For my event I attended the Black Swamp Arts Festival back in September. This festival was over a whole weekend and it was filled with eclectic styles of art and music. Walking through the festival and seeing the different booths made me feel like I was in a whole new world sometimes. The art was gorgeous‚ some of it was funny and amusing‚ and others were moving and were very deep. The musical portion of the weekend is where I found my most memorable events that I believe related to this class in
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The Dragon Boat Festival The Dragon Boat Festival‚ also called the Duanwu Festival‚ is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. For thousands of years‚ the festival has been marked by eating zong zi (glutinous rice wrapped to form a pyramid using bamboo or reed leaves) and racing dragon boats. The festival is best known for its dragon-boat races‚ especially in the southern provinces where there are many rivers and lakes. This regatta commemorates the death
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Halloween is traditional festival among most of the english- speaking nations.Traditinally Halloween is being celebrated on 31st of October- the night before All Saint’s Day. It is believed that it is the night of the year when ghosts‚ witches‚ and fairies are especially active. According to some scholars‚ incorporates traditions from pagan harvest festivals and festivals honouring the dead‚ particularly the Celtic Samhain‚ however other scholars believe that the feast originated entirely independently
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the safe and clean environment of the countryside. Absence of heavy traffic means absence of polluted atmosphere. With clean environment farmers can grow ecologically clean vegetables. Secondly‚ villagers appreciate a friendly atmosphere in a small town. Because of a small population‚ everyone knows everyone in villages. This fact unites people. They have a feeling of living in a closely knit community. Finally‚ countrymen see a village as the best place to live. Deciding between two places to
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Diwali rituals Diwali‚ the festival of lights‚ is one of the important and widely spread holidays celebrated in India. It is a celebration of lights‚ and for many‚ it is truly a sensory experience; some families decorate their houses with all sorts of lights and open up to the neighbors‚ sharing their love and their food. Those celebrating Diwali spend time with family and friends. They perform religious ceremonies to bring in wealth and prosperity for a new year‚ cook and eat delicious food
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1.0 Introduction of OldTown White Coffee Restaurant OldTown White Coffee is one of the largest kopitiam restaurant chain in Malaysia. The main headquaters is in Ipoh‚ Perak‚ Malaysia. The co-founders and Executive Directors‚ Mr Goh Ching Mun and Mr Tan Say Yap formulated their own blend of 3-in-1 instant white coffee with the intention to provide quality white coffee to Malaysian households and the food services industry since 1999. The introduction of OLDTOWN White Coffee 3in1 Classic together
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Ancient Roman holidays & Festivals by emily deal Ancient roman calendars were a little different than ours for‚ example their weeks were eight days long. The eight days didn’t even have names‚ they were just letters. A‚B‚C‚D‚E‚F‚G‚H. On the eighth day of the week‚ H‚ a regular school holiday‚ kind of like our weekends. It was called Market Day‚ the meant for washing your whole body and going to market to get the food
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Introduction: Do you know the most famous Festival of China? Have you ever heard about that Korea has conflict with China in the traditional cultural field? In order to call on people to realize the importance of Chinese own traditional culture and Cultural Identity‚ the research paper writes about Chinese Traditional culture‚ and make a questionnaire about ten questions to investigate people. By introducing the festivals and asking the questions‚ it tends to accomplish the goal that
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nEco town Case Study White Hill Bordon Whitehill Bordon is located in the south east of England – 46 miles from central London. The nearest big cities are Guildford to the north and Portsmouth to the south. The town has grown around the Ministry of Defence’s presence in the town. It is set in rolling countryside and it is about a 40 minute drive to the sea. A new national park is being established – the South Downs National Park – and Whitehill Bordon will serve as a gateway to it. Here is a
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The Spring Festival is a traditional festival for all Chinese people; since 1983‚ Chinese families have sat down to wrap dumplings and watch CCTV’s New Year’s Gala on television on Chinese New Year’s Eve. It’s a Chinese New Year’s Eve tradition that nearly every family in China participates in to ring in the New Year. It brings so much happiness to Chinese all around the world in the past twenty years. WHEN: For every year since then at the turn of the Lunar New Year‚ the program begins at 8:00PM
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