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Kachin Manaw Festival Marks the new year of the Kachin people: Tabodwe (February) Harvest Festival [8] Celebration of rice harvests Cooking of htamane, a special sticky rice made with sesame seeds, peanuts and ginger Tabaung (March) Shwedagon Pagoda Festival [9] Nationwide pagoda festivals: Nationwide pagoda festivals Celebrations on Singuttara ...
Onam is a "popular major Hindu festival in Kerala", states Christine Frost, but one that is also celebrated by other communities with "much zest alongside Hindus". [34] The festival is celebrated in BECs (Basic Ecclesial communities) in Trivandrum with local rituals, according to Latin Catholic Bishop [35] Selvister Ponnumuthan. [36]
Chhath celebration at Rani Pokhari, a 17th-century pond in Kathmandu (2015) Chhath Puja celebration at Azimganj. Chhath Puja is a folk festival that lasts four days. It starts with Kartik Shukla Chaturthi and ends with Kartik Shukla Saptami.
The Aphrodisia festival was one of the most important ceremonies in Delos, though not much is known about the details of the celebration. The inscriptions merely indicate that the festival required the purchase of ropes, torches and wood, which were customary expenses of all Delian festivals.
For 30 years, the Essence Festival of Culture has brought together people from all walks of life and from around the world to connect through conversation, shared experiences and, of course, music.
In the Baleh region, the Iban ritual festivals include the Gawai Baintu-intu (wellness festival); Gawai Bumai (farming festival); Gawai Amat (proper festival to request divine supernatural assistance); [16] Gawai Ngelumbung (tomb-building festival) and Gawai Mimpi (festival based on dream messages from the spirits).
Pushkaram is an Indian festival dedicated to worshiping of rivers. It is also known as Pushkaralu (in Telugu ), Pushkara (in Kannada ) or Pushkar . It is celebrated at shrines along the banks of 12 major sacred rivers in India, in the form of ancestor worship , spiritual discourses, devotional music and cultural programmes.
Festival of the Ethiopian Jews, optional paid leave, business as usual Kislev 6 Ben-Gurion Day יום בן-גוריון Ben-Gurion Day: Day marked by the Knesset Kislev 25-Tevet 2/3 between Nov 27 & Dec 27 Hanukkah חנוכה Hanukkah: School holiday for the duration of the 8 day festival, business as usual Dec 25-26 (for Catholics)