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    Festival at the Village

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    [pic] FESTIVAL AT THE VILLAGE T/A “F@V – 2013” A Proposal Document By Lentswe Arts Projects [LEAP] About Us Lentswe Arts Projects [LEAP] is a non-profit organization established in March 2011‚ in terms of Act No 71 0f 1997 under the Department of Social Development‚ South Africa. LEAP‚ is the brainchild of cultural activists‚ artists and art managers in the North West Province who have for decades combined‚ been running different organizations‚ but fundamentally

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    Indian Festival

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    Indian Festival Further information: Category:Festivals ▪ Arts festival Beer festival Comedy festival Japanese Cultural festival Esala Perahera festival Film festival Fire festival Folk festival Food festival Literary festival Mela Festival Music festival Oyster Festival Peanut Festival Ribfest Religious festival Renaissance festival Rock festival Science festival Sindhi festivals Storytelling festival Theatre festival Wine festivals Winter festivals Baisakhi Diwali • Durga Puja •

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    Qingming Festival

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    Qingming Festival Qingming Festival‚ also known as Pure Brightness Festival‚ which falls on either April 4th or 5th of the solar calendar (one of the Chinese Twenty-four Solar Terms). From that day temperatures begin to rise and rainfall increases‚ indicating that it is crucial time for plowing and sowing in the spring. Qingming Festival therefore has a close relationship with agriculture. However‚ it is not only a seasonal symbol; it is also a festival of paying respect of the dead‚ a spring

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    The Spring Festival

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    When I was younger‚ I asked to my grandma that why people eat rice dumplings during the Dragon Boat Festival. She told me about Chinese traditional food and its beginning in our five thousands years old Chinese culture. My grandma said that our ancestors created lots of festivals such as The Spring Festival‚ The Lantern Festival‚ The Dragon Boat Festival‚ Moon Festival. The Dragon Boat Festival was created to commemorate the poet ’quyuan’ who jumped into the ’Han river’ and committed suicide when

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    Carnival festival

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    Speech 1619: Intercultural Communication Section 1T11 March 4‚ 2013 Samara Dudley           February 13‚ 2013 Speech 1619: Intercultural Communication Section 1T11                                                 Haiti and the Carnival Festival             Culture is the characteristics of a particular group of people who share a common history and is defined by their religion‚ language‚ social habits‚ music‚ arts‚ and cuisine. Culture is also acquired meaning: it’s something we learn

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    Festival Hue

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    Festival Hue 2000 took place within 12 days and nights with the participation of more than 30 Vietnamese and French art groups‚ including over 1‚000 artists and professional and amateur actors and actresses. It attracted more than 410‚000 people‚ including 41‚000 tourists and 6‚000 foreign guests… Festival Hue 2000 is actually the national and international festival of culture‚ art‚ and tourism‚ a general rehearsal of exchange activities on politics‚ foreign affairs‚ economy‚ culture‚ which promotes

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    Unusual Festivals

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    My lecture is about unusual festivals. Could you give me some examples for unusual festival? -Yes that’s true -Don’t you have any idea? I’m sure you have seen some unusual festivals on TV but now you might forgot them. Forexample you imagin a lot of people gathering in a city throwing tomatos at each other just for fun. Have you ever participated in an unusual festival? -Yes: great this is such an interesting experience I’m sure you never fogot that day. -No: no problem

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    Festivals in India

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    Festivals in India are characterized by color‚ gaiety‚ enthusiasm‚ prayers and rituals. The word festival means feast day‚ festive celebration. As kids‚ when there used to be festivals the only thing that came to our minds was holidays and sweets that in turn meant lots of fun. India being a society of may religions there are a lot many festivals. For the Hindus there is diwali‚ for the Muslims there is id‚ for the Christians its Christmas and for the Parsis it’s the New Year and apart from all these

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    Festivals of India

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    translation services. Free Essay on Festivals of India. There are occasions in the life of a community when its members give themselves up to jollity. There is joy and excitement. The dull routine of life is broken. People dress themselves up in their best. Such occasions are called festivals. There is not a community which does not observe such occasions. They are an important link to connect the present with the past. Our society celebrates many festivals. Some are celebrated in the memory

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    Festival and Diwali

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    "The Festival of Lights" India is the country of Festivals. Diwali is one of the most important Hindu festivals of India. It is a festival of joy‚ happiness‚ brightness and splendour. Diwali literally means ‘row of lights’. The real meaning is to lead us into truth and light. In India everyone celebrates this festival in different traditions but the theme behind is same throughout “Good conquering Evil”. All the rituals have a story behind them. The best thing of the festival is the family

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