Celebrated for centuries‚ the Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節‚ zhōngqiū jié) is a harvest festival celebrated on the 15 day of the eighth month of the lunar calendar. What Is the Mid-Autumn Festival‚ and Why Is the Mid-Autumn Festival Celebrated? The Mid-Autumn Festival is derived from the tradition of praying to Chang-e‚ the Moon Goddess‚ in the autumn for a plentiful harvest. According to a legend from the Han Dynasty‚ Chang-e was the wife of divine archer Hou Yi‚ who shot down one of 10 suns that appeared
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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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My Favorite Chinese Festival The Mid-autumn is my favorite Chinese festival. It always falls on the 15th day of August‚ but this year is on 29th September. “This wonderful tale is a depiction of a Chinese family coming together and preparing to celebrate the moon with a nighttime picnic that embraces their Chinese customs with glowing lanterns and includes traditional dishes‚ such as the moon cakes‚ pomelos‚ and tea.”(LIN 94) A few days before the festival‚ everyone in the family will help to
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Day. Or in Japan‚ Tango no Sekku ‚which occurs on the fifth day of May is their Children’s Day. In my country - Vietnam‚ the fifteenth day of August in lunar calendar is the Children’s Day‚ also called Mid-Autumn Festival‚ is the second important occasion in Vietnam. Mid-Autumn Festival is the time for parents to play with and catch up their kids. Parents often tell many stories to their kids on this holiday. The most popular story is about “ the moon man and his banian tree”. The banian tree had
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My name is Eric Valencia and I began playing piano three and a half years ago. I never had any interest in playing piano‚ although I loved hearing it. My grandmother passed away december of 2008 and I was deeply saddened by this event. My music history teacher in high school played a few pieces for us from the classical period. I remember hearing the Marriage of figaro‚ Moonlight sonata‚ Don Giovanni‚ and a few others‚ but Moonlight sonata grabbed my attention the most. I began
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The moment I realized music is what I would want to do for the rest of my life. The first open-mic of my life. I’m so nervous that my hands won’t stop shaking. Its funny because before it actually got to this point‚ I was telling everyone in a fit of joy how I had finally got my first show and how they should come and support me. The sign-up sheet finally comes out and I hesitantly write my name on it knowing that I wasn’t even down (’done’ instead of ’down’) writing the song I was about to perform
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Tracy Blijden Prof. Andrews ENG1020 6 November 2012 The Benefits of the South Beach Food Network Wine & Food Festival in Miami Miami is a great tourist destination‚ because it fulfills every tourist’s needs. It has great weather‚ great shopping and an even greater nightlife. Another thing that keeps the tourist coming is also its great cuisine. Miami has a cuisine that is uniquely its own. With its diverse community comes a cuisine with a blend of Latin‚ Caribbean and other influences. Lately
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KIIT University‚ Bhubaneswar HOLIDAY LIST FOR THE YEAR 2013 (Students) DATE 25.01.2013 26.01.2013 15.02.2013 28.03.2013 29.03.2013 01.04.2013 20.04.2013 15.06.2013 10.07.2013 09.08.2013 15.08.2013 28.08.2013 09.09.2013 02.10.2013 11-19.10.2013 14.11.2013 25.12.2013 Total DAYS Friday Saturday Friday Thursday Friday Monday Saturday Saturday Wednesday Friday Thursday Wednesday Monday Wednesday Friday - Saturday Thursday Wednesday NO.OF DAYS 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 9 1 1 25 EVENT BIRTHDAY
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Society with Music Kyle Klemz SOCS 185 DeVry 8/16/2012 Dr. Dominguez What does music mean to you? Do you think it’s changed from the different styles of music and the way that music sounds from when it started? Music can play a big part and role on society. There are many different types of music and music festivals in today’s society. Music has changed a lot within the past few decades. Music festivals have pretty much stayed the same. People can be judged on the type of music that they
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Music There is nothing better in life to me than music. Since the 5th grade I have loved music; playing it‚ making it and listening to it. Over the past few years I have learned to make repairs to band instruments. Music has become my passion and I plan to make it a part of my future. One day I plan to work with music through its ever expanding technology. I also plan to continue playing perhaps in a jazz band or the symphony. In jazz I can play fun pieces of music‚ and in a symphony I could play
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