Festivals around the World

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Easter

A festival and holiday celebrating the Resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead

Easter eggs are specially decorated eggs given out to celebrate the Easter holiday. The custom of the Easter egg existed in the early Christian community, who stained eggs red in memory of the blood of Christ.In legend, the Easter bunny carries coloured eggs in his basket, candy, and sometimes also toys to the homes of children on the night before Easter.

Buddha's Birthday

The birthday of Buddha, is a holiday traditionally celebrated in Buddhism

Pour water on small Buddha statues decorated with flowers, as if bathing a newborn baby.

Feast of Breaking the Fast

An important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide that marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting

Food is the centre of this holiday. The families gatherings involve cooking and eating all kinds of food like cookies filled with nuts and covered with powdered sugar,

Thanksgiving

A national holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year.

The centrepiece of contemporary Thanksgiving in the United States and Canada is a large meal, generally centred on a large roasted turkey.

Moon Festival

A harvest festival celebrated by ethnic Chinese. The festival is held on 15th day of the 8th lunar month, on the night of the full moon.

Making and sharing mooncakes is one of the hallmark traditions of this festival. In Chinese culture, a round shape symbolizes completeness and unity. Thus, the sharing of round mooncakes among family members signifies the completeness and unity of families.

Chang'e, the MoonGoddess of Immortality