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    Holi Festival

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    The day that Holi is celebrated is known as the Dhuli Vandana in Sanskrit‚ it is celebrated by people throwing colored powder and colored water at each other. As part of their worship experience they have bonfires that are lit on the eve of the festival‚ also known as Holika Dahan or burning of Holika. The Hindu people believe that Holika was a Demoness in Hindu mythology who was burnt to death with the help of God Brahma by Prahlad. This conflict suggests the victory of good over evil. At the

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    festivals in christianity

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    there are different types of festivals celebrated in Christianity. they are Christmas‚ palm Sunday‚ Easter‚ good Friday. Christmas is celebrated on the 25 of December and Christians celebrated it for the birth of Jesus the son of our father. palm Sunday is celebrated because Jesus had enter into Jerusalem. good Friday is celebrated for the death of Jesus. Easter is celebrated for the Crucifixion of Jesus.13 Maundy Thursday Christians remember this as the day of the Last Supper‚ when Jesus celebrated

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    Speech 1619: Intercultural Communication Section 1T11 March 4‚ 2013 Samara Dudley           February 13‚ 2013 Speech 1619: Intercultural Communication Section 1T11                                                 Haiti and the Carnival Festival             Culture is the characteristics of a particular group of people who share a common history and is defined by their religion‚ language‚ social habits‚ music‚ arts‚ and cuisine. Culture is also acquired meaning: it’s something we learn

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    risks that businesses and other organizations encounter when dealing with traditional litigation? The business risks to either lose or gain at the end of the court proceeding. Lose of Time- The process of handling traditional litigation in relation to businesses and organizations normally forms a crucial scenario as it affects the firm’s entire performance either positively or negatively. While undertaking on the traditional litigation‚ the business/organization spends much of its time in handling

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    Traditional and Nontraditional Litigation Paper Carlos Orozco LAW/531 May 20‚ 2013 Lillian Hill Watson Traditional and Nontraditional Litigation Paper According to Cheeseman‚ (2010) the process of bringing‚ maintaining‚ and defending a lawsuit is called litigation. Nowadays‚ this process has been enhanced by annexing non-judicial dispute resolution in the form of arbitration‚ negotiation‚ mediation‚ and quite a few others. These forms are commonly known as alternative dispute resolutions

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    Spring Festival

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    Spring festival In China‚ New Year’s Day is a solemn occasion. Every family performs religious rites at the family altar. In order to rejoice at the New Year‚ people wished others a happy new year and blessed heartily. Some stick calligraphies full of joy on doors‚ most of them were antithetical couplet‚ phrase‚ individual character‚ such as: blessing‚ longevity‚ luckiness‚ propitious New Year and so on. Whereas‚ some people pasted paper-cuts for window decorations to do away with the old

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    About Chinese Festival

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    Chinese Traditional Culture Research Report Chi Zhang \ University of Massachusetts of Lowell 17 April 2013 Abstract The primary goal of this research is to figure out how important the traditional culture is. The real rise of a country is the rise of its culture‚ if the country loses its own culture and be taken the place of other country’s culture. Then the country will become the puppet of power‚ regardless of the economic or other aspect. Therefore‚ the culture‚ especially

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    Vaisakhi Festival

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    Research Task – Vaisakhi Vaisakhi is celebrated in the month of April by all Sikh. This is to remember the day when the Khalsa Panth was formed. Guru Gobind Singh chose the festival of Vaisakhi to create a brotherhood for saint soldiers‚ and the brotherhood was named Khalsa Panth. Vaisakhi is celebrated in many different ways; the way Vaisakhi is celebrated varies. In the Gurdwara‚ 2 days before Vaisakhi‚ Akhand Paath begins. This is the nonstop reading of the whole of Guru Granth Sahib in 48

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    Asian and African Festivals

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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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    Traditional Communication

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    Every human society has developed its indigenous and traditional modes and channels of communication which characterise its existence‚ organization and development These communication modes and channels form the basis upon which the communities‚ especially the rural community‚ progress. Policy makers‚ planners and administrators‚ desirous to effect functional economic and social changes‚ must first identify such community communication modes and channels and utilize them to provide the people

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