanings

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    Grand Food Festival

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    Hl- Band Baja Buffet Intro- Tip Top Plaza held a ‘Grand Food Festival’ to satiate the taste buds of the local folks. Ingila Mujawar Thane The arrival of wedding season is so electrifying that families of the prospective bride and bridegroom have to set the tone for their wedding celebrations with fresh‚ modern décor and an easy flow for their guests. Keeping this memo in mind‚ Tip Top Plaza staged a Grand food fest along with imperial display of lavish decorations‚ mandap arrangements and other

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    Myanmar Thingyan Festival

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    Thingyan is probably the most celebrated‚ most joyous event in the culture and custom of Myanmar people. From the poorest to the richest in Myanmar‚ this is the greatest event for the year. Every body‚ poor‚ rich‚ uneducated‚ educated‚ young and old all participate and enjoy in this once a year event. For every Burmese‚ this is the event not to be missed. Even for those Burmese people in foreign countries‚ this is the time for a celebration in the memory of their homeland and their culture. Thingyan

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