international festival Steve Henderson‚ Leeds Metropolitan University Glastonbury Festival has beconne a worldwide attraction for music fans and artists alike. In 2009‚ Bruce Springsteen was added to the long list of acts (from Paul McCartney to Oasis) that have appeared at the festival. It started in 1970 when 1‚500 hippy revellers gathered on a farm near Glastonbury Tor to be plied with free milk and entertainment from a makeshift stage. Now‚ Glastonbury is a major international festival that attracts
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a land of festivals. People of different communities belonging to different religions live here. As a result‚ some kind of festival or the other is seen being celebrated with joy and fun on almost all days of the year. These festivals make life colourful and charming as they take people away from the dull routine of life. Since they infuse life with fun and frolics‚ they are celebrated with zeal and jubilation. The festivals commemorated in India are of various kinds. Some festivals are religious;
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SONGKRAN FESTIVAL Do we have everybody?! .. Guys‚ over here… there’s our bus. Please settle down. So‚ good afternoon‚ ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to Chiang Mai‚ Thailand. My name is Thu and I’m gonna be your tour guide for the next three days. Before we get to the centre of the city‚ I want to tell you a bit about our three-day trip. As you all know today is the 13th of April At this very moment‚ all the provinces around the country are ready to celebrate the Songkran festival. The Songkran
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The Baisakhi festival is a seasonal festival. It is celebrated all over the Punjab and Haryana by all classes of people. Hindus‚ Muslims and Sikhs all take part in this celebration. It falls in he first day of baisakh. It falls every year in the 13th of April. On this day people put on new clothes. They prepare Halawa and several tasty things at home. Baisakhi Fair A fair is held everywhere in connection with the Baisakhi festival. The site of the fair is a place which is religiously famous. Generally
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Resolutions are promises you make to yourself to change‚ be better‚ and to improve yourself. The beginning of every new year seems like a time for change and a time to evolve as a person. “ New Year ‚ New Me” things people say because starting a new year feels like starting a new beginning of our lives. So we end up making resolutions as a promise to ourselves that we will committee to this and conquer this promise. Making resolutions has become a tradition over time and only 8% of those people stay
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topic: The Diwali Festival Analysis of Diwali Festival: special significances & negative effects (School of Tourism‚ Sun Yat-sen University‚ Wang Weiwei) Abstract: “Diwali”‚ the festival of lights‚ illuminates the darkness of the New Year’s moon‚ and strengthens our close friendships and knowledge‚ with a self-realization. Diwali id celebrated on a nation-wide scale on Amavasya‚ the 15th day of the dark fortnight of the Hindu month of Ashwin‚ which is October/November every year. It symbolizes that
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POLICIES AND NORMS OF SRI LANKA FOR TEA INDUSTRY FOR IMPORT/EXPORT INCLUDING LICENSING‚ PERMISSION & TAXATION The tea sector in Sri Lanka has always been an important component of her economy. It is also the country ’s largest employer providing employment both‚ directly and indirectly to over one million people. It also contributes a significant amount to Government revenue as well as to the gross domestic product. Sri Lanka as the 3rd biggest tea producing country generating US$673
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The banking industry of Sri Lanka has undergone tremendous shift due to intense competition and technological developments. While banks are becoming more customer focused and market driven‚ customers are becoming more demanding and selective in their preferences. Minimizing of customer switching is one of the biggest challenges facing bankers today. This paper aims to examine the role of the service quality in determining switching behavior of the retail banking customers. Data gathered through
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Khmer New Year in Cambodia Khmer New Year‚ or ‘Bon Chol Chhnam Thmei’ in the Khmer language‚ is the greatest traditional festival and national holiday in Cambodia‚ and the celebration last for three days. Khmer New year starts on April the 13th‚ 14th or 15th depending on the ancient horoscope “Maha Sangkran”‚ 2012 it starts on the 13 of April. The majority of the Cambodians are still farmers and Khmer New Year marks the end of the harvest season when farmers enjoy the fruits of their labor and
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The island of Sri Lanka‚ situated in the Indian Ocean off the southern tip of India‚ is an exquisitely beautiful and spiritual place. Torture‚ rape and random killings have been perpetrated by the military and pro-government paramilitaries. Underpinning this war has been Western military aid and political support. This reflects Sri Lanka’s strategic significance‚ but also that the military‚ political and theocratic elites that rule Sri Lanka maintain Western domination of the economy that still follows
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