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...alled the Jhulan festival of [[Radha1|radha]] and [[Krishna|krishna]]. The festival continues for five days, from the eleventh of the first bright fortnight of
...d other Vaishnava deities are placed on a swing. Hindu women celebrate the festival with great enthusiasm. At present the celebration is also spreading among n
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...is to celebrate the marriage of the sun and the earth. The reason for this festival is perhaps to appease the sun and pray for rain during the hot, dry month o
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...water. Songs, mainly focusing on marriage, form the main attraction of the festival in which both professional groups and amateurs take part. Celebrations incl
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...in the vow of dadhi sankranti. In some areas it is the time for a new crop festival marked by making cakes in every home.
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...n the name of Khowaj Khizir, a water pir, to ward off ills from water. The festival, which is celebrated every year on the last Thursday of Bhadra, is observed
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...harvesting of their main crop. At Wazirabad in North-West India a harvest festival is observed in the month of Baishakh to welcome the new wheat crop. Such fe
...n guests with new rice. The [[Garo, The|garo]] tribes observe the wangalla festival during which they feast, drink, sing and dance.
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...bans]] and on the Kuakata beach in [[Patuakhali District|patuakhali]]. The festival being so-named because it has evolved from the spiritual rasalila (love-pla
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...rst day of the Persian solar year's first month. The Iranian new years day festival is observed on 21 March, which is also the first day of the spring season.
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'''Jagaddhatri Puja''' Hindu religious festival, celebrating Jagaddhatri, a reincarnation of the goddess Durga. In this for
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'''Dolyatra''' a Hindu festival associated with the worship of [[Radha1|radha]] and [[krishna]]. Also known
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.... Twenty-one theatre groups participated in another week-long street drama festival at Mohammadpur. In 1992, Mahakal, Dhaka Natyam, and Desh Natak started stag
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'''Dewali''' Hindu festival of lights, also called Dipavali, Dipanvita, Dipalika, Sukharatri, Sukhasupt
...eturn of the victorious [[Ramachandra|ramachandra]]. Buddhists also hold a festival at this time in commemoration of [[Gautam Buddha|gautam buddha]]'s adoption
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...rld Photographic Exhibition held at the Leeds Art Gallery, Photokina Award Festival in Germany, and UNESCO World Exhibition of Photography in Switzerland.
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...auha'' (1962) in Beirut and Subhash Dutt's ''Sutaranj'' (1965) at the Asia Festival at Frankfurt. Other films that won awards at international festivals were [
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'''Maghi Purnima''' Buddhist festival, held on the day of the full moon in the Bengali month of Magh, commemorati
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...of Christ's birth celebrated by most Christian churches on 25 December, a festival devoted mainly to family re-union and jollification. The observance of Chri
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'''Asadhi Purnima''' a Buddhist religious festival, observed on the day of the full moon in the month of Asadha. The day is as
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...marriages and other religious and social festivals. Immediately before any festival, the ritual of mehendi decoration begins. On the eve of the marriage ceremo
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...al such as bai of Baishu, Sa of Sangrai and bi of Biju. The New Year's Day festival is generally observed for three days, last two days of the passing year and
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'''Prabarana Purnima''' a Buddhist festival, also known as Axvini Purnima. Prabarana means both adopting wholly and for
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...estival (1987), The Soviet Union Film Festival (1988) and the Chinese Film Festival (1991). Eminent film personalities from different countries visit the Film
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'''Madhu Purnima''' Buddhist religious festival, celebrated on the day of the full moon in Bhadra, in commemoration of the
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...unities extensively use this flower during their [[Durga Puja|durga puja]] festival. Flowers are also used in indigenous system of medicine. The ripe seeds are
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...m religious festivals. Eid and fitr are [[Arabic|arabic]] words. Eid means festival and fitr means to open, to break fasting, to go back to normal situation. E
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...anna]] (festival of newly harvested paddy in the month of Agrahayan), Paus festival, [[Annaprashana|annaprashanA]] (Hindu rite of allowing a child to taste ric
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'''Fateha-e-Yazdaham''' a religious festival of Muslims observed on the eleventh (yazdaham, Persian for eleventh) of the
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'''Rathayatra''' or chariot journey is an important Hindu festival, referring primarily to the journey of the god [[Jagannath|jagannath]] or [
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...onal Rose Society has been organising an annual [[Rose|rose]] show or rose festival since 1983. After the show, the cut roses are auctioned and the sale procee
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...ese included Pakistan Film Festival Award, Nigar Award, international film festival awards at Moscow and Tashkent, and the National Film Award of Bangladesh. K
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...kes, monkeys and bears. The dugdugi also accompanies songs rendered at the festival of Shiva in the Bangla month of Chaitra. [Wakil Ahmed]
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...used as a village fair site especially during the occasion of Baruni Snan festival in full moon of the month of Baisakh. Usually in the fair the Harikirtan si
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...d Christianity. The major religious festival of the Khyang is Sanglan. The festival begins with the offering of worship for [[Gautam Buddha|gautam buddha]].
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...ord 'mangan' meaning 'to ask'. At times of natural disaster or before some festival, young village boys and girls go round houses asking for grain or money in
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...l sources. In praise of Jagannath, a [[Rathayatra|rathayatra]], or chariot festival, is held in the month of Asadha (June), when hundreds of devotees join toge
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