What is the Day of the Dead? The Day of the Dead is a holiday that originates in Mexico. The main focus of it is to celebrate and remember dead loved ones with friends and family. The celebration takes place on October 31‚ November 1 and November 2. The celebration is dedicated to La Calavera Catrina‚ who has become a symbol for the holiday. The Day of the Dead has become one of the largest holidays in Mexican culture. What countries celebrate the Day of the Dead? The holiday is especially
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Thanksgiving Day The holiday of Thanksgiving is a tradition started by the Pilgrims and Indians. Together they shared the fruits of the newly settled America. Thanksgiving Day is a communal celebration marked as a sense of gratitude people feel for all the good things in life. This is done by offering prayers‚ gifting your near and dear ones. Its origin can be traced back to the 16th century when the first thanksgiving dinner is said to have taken place. Besides‚ the fourth Thursday in the month
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President’s Day Today is February 19‚ 2012 and we are celebrating the President’s Day. This day was designated to honor all the presidents of the America. The most honored and respected two American presidents at that time were‚ George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. George Washington’s birthday was on February 22‚ 1732 while Abraham Lincoln’s birthday was on February 12‚ 1809. Back then‚ Washington and Lincoln’s birthdays were celebrated separately‚ falling on their actual birthdays. However‚
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Abstract Student day is held once in each year to celebrate the anniversary of the Male Business School. Year 2013‚ the student day preparations and tasks were part of assignment for the students who are doing operations management module. Student day‚ 5th April 2013 was celebrated with operations skills and creative performances by students. To carry on the tasks for student day 6 groups were established‚ that includes; Executive committee Marketing and sponsorship Event planning Food and
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Cited: “Diversity Day.” The Office. Writ. B.J. Novak. Dir. Ken Kwapis. 29 Mar. 2005. Television.
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The Day it Happened did a very good job in conveying its theme‚ establishing its characters‚ and using setting and symbols to convey a meaning important to human experiences. In this short story it is clear that the theme is continual domestic violence against women in some cultures. This is important to human experience because domestic violence in some cultures has been happening for many years‚ and society seems to know about it but doesn’t take it as seriously as it should be taken. In general
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Earth Day Founded in 1970 as a day of education about environmental issues‚ Earth Day is now a globally celebrated holiday that is sometimes extended into Earth Week‚ a full seven days of events focused on green awareness. The brainchild of Senator Gaylord Nelson and inspired by the antiwar protests of the late 1960s‚ Earth Day was originally aimed at creating a mass environmental movement. It began as a "national teach-in on the environment" and was held on April 22 to maximize the number of
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Memorial Day is observed on the last Monday of May. It commemorates all men and women‚ who have died in military service for the United States. Memorial Day has become less of an occasion of remembrance. Today‚ many communities celebrate the observance of this holiday by organizing parades and official ceremonies that honor those that have fallen. Americans also honor soldiers by visiting cemeteries and national monuments and other memorials by placing flowers and flags on graves. Others honor the
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Independence Day What is an Independence Day? Independence Day‚ observed annually on 15 August in India commemorating the nation’s independence from Kingdom of Great Britain on 15 August 1947. India attained independence following an independence movement noted for largely nonviolent resistance and civil disobedience led by the Indian National Congress (INC). Independence coincided with the partition of India‚ in which the British Indian Empire was divided along religious lines into the Dominions of India and Pakistan;
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Point of View The story adopts the traditional mode of third-person omniscience. In other words‚ the author/narrator relates the entire story to the reader‚ but since the entire plot is dependent on the revelation taking place at the end‚ the narrator does not reveal all the aspects of character at the beginning. While the narrator is forthcoming about all the peripheral goings-on in the story‚ s/he is careful not to reveal to the reader anything more than would be evident to any passerby. The reader
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