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Makar Sankranti
Makar Sankranti is an important Hindu festival celebrated in different forms in India and Nepal. The festival is celebrated when the sun enters into Makar rashi in Pausha month. It is celebrated every year either […]
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Maghi Mela at Muktsar
Maghi da Mela is held at the holy city of Sri Muktsar Sahib each year in January or the month of Magh according to Nanakshahi calendar and it is one of the most important melas […]
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Christmas: Celebrating the birth of Jesus
As we near the end of 2023, we approach the holiday season. It means welcoming the most joyous festival of the year – Christmas. It is marked annually on December 25, and the celebrations begin […]
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Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving Day is annual national holiday in the United States and Canada celebrating the harvest and other blessings of the past year. This year, the day falls on Thursday, November 23. Americans generally believe that […]
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CELEBRATE THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS IN NYC
By Mabel Pais Diwali, the Festival of Lights, one of the major religious festivals in Hinduism is also observed in Jainism, Buddhism and Sikhism. Diwali means “row of lights” in Sanskrit, with a symbolism of […]
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INTERNATIONAL SENSATION SINGER-PERFORMER LIGHTS UP DEBUT DISNEY DIWALI DANCE FEST
By Mabel Pais Multi-talented singer-performer, Raghav Mathur, internationally & popularly known as Raghav will create magic at the Walt Disney World® Resort this month. He will take center stage as he illuminates the much-anticipated Diwali […]
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Navratri: Nine days of Goddess Durga
Shardiya Navratri 2023 will begin on October 15 and conclude on October 24. During these nine days, people worship the nine forms of Goddess Durga. The forms include Maa Shailputri, Maa Brahmacharini, Maa Chandraghanta, Maa […]
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Raksha Bandhan
Raksha bandhan is the main festival of Hindus which is celebrated on the full moon day of Shravan and every year the festival comes in August. This festival is celebrated throughout India and Nepal. Raksha […]
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CELEBRATE INDIA’S INDEPENDENCE WITH THE FESTIVAL OF MUSIC
By Mabel Pais The IAAC Festival of Indian Music takes place for the 2nd year on three incredibly mesmerizing days of soulful melodies and rhythms celebrating India’s rich musical heritage. From August 11 to 13, […]
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NORTH 2 SHORE FESTIVAL VISITS NEWARK FOR FINALE
By Mabel Pais TOO BIG FOR ONE CITY. TOO BIG FOR ONE WEEKEND. THE FESTIVAL ONLY NEW JERSEY COULD CREATE: NORTH TO SHORE June 2023 NJPAC produces first-of-its-kind celebration of music, technology, comedy, and film […]
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NORTH 2 SHORE FESTIVAL EXPANDS TO SECOND CITY
By Mabel Pais TOO BIG FOR ONE CITY. TOO BIG FOR ONE WEEKEND. THE FESTIVAL ONLY NEW JERSEY COULD CREATE: NORTH TO SHORE June 2023 NJPAC produces first-of-its-kind celebration of music, technology, comedy, and film […]
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YOGA FEST 10TH ANNIVERSARY : “EMERGES TO IMAGINE”
By Mabel Pais The Sedona Yoga Festival (SYF) celebrates its tenth anniversary with the theme, “EMERGE TO IMAGINE” leading the way to seek solutions that the yoga community can envision a peaceful, abundant, liberated, and […]
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The Sikh martial art – Gatka
Ancient martial art of ‘stick-fighting’ was in vogue for self-defence since times immemorial and Sikh martial art ‘Gatka’, based on stick-fight, developed as self-defensive style after fourteenth century in old Punjab. It is associated with […]
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Traditional Punjabi musical instruments
Punjab has a long musical history, with traditional instruments dating back centuries. Such instruments had left an indelible mark on Punjab’s heritage. Guru Nanak Dev Ji’s follower Bhai Mardana used to play the Rabab, a […]
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Popular folk songs and folk dances of Punjab
Punjab is considered the motherland of dances. From tribals to the kings and eventually republics took shape. These changes left their seals on the sands of time and caused changes in culture also. The exuberance […]
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Vaisakhi – the harvest festival
Vaisakhi, also spelled Baisakhi, is one of the most important dates in the Sikh calendar. It will be celebrated on April 14 this year. It also commemorates 1699, the year Sikhism was born In Punjab […]
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CELEBRATE WITH FTH THE FESTIVAL OF COLORS
By Mabel Pais Flushing Town Hall (FTH, flushingtownhall.org) on Saturday, March 18 will host Celebrate Holi! (flushingtownhall.org/celebrate-holi) — a celebration of the new beginnings that come with the changing of the seasons. Holi, known as […]
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Holi – The Festival of Colors
Holi is the festival of colors. The festival signifies the arrival of spring and the end of winter. In India, this is the last full moon of the year and 15 days after this full […]
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Makar Sankranti
Makar Sankranti is an important Hindu festival celebrated in different forms in India and Nepal. The festival is celebrated when the sun enters into Makar rashi in Pausha month. It is celebrated every year either […]
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Maghi Mela at Muktsar
Maghi is the occassion when Sikhs commemorate the sacrifice of forty Sikhs, who fought for Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh master. Maghi, Makara Sankranti, the first day of the month of Magh. The eve […]
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Lohri – The Bonfire Festival
India, the land of festivals, and Lohri is the harvest festival of the breadbasket of India, i.e. Punjab. Lohri falls in the month of Magh and during the auspicious period of Uttarayan when the Sun […]
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Here’s how Diwali is celebrated around the world
Other than India, Diwali is also celebrated in other parts of the world where Hindus are in prominent numbers. In many countries like Malaysia, Nepal, Singapore, and Sri Lanka, Diwali is an official holiday. These […]
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Govardhan Puja
The day following Diwali or the fourth day of the Diwali celebrations is known by the names of ‘Padwa’ or ‘Varsha Pratipada’, & ‘Govardhan Puja’. These two festivals are celebrated differently in the diverse geographical […]
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Diwali traditions: How the festival is celebrated in different states of India
Every Indian welcomes the divine festival of Diwali with open arms. Irrespective of different cultures and backgrounds, the nation comes together on this auspicious day. It is one of the popular Indian festivals of the […]