mooncakes are to mid-autumn festival what mince pies are to christmas. the seasonal round cakes traditionally have a sweet filling of lotus seed paste or red bean paste and often have one or more salted duck eggs in the center to represent the moon. and the moon is what this celebration is all about. mid-autumn festival falls on the 15th day of the 8th month‚ it is the time when the moon is said to be at its brightest and fullest. this year the festival falls on october 1. there are two legends
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commonly known by Vietnamese as Tết Nguyên Đán or Tet‚ is the most important and popular holiday and also festival in Vietnam. Do you know: Vietnam Lunar New Year 2012 will fall on January 23rd. 2012 is the year of Dragon About Tet Vietnamese Lunar New Year‚ commonly known by Vietnamese as Tết Nguyên Đán or Tet‚ is the most important and popular holiday and also festival in Vietnam. Similar to Lunar New Year in South Korea or China‚ Tet is celebrated for the arrival of the spring
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1. South Australia (SA): SA’s nicknames are: Festival State‚ Better by Bike‚ The Wine State‚ The Defence State‚ The Creative State. Australian people from other states have another different name for SA: Crow Eaters. The reason for that name is because of the symbol on the flag of SA; it looks like a crow on a dinner plate. It is called The Wine State because it was becoming the dominant wine producing state by the beginning of the 20th century. It has more than 150‚000 acres of vineyards. Even
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leading German director‚ who will introduce both the film and the director (if he is in attendance)‚ and then moderate a discussion with the audience and the director immediately after the film. Already shown and praised at various international film festivals such as San Sebastian‚ Toronto‚ Locarno and Venice‚ most of them yet still without German distribution‚ these films have been all but unavailable to audiences in Berlin. AROUND THE WORLD IN 14 FILMS gives the unique chance to discover‚ to discuss
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Event Description On February 17th‚ I had the opportunity to visit Flagstaff Bike Revolution to view one of the feature films of the Flagstaff Mountain Film Festival. It took place in an awesome mountain bike shop in downtown Flagstaff. Everyone in attendance was someone who loved the outdoors and being active. The short film I watched was called‚ “Across the Sky”‚ directed by Renan Ozturk. You could see many people holding there breath as Théo Sanson walked 500 meters on a slack line from The Rectory
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only writes of school‚ church and other everyday occurrences in the town of Jonesville‚ until October 24th‚ 1860‚ when she finally had something worthwhile to write about. The sun was high and Becca awoke. Today was the Jonesville Annual Harvest Festival. Rebecca arose to put on her dress and walked downstairs. She couldn’t wait to spend the night with her two beaux‚ Alex and Charlie. After daily chores were finished‚ Becca retrieved a horse and wagon from the barn. Becca and her mother‚ Sarah
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Joy of Ganesh Festival and Impact on Environment Hemant Wakode|Life in India‚Urbanisation and Water| October 8‚ 20121 Indian calendar is filled with lots of festivals and holidays considering different religions. Few days ago‚ Ganesh Festival or locally known as “Ganesh Chaturthy” was celebrated all over India and also abroad in some parts where majority of Indians are living. Originally it was celebrated by every hindu religious person by establishing a small idol of lord Ganesha in their homes
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1.0 Introduction The ’Malaysia Day’ festival will be carry out in the College Plaza (see fig.1) and the Runway (see fig.2) starting from 6pm until 10pm with the aim of promoting patriotism and Malaysia’s culture. Basically‚ a stage will be set up in the middle of Plaza for culture dances performing purpose and all the vendors will be selling Malaysian foods and some other merchandise in the Runway. This event is targeting approximately 1000 students in Inti International College Subang. In order
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EVERYONE GET DOWN!!! You get stepped on while on the ground as another people our running but them see them fall drop to the ground shot up. The bullets stop and all you hear is sirens and screams. The evening of October 1st 2017 a country music festival was playing with Jason Aldean headlining. A man named Stephen Paddock fired a gun into the crowd from his hotel room on the 32nd floor at the Mandalay Bay hotel. 59 people have been confirmed dead and over 500 have been reported injured either from
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Michael Benson Final Draft 11/28/11 Birth of a Subculture; Death of the Music Festival In Birth of Tragedy‚ Friedriche Nietzsche characterizes ancient Greek Dionysian festivals to be “centered in extravagant licentiousness…[where] the most savage natural instincts were unleashed” (Nietzsche 39). Music‚ orgies‚ excess drinking‚ and indulgences thrived during these fests. Ancient Greek sects craved these festivals and counted down the days until they could partake in the debauchery (Nietzsche 39)
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