Festival : In Hinduism Dashain, Tihar and Chhat are most high range festival among other festival .All these festival are hit this year , and people are get together and spending their time with happy an d with their family .
At Birgunj, Nepal , there organization of playing group during Dashain festival near Ghantaghar . Many people come and visit and played most of the wheeler and other elevators. They are very happy and spend their time at this place with playing . A festival is an event that is celebrated by a community and focuses on certain specific aspects of that community and its religion or cultures. It is often marked as a local or national holiday, fair, or Eid. A festival constitutes the interrelationship of high culture-low culture, along with specific cases of glocalization. Beyond religion and folklore, agriculture is an important root. Food is such an important resource that many festivals are associated with harvest time. Events in the autumn mix crops of religious remembrance and thanksgiving, such as Halloween in the Northern Hemisphere and Easter in the Southern.Festivals often serve to fulfill specific communal purposes, especially in connection with remembrance or thanksgiving to deities. The ceremonies provide a sense for religious, social, or geographical groups to contribute to the group spirit. They can also provide entertainment, which was particularly important for local communities before the advent of mass-produced entertainment. Festivals focusing on cultural or ethnic themes also seek to inform community members about their traditions; The participation of elders who share stories and experiences provides a means of unity among families.
In ancient Greece and Rome, festivals such as Saturalia were associated with social organization and political processes as well as religion. In modern times, festivals may include strangers such as tourists, who are attracted to some of the more eccentric or historical ones. The Philippines is an example of modern society with many festivals, as each day of the year has at least one specific festival. There are more than 42,000 major and minor festivals in the country, most of which are specific to the barangay (village) level.
Etimology
The term "festival" was originally used as an adjective from the late fourteenth century, which derives from Latin through Old French. [6] In Middle English, "festival dai" was a religious holiday. Its first record as a noun was in 1589 (as" festifal "). The noun first came into use around 1200, and recorded its first as a verb The Gaya experiment was 1300. The term "feast" is used in general secular analogy as a synonym for any large or elaborate meal. When used as a festival meaning, most often the film Or art Refers to a religious festival instead of Tsava. In the Philippines and many other former Spanish colonies, the Spanish word festival is used to denote a communal religious feast to honor a patron saint.
The traditions
Many festivals have a religious origin and have cultural and religious significance in traditional activities. The most important religious festivals such as Christmas, Rosh Hasnah, Diwali, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha serve to mark the year. Others, such as harvest festivals, celebrate seasonal changes. Events of historical importance, such as important military victories or other nation-building events, also provide inspiration for a festival. An early example is the festival founded by Pharaoh Ramesses III of ancient Egypt, celebrating his victory over the Libyans. In many countries, royal holidays commemorate hereditary events, such as agricultural holidays about harvest. Festivals are often celebrated annually.
There are many types of festivals in the world and most countries celebrate important events or traditions with traditional cultural events and activities. Most result in consumption of specially prepared food (showing affinity for "feast") and they bring people together. Festivals are also strongly associated with national holidays. The list of national festivals is published to make participation easier.
Types of festivals
Religious festival
Main article: Religious festival
Among many religions, a feast is a set of feasts in honor of the gods or God. A feast and a festival are historically interchangeable. Most religions have festivals that recur annually and some, such as Passover, Easter, and Eid al-Adha are movable feasts - that is, determined by the lunar or agricultural cycle or the calendar in use at the time. For example, The Sed Festival celebrated the thirtieth year of Egyptian Pharaoh's rule and every three (or four in one case) years thereafter. Amidst the unrest, most of their traditional festivals are associated with gazetteer sites, which are believed to be sacred in their ancient forms with many rich biological resources. Thus, the annual commemoration of festivals helps maintain the buoyancy of a protected natural site, while assisting in biodiversity conservation.
In the Christian liturgical calendar, there are two major feasts, properly known as the feast of our Lord (Christmas), and the Feast of Resurrection, (Easter). In Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Anglican litu.
Art festival
Main article: Arts Festival
Many children of general art festivals also have specific types of festivals, including intellectual festivals or creative achievements such as science festivals, literary festivals, and music festivals. Sub-categories include Comedy Festival, Rock Festival, Jazz Festival and Buskers Festival; Poetry Festival, Theater Festival, and Katha Festival; And Renaissance fairs such as Renaissance festivals. In the Philippines, aside from the many art festivals scattered throughout the year, February is known as National Art Month, the culmination of all arts festivals throughout the archipelago.
Film festivals include screenings of many different films, and are usually held annually. Some of the most important film festivals include the Berlin International Film Festival, the Venice Film Festival and the Cannes Film Festival.
Food festival
Main article: Food Festival
Food festival is an event celebrating food or drink. These often highlight the production of producers from a certain region. Some food festivals focus on a particular item of food, such as the National Peanut Festival in the United States, or the Galway International Oyster Festival in Ireland. There are also specialty drinking festivals, such as Okturfest, famous in Germany for beer. Many countries organize festivals to celebrate alcohol. An example is the global celebration of the arrival of Beaujolais Nauvoo, which includes worldwide shipping of new wine for a release date on the third Thursday of November each year. Both Beaujolais nouveau and Japanese rice wine sake have been associated with harvest time. In the Philippines, there are at least two hundred festivals dedicated to food and drink.
Seasonal and harvest festival
Seasonal festivals, such as the belten, are determined by the solar and lunar calendars and cycles of seasons, particularly due to its effect on the food supply, resulting in a wide range of ancient and modern harvests. Ancient Egyptians relied on seasonal floods caused by the Nile River, a form of irrigation that provided fertile land for crops. In the Alps, the return of cattle from mountain pastures to stables in the valley in the autumn is celebrated as Almabatrib. A recognized winter festival, the Chinese New Year, is determined by the lunar calendar, and is celebrated from the second New Moon day after the winter solstice. The sports festival of the Apatanis living in Lower Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh is celebrated every year from 4 to 7 July to pray for the bumper harvest.
Midsummer or St. John's Day is an example of a seasonal festival, which relates to the celebration of a Christian saint's feast as well as the time of the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, where it is particularly important in Sweden. Winter carnivals provide an opportunity to be used to celebrate creative or sporting activities requiring snow and ice. In the Philippines, each day of the year has at least one festival dedicated to harvesting crops, fishes, crustaceans, milk, and other local items.
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