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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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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are often pronounced as "r". .Ibayjanon (Ibajaynon) dialect has shortened versions of Aklanon words. EXAMPLES : Number Akeanon/Malaynon Filipino English 1 Isaea Isa One 2 Daywa Dalawa Two 3 Tatlo Tatlo Three The Ati-Atihan Festival is a feast held annually in January in honor of the Santo Niño (Infant Jesus)‚ concluding on the third Sunday‚ in the island and town of Kalibo‚ Aklan in the Philippines. The name "Ati-Atihan" means "to be like Aetas" or "make believe Ati’s." Aetas
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Celebrated with enthusiasm across Sarawak both in cities and rural villages‚ Gawai Dayak is a multi-day festival to honor the indigenous people. Gawai Dayak translates to "Dayak Day"; the Dayak people include the Iban‚ Bidayuh‚ Kayan‚ Kenyah‚ Kelabit and Murut tribes which once roamed Sarawak and relieved unsuspecting traders of their heads. Although steeped in headhunting traditions of the past‚ the only head removed these days during Gawai Dayak belongs to a chicken sacrificed to honor a successful
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Spring Festival The first day of the first month by the Chinese Lunar Calendar is Spring Festival‚ also known as Chinese New Year; it is the most important traditional holiday in China. Spring Festival dates back to four thousand years ago‚ originated in the Shang Dynasty. The year of 2011 was the Year of the Rabbit; due to my parents went to Bengal for missionary work‚ my uncle who lives in the countryside invited me to his house for Spring Festival this year. I didn’t like the idea at first because
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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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Pongal Festival Pongal is a four-days-long harvest festival celebrated in Tamil Nadu‚ a southern state of India. For as long as people have been planting and gathering food‚ there has been some form of harvest festival. Pongal‚ one of the most important popular Hindu festivals of the year. This four-day festival of thanksgiving to nature takes its name from the Tamil word meaning "to boil" and is held in the month of Thai (January-February) during the season when rice and other cereals‚ sugar-cane
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health and environment. With unprecedented expansion in population‚ the pollution in India has sky rocketed. The pollution in India shoots up abruptly due to various factors and the pollution due to festivals is also one among them. The practice of immersion of Ganesh idols after the Ganesh festival in various cities is causing severe water pollution which leads to the death of tonnes of fish and many aquatic creatures. Gone are the days when the idols are made with clay‚ nowadays idols are made
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Pongal is the only festival of Hindu that follows a solar calendar and is celebrated on the fourteenth of January every year. Pongal marks the beginning of Uttarayana. In Hindu temples bells‚ drums‚ clarinets and conch shells herald the joyous occasion of Pongal. To symbolize a bountiful harvest‚ rice is cooked in new pots until they boil over. Some of the rituals performed in the temple include the preparation of rice‚ the chanting of prayers and the offering of vegetables‚ sugar cane and spices
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There are only two Muslim festivals set down in Islamic law: Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Adha ("Eid" or "Id" means festival). There are also several other special days which Muslims celebrate. Al-Hijra (1 Muharram) The Islamic New Year’s Day. This festival commemorates the Hijra (or Hegira) in 622 CE when the Prophet Mohammed (pbuh) moved from Mecca to Medina. This was the beginning of the growth of Islam into a world faith. The Muslim calendar counts dates from the Hijra‚ which is why Muslim
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