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Old Nov 24, 2015, 02:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Silent_Efforts View Post
My favourote holidays are related to Indian and non Indian festivals.

Top three would be
1. Festival of lights (Diwali).
-celebrated on the beginning of the first month of the Hindu calendar/ Hindu New year. (Falls between 20th October and 10th November usually)
-is celebrated by lighting up the entire home and vicinity with tiny lamps, lanterns and diyas.

2. Kite Flying Day (also called Makar Sankranti)
-celebrated by filling up the skies with colourful kites, and old folk music of India playing in the background)
-marks the day after or around winter solstice to celebrate the increase in daylight in the days to follow, with colour music and life.

3. Laughter day (10th January).
Not a holiday... But a day when people all over the world, who believe in it and know about it, celebrate it.
It is a day that is based on the science that, expression has an effect on the mood.
That's interesting, thanks.
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Thanks for this!
Cat_Lover_58, Silent_Efforts