Chaturhi etc. are the religious festivals of India. These festivals are celebrated by different communities but they are celebrated as a whole. We can see festive atmosphere everywhere in India. Holi‚ Baisakhi‚ Basant Panchami‚ Bihu‚ Pongal‚ Onam etc. are seasonal or harvest festivals. The spirit of Holi is colour-rich and vibrant‚ flung into the air and smeared with immense joy on friends and dear onces. This festival marks the end of winter season and advent of bright days of summer. Baisakhi
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February . 2 See also chapter “‘Indian Literature’: Notes Toward the Definition of a Category‚” in the same work‚ –. 1 A Y • but to critically assess the value of Anita Desai’s intervention in a communally charged Hindi-Urdu debate. The key questions I raise in this essay are about the kind of cultural
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The culture of Asia is the artificial aggregate of the cultural heritage of many nationalities‚ societies‚ and ethnic groups in the region‚ traditionally called a continent from a Western-centric perspective‚ of Asia. The region or "continent" is more commonly divided into more natural geographic and cultural subregions‚ including the Central Asia‚ East Asia‚ South Asia (the "Indian subcontinent")‚ North Asia‚ West Asia and Southeast Asia. Geographically‚ Asia is not a distinct continent; culturally
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festivals‚ meaning ’to cause to grow ’upward’. In the Hindu calendar dates are usually prescribed according to the lunar calendar. In vedic timekeeping‚ a tithi is a lunar day. Hindu festivals include: * Diwali * Gudi padwa * Pongal * Holi * Navratri * Ganesh Chaturthi * Raksha Bhandan * Krishna Janmashtami * Dussehra * Dasara * Onam * Vijayadashami * Shivaratri * Ugadi Iftar meal on Ramadan -------------------------------------------------
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Festivals and fairs of rajastan BRIJ FESTIVAL Staged a few days before Holi (March) in the Brij area around Bharatpur‚ it celebrates the festival of spring with spontaneus expressions of music and dance. DESERT FESTIVAL Place: Jaisalmer Time: January-February Rites & Rituals The otherwise barren land of Jaisalmer comes to life and displays some cherished moments of its illustrious past and affluent culture. Traditional dances backed by high-pitched music create an out-of-this-world environment
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Introduction India is a land where the life of its people is beautified with festivals. Festival is acelebration of the changing seasons‚ harvest‚ reconciliation and the birth anniversaries of saints‚ gurus and prophets and honours the gods and goddesses. History of festivals Epigraphical evidences prove that festivals have been celebrated in India since Vedictimes. The Aryans conquered India around 1500 B.C. and cultural integration with thelocal population took place. 1. Religious Festivals
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Culture of India India’s languages‚ religions‚ dance‚ music‚ architecture and customs differ from place to place within the country‚ but nevertheless possess a commonality. The culture of India is an amalgamation of these diverse sub-cultures spread all over the Indian subcontinent and traditions that are several millennia old. Regarded by some historians as the "oldest living civilization of Earth"‚ the Indian tradition dates back to 8‚000 BC and has a continuous recorded history for over
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are marked by the communities they represent‚ yet they are celebrated by all alike without any communal hatred or ill-will. They are‚ strengthening the feeling of oneness as Indians. The important seasonal festivals are the Holi‚ the Baisakhi and the Vasant. The. Holi‚ which is the festival of colours‚ marks the end of the winter season. On this day‚ the enmities of the past are forgotten and people embrace one another with a feeling of brotherhood. They apply ‘gulal’ on the forehead and sprinkle
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WITH FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT. . By Bakare Aremu‚ Tunde Abubakar Department of Economics ‚ university of lagos‚ akoka‚ yaba ‚lagos And Bashorun‚ oladipo titilayo Department of Finance ‚ university of lagos‚ akoka‚ yaba ‚lagos ABSTRACT Holis Chenery (2005) proposed existence of 2-gaps in LDCs in his TWO GAP MODEL. This research work sought to unveil the existence of the gaps in the Nigeria economy. We realized that domestic savings was insufficient to fund required investment in Nigeria
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Tradition is the backbone of every culture and civilization. It helps to pass the beliefs‚ philosophies‚ and customs of societies from generation to generation. “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson describes about a tradition of an annual lottery draw‚ participated by the people of a village to insure a bountiful harvest. Usually in lotteries‚ the winners get something special that makes them happy. But in this story‚ the tradition of the lottery is that whoever is the winner is stoned to death to get
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