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The Thai zodiac includes a Naga in place of the Dragon and begins, not at Chinese New Year, but at either on the first day of fifth month in Thai lunar calendar, or during the Songkran festival ( now celebrated every 13 – 15 April ), depending on the purpose of the use.
Generally, each festival charges an entry fee which varies depending upon the area, and either covers entry only or includes a commemorative ⅓, ½ or 1 pint glass sporting the details of the festival.
Gawai Dayak a festival of the Dayaks includes the cockfight and the waving of a rooster over offerings while asking for guidance and blessings with the rooster being sacrificed and the blood included in spiritual offering, while the Tiwah festival involves the sacrifice of many animals including the chicken as offerings to the Supreme God.
The Hanshi festival was eventually moved to coincide with the Qingming Festival or the Pure Brightness Festival which still includes the rooster and cockfight.
Originally a festival held to break up the long nights of winter and mark the end of Yule, the festival has become one celebrating the isles ' heritage and includes a procession of men dressed as Vikings and the burning of a replica longship.
The town has a large Christmas festival that includes a number of lighted displays in the downtown area.
The festival includes several different events, culminating on the final Sunday in a masked procession including participants from many different countries.
The word masopust translates literally from old Czech to mean " meat fast ", and the festival often includes a pork feast in preparation for Lent.
Ashoka, the South Asian student association, puts on a performance for Diwali, the Indian festival of lights, that includes a skit and dances ; Black Anthology is a student-run performance arts show celebrating black culture ; Lunar New Year Festival is a collaboration between the many East Asian organizations on campus culminating in a show to celebrate the holiday with a skit and dances from Chinese, Japanese, and Korean cultures ; the Association of Latin American Students showcases various forms of Latin and Spanish dances during their performance, Carnaval.
The three-day festival began in 1986 and includes lectures and readings by visiting authors.
The festival retains vestiges of this tradition such as the Green Fields area which includes the Green Futures and Healing Field.
The festival retains vestiges of this tradition such as the Green Fields area which includes the Green Futures and Healing Field.
The annual Asparagus festival includes a parade and crowning of the Asparagus Queen.
Originating in 1842 as a day for farmers to gather at the county seat to trade their agricultural goods, today Tater Day is a celebration that includes a festival and parade.
The festival includes a sidebar that is unique among major film festivals: a four-film " Secret Festival ".
The site hosts a town festival every year that includes vendors, child activities, music, and a Civil War reenactment.
This festival includes hundreds of vendors, and brings thousands of visitors to the area each year.
In addition to the many community events common to any town, each May Marion hosts the Esperanza Bonanza, a festival that includes live music, a barbecue competition, a rodeo, a golf tournament, a carnival, and games for adults & children.
The Turkey Trot festival also includes a Miss Turkey Trot Pageant, a Miss Drumsticks Competition ( best legs ), dinners, musical entertainment, a 5 kilometer run, a parade ( which has included former Arkansas governor and former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee ), and a nationally recognized turkey calling contest sponsored by the National Wild Turkey Federation.
The festival generally includes one or more of the following:
The festival includes free entertainment, bed races, an antique tractor pull, pageant, parade, craft and antique vendors, and carnival.

festival and light
The festival is observed by the kindling of the lights of a unique candelabrum, the nine-branched Menorah or Hanukiah, one additional light on each night of the holiday, progressing to eight on the final night.
It is seen as a festival of darkness, which is balanced at the opposite point of the wheel by the spring festival of Beltane, which Wiccans celebrate as a festival of light and fertility.
Significantly, for Asterius the Christian feast was explicitly an entry from darkness into light, and although no conscious solar nature could have been expressed, it is certainly the renewed light at midwinter, which was celebrated among Roman pagans, officially from the time of Aurelian, as the " festival of the birth of the Unconquered Sun ".
Another important detail is fire: A festival fire must be kept from sunset till sunrise, and various kinds of flaming light sources are used ; usually these are bonfires, which traditionally people jump over to ensure prosperity and fertility.
Organizers constructed an 80 foot replica of the Exposition's symbol, the Liberty Bell, covered in 26, 000 light bulbs, at the gateway to the festival.
* The town was once known as the red light district of the Iron Range, and planned a ' Whorehouse Days ' festival for two days in July 2005.
Begun in 1985 organized around the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the festival features performances of classical, jazz, light opera, and more.
In one of the interpretations in Macrobius's work, Saturnalia is a festival of light leading to the winter solstice, with the abundant presence of candles symbolizing the quest for knowledge and truth.
* Aerosmith's Joey Kramer, Joe Perry and Steven Tyler were at the original Woodstock festival in 1969 .. Aerosmith performed around 3 to 4 a. m. during an extensive fireworks display, creating a notable sound and light show.
While Diwali is popularly known as the " festival of lights ", the most significant spiritual meaning is " the awareness of the inner light ".
Kali Puja is light-up night for Mithila region in Bihar, West Bengal & Assam, corresponding to the festival of Diwali ( pronounced Dipaboli in Bengali ), ( in Maithili, it is known as Diya-Baati ) where people light diyas / candles in memory of the souls of departed ancestors.
The festival signifies the triumph of light over darkness, justice over injustice, good over evil and intelligence over ignorance.
Because Phanom Rung is a beautiful and important historical site, the province also organizes an annual festival on the first weekends of April when a colourful parade is held following ancient royal Khmer tradition as well as a sound and light show at the Phanom Rung Sanctuary.
This town celebrates an annual light festival ( matsuri ) in which the residents place one candle in each of 10, 000 sake bottles and then arrange them in geometric configurations after dark while listening to traditional Japanese music.
Gigantes y cabezudos is also the title of a zarzuela, or light opera, set during the festival of El Pilar in Saragossa.
A seasonal attraction during late November through December had been the annual holiday light festival display sponsored by the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.
* Diwali The Indian light festival
She appears in one chapter of the light novels, hooking onto Maiku at a festival.
Also students enjoyed the 24-hour light experience and an Arctic Bay festival on the ice.
Hindus in Malaysia celebrate Diwali / Deepavali, the festival of light, while Thaipusam is a celebration in which pilgrims from all over the country meet at the Batu Caves.
Gulab jamun is a dessert often eaten at festivals or major celebrations such as marriages, Diwali ( the Indian festival of light ) and the Muslim celebrations of Eid ul-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.

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