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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BEER FESTIVAL Great American Beer Festival (GABF) Started in 1982‚ the GABF was created by nuclear engineer Charlie Papazian in Boulder‚ Colorado. The original GABF had 22 participating breweries and the 2009 festival had 457. In 2009 the festival expanded into a hall one-third larger than the previous year. The GABF is considered the largest ticketed beer festival in the United States. The Great American Beer Festival (GABF) is a three-day annual event hosted by the Brewers Association‚ held
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Cultural Festival Tours‚ by which you can gain contact with the people of Nigeria that no ’ordinary’ trip can not afford. Argungu Fishing Festival at Sokoto Annual celebrations to mark beginning of the fishing season in Argungu‚ Kebbi State‚ is one of the most famous cultural festivals in Nigeria. Bare-hand fishing competitions among over 1‚000 Fishermen‚ equipped with a hand net and large gourd‚ is the main event of this cultural extravaganza. For a whole year preceding the festival‚ fishing
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of festivals are celebrated in India in honour of their gods and goddesses. Since many communities exist here; the ways and method of celebrating these festivals also differ from state to state. But‚ the basic form of the belief behind their origin‚ the traditions and the excitement of celebrations is still the same for years. However‚ since India has a majority of Hindus‚ there is a preponderance of Hindu festivals. Cities or states are famous for the celebration of particular festivals e.g
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Diwali is an annual festival of Hindus. Generally it falls during the month of October or November. Hindus throughout India celebrate this festival with great joy. The festival of Diwali has a religious sanction behind it. It was on this day thousands of years ago that Shri Ram Chandra set foot on Ayodhya after completing the 14 years of his exile. His return was a matter of great joy and relief to the people of Ayodhya. They celebrated the occasion by arranging illuminations on a large scale
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The Athenians would enjoy festivals throughout the whole year and devoted several days of each month to them. There was an extremely diverse variety of festivals to cater for different parts of the population. Festivals were very important to Athenians in particular for many reasons. The Athenians were very proud of their festivals and they became a way in which Athens attempted to show off and prove her prominence and importance to other Greek states. Firstly‚ they allowed a way to honour the gods
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Festivals in the Philippines 1. BULAKLAKAN FESTIVAL January 01 / Muntinlupa City‚ Metro Manila (45 minutes from Manila) Annual procession‚ parade of flowers and costumes. 2. COCONUT FESTIVAL January 11-15 / San Pablo City‚ Laguna (2 hours from Manila by land) A grand mardi-gras celebration which pays homage to Laguna Province’s most ubiquitous crop. 3. CARACOL FESTIVAL January 19 / Glorietta 4 Park‚ Makati City‚ Metro Manila (30 minutes from Manila ) "Caracol" is Spanish for
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they all enjoy is the strawberry festival. The strawberry festival is held once a year in Troy‚ Ohio at their local fairgrounds. Fulton Farms‚ just outside of Troy is known to have one of the largest strawberry fields east of the Mississippi River. People come out every year the first weekend of June to savor the fun and great taste of the celebration because it is a great time to celebrate the berry harvest. The strawberry festival is one of the top festivals in Southern Ohio and gets a tremendous
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