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    Diwali - Hindu Festival of Lights Each year in October and November‚ Indian people who are followers of the Hindu religion celebrate the festival of Diwali by decorating their homes with hundreds of little lamps called divas. The word Diwali is a contraction of deepavali - which literally means "cluster of lights" or "row of lamps" and the festival symbolises the triumph of light over darkness. Diwali is one of the most ancient Hindu festivals in India where it is a national holiday and celebrated

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    In just over a month on June 21st‚ the Hideous Yulin Festival is set to open. Today‚ May 18th there are hundreds of stories claiming "China banning dog meat at the Yulin festival" at EndYulin2017.com we believe this story is a lie. I hope and pray with all my heart that on June 21st I am absolutely 100% wrong‚ but based on the last two years odds are I am right. In 2015 a month before Yulin was set to start‚ just like today‚ the same exact scenario took place. Word was spreading that dog meat would

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    Cultural Festival Tours‚ by which you can gain contact with the people of Nigeria that no ’ordinary’ trip can not afford. Argungu Fishing Festival at Sokoto Annual celebrations to mark beginning of the fishing season in Argungu‚ Kebbi State‚ is one of the most famous cultural festivals in Nigeria. Bare-hand fishing competitions among over 1‚000 Fishermen‚ equipped with a hand net and large gourd‚ is the main event of this cultural extravaganza. For a whole year preceding the festival‚ fishing

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    The celebration of Sukkot is the Jewish festival of rejoicing. Sukkot commemorates the forty-year period during which the children of Israel were wandering in the desert‚ living in temporary shelters. Ushpizin takes place during this festival. There are customs seen in the movie such as gemah meaning acts of kindness‚ the waving of the four species‚ and the shtreimel; a circular fur hat made of fox tails that are worn on the Sabbath or holidays. There are three major traditions associated with Sukkot

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    30 May 2013 Aesthetic Experience On Saturday March 8 I attended the rockabilly festival that took place in Pitzer College. This was a great experience because I had the opportunity to feel what it was like during the rock n roll times. I was invited to go through Mr. Molina in MECHA to help out with fundraising. I was there all day selling raffle tickets to people who attended the festival in order to raise money for the MECHA scholarship. Through this experience I had the chance to

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    BRITISH YEAR: Festivals and Holidays 1. Although (1) Midsummer’s Eve is not traditionally a widely celebrated festival in Britain‚ it is celebrated by (2) druids (practitioners of an ancient religion now virtually extinct)‚ at the prehistoric stone circle of (3) Stonehenge . In recent years‚ groups of travellers — caravan dwellers — and (4) hippies have also tried to claim the right to enter the circle to see the sun rise on this day‚ but they have generally not been allowed‚ largely because of

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    1. Decision tree for Friday pressing Mr. Ward is trying to decide on how many CDs to press on the first night of the festival. His intuition combined with his experience allowed him to make some predictions of demand. These take the form of probabilities. “The probabilities may be subjective estimates from managers or from experts in a particular field‚ or they may reflect historical frequencies. If they are reasonably correct‚ they provide a decision maker with additional information that can

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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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    Tomorrow is the Dionysia festival. This will be my third one since moving here to Athens four years ago. I plan on attending the newest tragedies being performed at the theater of Dionysus. I heard that Sophokles is introducing one this year. It is called Oedipus Rex. Tomorrow should be an interesting day. Elaphebolion 2‚ 426 Today was a wonderful day. The day began with an early start. I woke up and adorned myself with my finest peplos. I left my home for the festival and immediately headed for

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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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