Easter in Russia As you may know Russia has been claimed to be a religion center during the scores of decades. Russian people honor their traditions and most of them follow the Orthodox religion. That is why Easter in Russia is one of the most important religion events for whole nation. This holiday is dedicated to the resurrection from the dead of Jesus and rooted in the Christianity history. So at this holiday tens of thousands of people flocked to the country’s churches to attend solemn midnight
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Great China A Comparative Study of the CCTV Spring Festival Galas‚ 1984-86 and 2004-06 Xiaoyan Xu Thesis submitted to the faculty of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts In Political Science Dr. Timothy W. Luke‚ Chair Dr. Scott G. Nelson Dr. Yannis Stivachtis June 7‚ 2007 Blacksburg‚ VA Keywords: China‚ TV‚ CCTV‚ Spring Festival‚ ideology‚ nationalism‚ media‚ symbolic politics
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The holy month of Ramadan is speedily came to an end bringing so many cheers‚ laughter‚ mirth and celebration for the muslims all over the world. Eid ul fitr celebrates the completion of the month of Ramadan‚ in which muslims fast and increase their spiritual devotions and is meant to be a recognition the material and spiritual favour of God to his creation. On this day‚ Muslims all over the world thank god for the gift of fasting‚ in which they avoided food‚ drink and intercourse from down to
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FESTIVALS Good morning everybody. My name is Lavitsef. I’m here today to invite you to go on the most colorful and eventful journey that you’ll ever make in your life. A journey with Slavitsef to Festivals! But first‚ I wanna give you some basic information about festivals. A festival is simply a day or period of the year when people stop working to celebrate a special event. In general‚ there are 3 major types of festivals: national festivals such as Mexican Independence Day Festival‚ religious
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The Pahiyas Festival is celebrated every year on May 15 in Lucban‚ Quezon. It is in honor of St. Isidore the Farmer‚ the patron saint of harvest. Lucban is marvelously situated at the foot of Mount Banahaw and the Pahiyas festival showcases a street of houses adorned with fruits‚ vegetables‚ agricultural products‚ handicrafts and kiping‚ a decoration made from rice flour‚ which afterwards can be grilled or fried for eating. The houses compete to be declared the best decorated. Tourists visit Lucban
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Nonprofit fundraiser for book festival Comm/215 May 2‚ 2011 University of Phoenix Online Nonprofit fundraiser for book festival To organize a book festival many subjects must be addressed: the reason for the fundraiser‚ public need‚ monetary goal‚ special guests‚ sponsors‚ initial capital‚ permits‚ and volunteers. With the right tools‚ the fundraiser can be a huge success. Starting out with the basics and organization is crucial in the process
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Lim Chin Pei Title: Festival Season in Malaysia Malaysia is one of the countries in the world which have multi-racial. Although Malaysia has the most races of citizens in the universe‚ the Malaysia’s residents can live together peacefully. The ethnics of citizens in Malaysia are Malayan (Muslims)‚ Chinese‚ Indian (Hindu)‚ Iban‚ Kadazan and etc. Between‚ the three major ethnics are Malayan‚ Chinese and Indian in Malaysia. Because of the multi-racial of Malaysia‚ there are also many festive season
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Unusual festivals in Spain La Tomatina La Tomatina is a food fight festival held on the last Wednesday of August each year in the town of Bunol near Valencia in Spain. Thousands of people make their way from all corners of the world to fight in this ’World’s Biggest Food Fight’ where more than one hundred metric tons of over-ripe tomatoes are thrown in the streets. The week-long festival features music‚ parades‚ dancing‚ and fireworks. On the night before the tomato fight‚ participants of the
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Supporting cultural festivals Cultural development initiatives supported by the Government of India so far have not substantially promoted contemporary art practices and festivals. The new draft policy announced by the Ministry of Culture promises to change this. It proposes to extend financial support to established large festivals such as the Mumbai Khala Goda art and Chennai music festivals to help develop them into international events. Non-government organisations can get assistance to the
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Asian festivals vary from place to place but all share one thing in common: they’re big and a lot of fun! With so many different cultures‚ religions‚ and reasons to celebrate squeezed into Asia‚ you’ll probably be close to an interesting festival no matter where you travel. Many events are based on lunar calendars and the dates change each year. Use this guide to plan around some of the largest festivals in Asia. 1. Festivals in Thailand • Songkran / Thai Water Festival: April 13 -15. • Loi
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