Traditional Indian Offerings
a. Christmas: On December the 25th every year, Christians from around the world celebrate Christmas, the birth of Christ. The celebrations usually last until New Year, which is 1st of January the next year.
b. Easter: Feast of the resurrection of Jesus Christ celebrated on the Sunday after Palm Sunday.
c. Sabbath: Holy days when Christians go to church and abstain from work. This is on Sunday every week.
Christians have strong links to pagan customs. In fact, the festival of Christmas is said to represent the pagan festival that occurs at that time. Surely, you do not have shepherds sitting around on the ground in mid-winter! That said, the reason why Christmas is celebrated must be to spread peace and harmony. Just like other religions that have its share of miraculous happenings, Christianity too has many like the changing of water into wine and Jesus walking on water.
a. Dussera: Ten-day festival to commemorate the victory of good over evil, this festival celebrates Goddess Durga and the victory of Lord Rama.
b. Diwali: Festival of lights, Diwali follows Dussera and demarks the planting of Rabi crop. Fireworks are the highlight and all streets are filled with bursting crackers.
c. Holi: This festival takes place in Phalgun Purnima that is towards the end of February. This festival of love also celebrates the triumph of good over evil. Pichkaris are special hand held ‘water pistols’ filled with colored water. People spray each other with coloured water on Holi. There is also a big holi bonfire, where people dance around and have fun. India is an enchanting place.
Hinduism is an old religion older than Christianity. Its culture has many branches like yoga and Ayurveda. Yoga is the art of controlling the body energy flow lines through exercise and meditation. Ayurveda tells us how to use herbs and plants for curing many ailments.
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I celebrate christmas and Chinese new year.
Tomorrow is Hari Raya Puasa, a Muslim new year day after 1 month of fasting
There will be Hari Raya Programmes on TV, lots of relatives and friends visiting my neighbor's family.
Looked forward to his sister-in-law who is a foreigner!
You certainly are celebrating life. Happy Hari Raya Puasa to you. I think it also goes by the name of Eidal-Fitr.
As a Roman Catholic, we do have festivities being celebrated. For some reason, it is just being followed since the practices had been doing before I was born. I am not religious person but I know there is one God and being worshipped by different people around the globe. Beliefs may vary from one person to another. It still thinking that we known one God in our lives.
Festivals are the part and parcels of human life and the traditions of our cherished forefathers. I think all festival in any shapes remind us of our forefathers who were genius than, sincere, honest and know the importance of festival.
I think, A festival is a special occasion of feasting or celebration, usually with a religious focus. Aside from religion, and sometimes folklore, another significant origin is agricultural. Food (and consequently agriculture) is so vital that many festivals are associated with harvest time
Festivals are an expressive way to celebrate glorious heritage, culture and traditions. They are meant to rejoice special moments and emotions in our lives with our loved ones. They play an important role to add structure to our social lives, and connect us with our families and backgrounds. They give us a distraction from our day to day, exhausting routine of life, and give us some inspiration to remember the important things and moments in life. Festivals were started to pass the legends, knowledge and traditions onto the next generation.
All festivals are cultural in one way or another. There are many types of cultural festivals such as National, Religious and Seasonal. They all serve the purpose of bringing happiness to our lives, and strengthen our sense of community.
Festivals are indeed traditional ways of human beings to celebrate. It is where one community share what they have through different activities. It is where people in a place unite and have a joyful party.
Christians don't have strong links to pagan customs. If you read the epistles written by the Paul the Apostle who was chosen to take the gospel message specifically to the Gentiles (who were mostly pagans), he taught them a "more excellent way". But you will note in Paul's letters that many who had been converted wanted to keep a lot of their "old ways" and not let go. Throughout the years those activities developed and then when the political leaders tried to connect Christianity with their government agenda, all the lines got crisscrossed and blurred. However, if you read the New Testament for clarification, you will that there is no confusion or blurring about these "pagan matters". The line is clearly divided. :)