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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Its 1975‚ spring in Del Mar‚ CA. A freestyle skateboarding contest was held at the ocean festival. That day the Zephyr Skate team ( lords of dogtown‚ Z-boys) attended the contest‚ won almost every event they entered and showed the world what skateboarding was really about. This was the rebirth of skateboarding since the crash of skateboarding in 1965. Skateboarding was now huge all over the world‚ pool skating was also very big‚ it was taken from a hobby to something serious and exciting. Pong (marketed
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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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Australia has a population close to 22‚400‚000 people of which one in four people come from a culturally diverse and linguistic background (Dept of Immigration and Citizenship‚ 2009). This essay will explore the social issues of immigration in Australian society especially in relation to refugees. It will give an overview of the history of immigration in Australia. It will then go on to explore refugees and discuss the perceptions of refugees‚ settlement issues of refugees and then go on to look
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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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Moon Festival is on the 15th of the 8th lunar month. It’s also known as the Mid-autumn Festival. Chinese culture is deeply imbedded in traditional festivals. Just like Christmas and Thanksgiving in the West‚ the Moon Festival is one of the most important traditional events for the Chinese.The Moon Festival is full of legendary stories. Legend says that Chang Er flew to the moon‚ where she has lived ever since. You might see her dancing on the moon during the Moon Festival. The Moon Festival is also
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the remaining water leaving a hollow vessel. A windproof ice lantern is now formed. The windproof ice lantern has gain popularity that people starts to make ice lanterns to put outside their house and gave it to their children to play during some festivals. Ice lantern was the symbol of winter holiday back in the old days. Ice lanterns also symbolize the novel changes and immense advance in techniques of the Chinese craftsmanship. 2.2 Introduction of Harbin Ice lanterns were first found in
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Rihanna - ‘We Found Love’ music video This music video does follow a narrative which is realist as it shows scenes from the story of the couple’s life. All shots in this video do not show continuity they go from one scene to another completely randomly which makes it hard to find a narrative; much like any film that shows formalism. Surrealist art cinema tends to subject itself to visions of sexual desire‚ violence and bizarre humour. Rihanna’s music video shows a lot of sexual desire between
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Festivals of India Indian festivals are both colourful and extremely joyous. People enjoy the festivals with family and friends. The religious significance of the festivals too can hardly be denied. Here are some of the very popular festivals that take place throughout India. There are many festivals in India like Durga Puja‚Navratri‚Dussehra‚Ganesh Chaturthi‚Holi‚Diwali‚etc. In India‚ festivals do not just offer people a temporary reprieve from their daily grind. Imbued with deep inner significance
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