What festival are you celebrate in your country?
By afternoontea
@afternoontea (1005)
Indonesia
May 17, 2007 2:05am CST
In my country, there are so many cebration festival through out the year but in Bali there is one festival we celebrate with silence. We call it Nyepi Day or Silence day. During this day, no activities are allowed in the island. People are not allowed to go outside their home or doing activities. Everything is closed even the international airport. The whole island is quite.
At night there is no lights is allowed except for hospital and hotels with only minimum lights. Can you imagine in one day there is no activities and our place is like dead city...
But I like this festival. There will be a huge celebration and carnival one day before and silent on the next day. The air become so fresh, you know, because there are no cars or polution during that one day..
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10 responses
@swatig (1183)
• India
17 May 07
there are many festival in our country India but holi and diwali are main in our religion. hope u heard about these festival. i enjoy alot not the festival but the prepartion associated with these festival which started almost month before. I jst wnt to tell that i hve marvellous experience during these festival.
@afternoontea (1005)
• Indonesia
17 May 07
I have experienced deepvali festival at litle India in Singapore, is it the same with Diwali? It is very interesting, I got invited to my friends house and they decorate their house with colorful rice..
@afternoontea (1005)
• Indonesia
17 May 07
Oh I'd love to see a festival of flowers.. I love flowers..
@pogspan123 (207)
• Philippines
17 May 07
there are many festivals in our country..but usually sinulog here in cebu! many people wear maskaras and dancing some painted their bodies and the others wear costumes!
@inday312saylon (747)
• Philippines
17 May 07
Last May 15, 2007 I went to the Pahiyas Festival. It's one of the most popular festivals in the Philippines where people creatively display their bountiful harvest in the facade of their houses. Homeowners compete for the best display and they are given big prizes if they win. I love this festival, because it shows the creativity and ingenuity of the Filipinos.
@afternoontea (1005)
• Indonesia
17 May 07
We have harvest festival too in my country, but we dont do as what Pahiyas festival do with creative displays. The houses must be look beautiful with harvest decoration..
@inday312saylon (747)
• Philippines
18 May 07
yes, the whole street really looks festive with all the display of bountiful harvest. This is also a way of honoring their patron saint for giving the people plenty of harvest.
@AnimeSeller (31)
• United States
18 May 07
the festival in my country is Tet is a chinese and vietnamese new year! is a realy fun day where people recieve red evelop full of money in it! we share laughter and joy! we eat dinner together in one big happy family!
@vellaiappa (52)
• India
18 May 07
We celebrate Diwali as a special festival. But I like the festival "Karthigai" that we celebrate in Tamilnadu. This festival is for Lord Muruga and that day we used to light lamps(not the electric lamp. This festival comes in the month of December, since its the winter season the lamps are lighted using gingelly oil. Gingelly oil lamp is good for the surrounding and also it controls the cool temperature some what because everyone lights lot of lamps in front and around their house.
In the mean time a very big lamp using ghee is lihted in Tiruannamalai temple hill for the same purpose.
@jbelle (912)
• Philippines
18 May 07
here in my country every cities have their own festivity like for us in bacolod city we celebrate the Maskara festival this is being celebrated every year since bacolod city is the "City of Smile" so maskara represents how friendly people of bacolod are. Its a prestigious event, dancing competion from respectives barangay dancers use a classy dress and wears maskara its fun and amazing!
@joice86 (1078)
• Philippines
18 May 07
Wow, good to know about that one. It is my first time to hear about that festival and surprised that there is such a festival. I want to be there too to experience that one. I want to see how is the feeling of that one.
For us here, we also have lots of festivals all over our country. And in our place, we have our festival called "PANAGBENGA" which means flowers in bloom. It is a great festivity wherein a lot of people coming from different places and countries flock together in the city to watch the parade. It is such a beautiful event and so many activities during the month.
