Celebrations,rituals and traditions unique to your country?

I am from India.And in all the districts in India,there are looots of rituals and traditions.If i tried explaining it here.It could take forever.Many people from a lot of other countries come to India to learn about our culture.And nowadays the number of such people is increasing.We can see them almost every other day.And most of these traditions really are amazing when you get to know about them. Even i who live in India don't know all about all these traditions.

In the Philippines, we have have some many traditional rituals and cultural celebrations depending on what region. In the the city of Baguio which is considered as the summer capital of the country, they have the flowers festival or "panagbenga" in the local dialect. This resembles the parade of roses in the United States. We also have many feasts in honor of patron saints with festivities which include street dancing and processions not to mention the more popular Sinulog, Moriones Festival and others which are attended by lots of tourists who want to join the fun like the locals. Some festivals are adaptations from other culture but all in all they reflect upon the rich culture and traditions of the country.

I am from india, it has so many states, so many languages people speak, there are tons of festivals, rituals, if you read my discussions you can see many We have some thing similar to maritenitsa, wedding of dolls thanks for sharing, welcome to mylot.. Professor

hello, In India, there are many festivals which we celebrate. My most favorite is a festival called "pongal" we celebrate it in the winter season, during January. Its a 3 day festival. The specialty of Indian festivals is, even though we have many states and we speak many languages, the festivals , which we celebrate, in different regions are the same, But with different names and customs .

About Hungary... For example sprinkling in Easter... it may exist in other countries, but as I know, it's quite rare. Guys sprinkle girls with... in the earlier times, water (in buckets :D), now with water, soda water, perfumes or colognes, as if the girls were flowers which should be sprinkled in order not to dry out, and for this in exchange the girls at first, gave hand painted eggs, nor painted eggs, chocolate eggs, schnaps or money... and the guys say rhymes about sprinkling (nowadays funny ones are the most popular ones, earlier it was all about how beaitufl a flower the certain girl is). There's also a holiday in May, "Pünkösd"... I'd say its a May-fest. A Pünkösd-tree is set up/planted, and boys and girls dance around it (well, in the country at least), and the Pünkösd King and the Pünkösd Queen are elected in communities. Also, there is are big balls in the summer in palaces and castles, the Anna balls, the biggest one in Balatonfüred, where lots of first ballers are intoroduced, and the most beautiful girl and the charm king are chosen (the charm king is usually not a first baller guy, the the girls are usually 16-20 year olds).

Hi I am from Pakistan and it is an Islamic country . . Here in Pakistan there 2 Eid celebrations in one year. These are religious celebrations . . Eid-ul-Fitar is celebrated after Fasting month, 10th month of Islamic calender. There are special prayers after sunrise and exchange of sweet dishes and visits . . Where as Eid-ul-Azha is celebrated on 12th month of Islamic calender . . On this day collective prayers are done and sacrifice of goat , camel , sheep or cow is done. Meat is being distributed among friends and poor people.