Festivals
A festival is an event ordinarily celebrated by a community and centering on some characteristic aspect of that community and its religion or cultures. It is often marked as a local or national holiday, mela, or eid. A festival constitutes typical cases of glocalization, as well as the high culture-low culture interrelationship. Next to religion and folklore, a significant origin is agricultural. Food is such a vital resource that many festivals are associated with harvest time. Religious commemoration and thanksgiving for good harvests are blended in events that take place in autumn, such as Halloween in the northern hemisphere and …
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RSIS: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies · 25 October 2024 English
Battling for the Hearts and Minds of Youths: Reclaiming Religious Authority and Identity By Mohamed Bin Ali and Kanishk Sudhir Ramchandra SYNOPSIS The recent detention of another young Singaporean under …
refraining from greeting non- Muslims during festivals, eventually leading them towards a desire to harm …
World Bank Group · 19 October 2024 English
deeply ingrained cultural practices include annual festivals, naming and marriage ceremonies, with notable …
World Bank Group · 19 October 2024 English
golden stool. The district celebrates various festivals, including the Akwasidae, Awukudae, and Fofie …
World Bank Group · 19 October 2024 English
practices are deeply ingrained, with annual festivals such as Damba, Bugum (fire festival), and the …
World Bank Group · 17 October 2024 English
services for awareness raising events, i.e. festivals, panels, workshops, concerts and etc. (Multiple …
World Bank Group · 16 October 2024 English
sensitization programmes through SHGs (Plastic Mitras), festivals, etc., and; v) services involving various consultancies … initiatives on livelihoods enhancement, workshops, festivals (turtle conservation) and iv) services involving …
Redfern Legal Centre · 16 October 2024 English
circumstances made it necessary to conduct the relevant strip searches. [...] The cancellation of festivals like Splendour in the Grass impacts both the cultural landscape and the local economy. …
music festivals and been subjected to unlawful strip searches by NSW Police. Some of these festivals have … young people have been strip searched at music festivals. RLC submits that an inquiry into the challenges … pervasive strip searches have on attendance at music festivals, industry audiences and their behaviours. We acknowledge … Key areas of concern Strip searches and music festivals Recently, RLC published a report, ‘The Need for … searches occurred at music festivals, statistical analysis shows that music festivals are hot spots for strip …
World Bank Group · 15 October 2024 English
services for awareness raising events, i.e. festivals, panels, workshops, concerts and etc. (Multiple …
World Bank Group · 14 October 2024 English
Zungeru and Nagwamatse Well. One of the prominent festivals is the Gani Cultural Festival while Kainji Lake …
World Bank Group · 11 October 2024 English
Religions:.... 7. Language spoken:.... 8. Major Festivals:.... 9. Literacy Rate (Male%, Female%), Education …
