know about Nowruz? Nothing! So let me say about it. :) Nowruz (new day‚ نوروز) is the most important holiday in Iran which has been celebrated for over 3000 years! Nowruz is my favorite holiday because it’s maybe the only time during the year that all the members of the families get together and have fun. Also it’s the longest holiday in a year. On the first day of the New Year‚ which usually happens on 20 or 21 March each year‚ older people usually give a gift to the younger ones. (^__^) Haft
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13th of April At this very moment‚ all the provinces around the country are ready to celebrate the Songkran festival. The Songkran Festival [sǒŋ.krāːn]‚ is celebrated in Thailand as the traditional New Year’s Day from 13 to 15 April. Origin: (Songkran has traditionally been celebrated as the New Year for many centuries‚ and is believed to have been adapted from the Sankranti Hindu festival. It is now observed nationwide‚ even in the far south. However‚ the most famous Songkran celebrations are
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New Year’s Day ------------------------------------------------- Every country has New Year’s Day. Most countries celebrate New Year on the first of January‚ the same as Thailand and Australia. However‚ in Thailand they are celebrated New Year by themselves because they have a second New Year called Song Kran Day or Thai New Year’s Day. This essay will look at the similarities and differences between Thai and Australia New Year. ------------------------------------------------- There are similarities
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I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately and decided to compile all my realizations into a list to remind myself of these things every day. They’re pretty much the mantras I use to help me cope with daily life. Just thought they might help someone else out too 1- IMPENDING DEATH: Think about the imminence of death. Nothing really matters. Time is the most precious commodity. Focus on the most important things. 2-PERSPECTIVE: Think about how lucky you are to be in this instance of the universe
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Imagine living in a world where everybody is happy. In a normal society one might believe this is impossible to achieve; in the story‚ Brave New World it has been successfully achieved. Pain‚ jealousy‚ and negative emotions are things that people in this society do not have to worry about. Everybody in the World State is happy‚ because of Soma‚ there are no negative emotions‚ and because there is no individuality. Soma makes people feel happy. In the novel it states‚ “The warm‚ the richly coloured
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Tet‚ Vietnamse New Year New Year is always an important holiday of each country in a year. As the New Year time‚ an atmosphere of countries are happy and it looks colorful because people try to clean up and decorate everything such as street‚ house‚ and everything they have. However‚ the new year ‘s day of each country are difference. As we know that America and Europe have one New Year day is the first day of year‚ but Tet is the abbreviation of Tet Nguyen Dan which means the first morning of
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Christmas is an important Christian festival. It is celebrated all over the world. It falls on 25th December every year. December 25 is the birthday of Jesus Christ.. Fairs are held and shops set up on this occasion. Before it comes‚ people decorate their houses‚ shops‚ establishments‚ churches etc. People in their best clothes attend the special services in Churches. They make Christmas cakes. It is a festival of feasting‚ rejoicing and giving and receiving gifts. The festivity begins on the
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took drawing us closer to the door‚ I felt my heart beating faster. With a quick turn of the ice cold door knob‚ I found myself standing in a whole new world. The food‚ the music‚ the faces‚ the language‚ everything was different than what I knew. For the first time in my life I was the minority in my small home town of Winamac‚ Indiana. New Year’s eve was the first time meeting my Hispanic boyfriend’s family‚ of course I had taken a few Spanish classes back in high school‚ but not even the
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RUSSIA - CULTURE - EDUCATION 1. Russian children begin school when they are 6 years old. Elementary school consists of the first 4 grades‚ middle school consists of 5 grades and high school is 2 grades. It is only required that children attend the first 9 grades. After that a child can go to work or do work/study. If a child wants to go to the University‚ however‚ he or she must complete all 11 grades. There are approximately 25-30 students in each class. All students learn at least one foreign
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love affairs‚ New Year’s‚ anniversaries and many more can be made more memorable with the help obtained in making beautiful gifts from these websites. One of the popular events is the New Year and Christmas celebrations. If you are planning for New Year 2013 celebration‚ you can couple it up with Christmas party and prepare it all together. New Year can be turned sweet with New Year cards. A wide range of New Year cards can be seen in the market a month or prior to the New Year. All types of cards
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