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Festival Day
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Festival Day encompasses a list of festivals that is celebrated in different countries on different occasions. It ranges from juggling to moon festival, but has its own significance in the respective country.
Mid Autumn Festival- It is one of the most popular festivals of China and is designated as a public holiday. It is a festival to celebrate the harvest for the year, as China has been an agricultural country for thousands of years and after a full year hard work, it is their way to celebrate after the harvest is done. It is generally celebrated when the full moon occurs (lunar calendar).
The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival- It is another significant holiday celebrated in China and that too with the longest history. This festival is celebrated with boat races that are designed in the shape of dragons and the competent teams row their boat vigorously to a drumbeat to reach the finishing end first. It is a traditional custom, in an attempt to rescue the patriotic poet Chu Yuan, who drowned on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in 277 B.C. The Chinese throw bamboo leaves filled with cooked rice into the water so that the fishes could eat the rice rather than the poet. This later turned into the custom of eating tzungtzu and dumplings. They also believe that it will protect them from evil and disease for the rest of the year.
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Artist Biography - Festival Day
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 Rist Canyon Mountain Festival- The Rist Canyon Mountain Festival is organized by Fire Department of Colorado, once in a year. It is the only fund raising festival that is organized on the support of residents and visitors to protect the beautiful Canyon mountain. The festival promises to be a special package especially for the kids, as they get to enjoy different kinds of games, rides, animals and not to forget their all time favorite, ice creams( free of cost!) in the beautiful mountain meadow. Not only this, there are belly dancers who will enliven the environment. What's more in the food department they have Starbucks coffee, Star Bar B Q, Colorado Kettle Corn and also other segments of entertainment.
IJA Festival- The International Juggler Association, most popularly known as IJA Festival is held in North Carolina. It is the occasion where dozens of the best performers in juggling entertainment pit their skills and creativity in hopes of carrying home a coveted gold medal. The next IJA Festival is scheduled to be held from 16-27 July, 2007 . Portland's patrons of the circus arts enthralls you during the Cascade of Stars, the IJA's public showcase of some of the best performance artists, alive today. One can choose the events and workshops depending upon one's own tastes. Not only this, you meet different people every year and learn new things every day.
The Great Escape festival- The Great Escape Festival is a 3 day event featuring 180 bands in 10 venues across Brighton, in UK, along with talks from the luminaries of different industries during the day.
The Twins Day Festival- One of the unique of its kind. The Twins Day Festival is celebrated every year on the first weekend of August and people from any age group can participate in this festival. The festival is all about entertainment and meeting different kinds of people and they also provide scholarships to the qualified twins for their upcoming college expenses, only one pair of twins is selected each year.
Bumbershoot Festival- The Bumbershoot Festival is an art festival named for an umbrella and is held at the Seattle Center campus, over Labor Day weekend. The festival is full of dance, comedy, short films, book readings, a rock poster sale and a dozens of live music at multiple stages and venues.
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