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12 Days of Celebrations â Bodhi Day Bodhi Day is celebrated mainly by the Mahayana branch of Buddhism in China, Korea, Japan, and Vietnam. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, the day of Buddha’s enlightenment is on the 8th day of the 12th month, usually falling in January. However, in the 19th century when Japan adopted the Gregorian calendar, they assigned fixed dates to many of their holidays—including Bodhi Day.
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Making Bodhi Day Meaningful There are a few easy ways you can celebrate Bodhi day: 1  Tree & Lights: In many Mahayana Buddhist countries, they decorate their homes or ficus tree with multi-colored lights to signify the many pathways to enlightenment². 2  Buddha Statue: If you have a Buddha statue, you might want to place it at the base of your tree.
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Mahabodhi Templeupdate The Mahabodhi Temple (महाबोधि मंदिर) (Literally: Great Awakening Temple) is a Buddhist temple in Bodh Gaya, the location where Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, is said to have attained enlightenment. Bodh Gaya (located in Gaya district) is located about 96 km (60 mi) from Patna, Bihar state, India.
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- — Two new public holidays (28 July for His Majesty the King’s Birthday & 13 Oct for the Passing of the late King Bhumibol Adulyadej) have been declared. Note: — Chinese New Year, Christmas Day and End of Ramadan are observed in Narathiwat, Pattani, Yala and Satun provinces only.
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Mahabodhi Templeupdate Mahabodhi Temple was built to mark that location. The Buddha then spent the succeeding seven weeks at seven different spots in the vicinity meditating and considering his experience. Several specific places at the current Mahabodhi Temple relate to the traditions surrounding these seven weeks: The first week was spent under the Bodhi tree.
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FESTIVAL OF SOULS The Festival of Souls also referred as Obon, is a Buddhist celebration, celebrated during July in Japan and August in China. This is not an official national holiday. The Japanese believe that during this period the souls of their ancestors return to their homes on earth.
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Chuseok - biggest holiday of Korea YONGSAN GARRISON, Republic of Korea -- Chuseok, similar to the American Thanksgiving, is the biggest holiday of Korea. Chuseok is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar. During Chuseok, Korean people visit their ancestors' grave sites, eat traditional food and play folk games, enjoying the holiday with family members. This year it will be celebrated on Sept. 18 - 20.
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FESTIVAL OF SOULS iImage Credit: PhotoXpress. The Festival of Souls also referred as Obon, is a Buddhist celebration, celebrated during July in Japan and August in China. This is not an official national holiday.
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- One of the most important Balinese Festivals, this is a celebration of the victory of good over evil. Honouring the creator of the universe, during this 10 day celebration the Balinese show their gratitude to the creator and their ancestors. This inv... See more.
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420 (cannabis culture) 420 event in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, April 20, 2013. Students and others gather for a 420 Day event in Porter Meadow at the University of California, Santa Cruz, campus on April 20, 2007.April 20 has become a counterculture holiday in North America, where people gather to celebrate and consume cannabis. group of people in San Rafael, California, calling themselves the Waldos because their chosen hang-out spot was a wall outside the school, used the term in connection with a fall 1971 plan to search for an abandoned cannabis crop that they had learned about.
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- Bodhi Tree, Thailand. Photograph by Natasha K, Getty Images. A sandstone Buddha sculpture is wrapped securely in the roots of a sacred bodhi tree at a monastery in Ayutthaya, Thailand. In many cultures around the world, trees are used in creation stories and myths to explain human, and spiritual, origins.
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World Most Famous Buddhist Temples Bagan. Bagan, also spelled Pagan, on the banks of the Ayerwaddy River, is home to the largest area of Buddhist temples, pagodas, stupas and ruins in the world. It was the capital of several ancient kings of Burma who built perhaps as many as 4,400 temples during the height of the kingdom (between 1000 and 1200 AD).
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- The Feast of St Patrick is a national holiday in Ireland, and is now celebrated by Irish communities all around the world. In the UK, there are St Patrick’s Day events in cities including Birmingham, Nottingham, Manchester and London, as well as Belfast.
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Where is Diwali Celebrated? Diwali is celebrated by Hindus in Britain and all over the world. Diwali is perhaps the most well-known of the Indian festivals. It is a five day celebration which occurs on the fifteenth day of the Hindu month of Kartika (during October/November in the Gregorian calendar).The fourth day of Diwali is the Hindu New Year. The festival of lights is held in honour of Lakshmi (pictured right), the Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity.t is a five day celebration which occurs on the fifteenth day of the Hindu month of Kartika (during October/November in the Gregorian calendar). The fourth day of Diwali is the Hindu New Year. The festival of lights is held in honour of Lakshmi (pictured right), the Hindu goddess of wealth and prosperity.
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Laba Festival Laba Festival. The Laba (simplified Chinese: 腊八; traditional Chinese: 臘八; literally: Eighth of La) is a traditional Chinese holiday celebrated on the eighth day of the La Month (or Layue 臘月), the twelfth month of the Chinese calendar. It is customary on this day to eat Laba Congee. The Laba Festival had not been on a fixed day until the Southern and Northern dynasties, when it was influenced by Buddhism and got a fixed time on the eighth day of twelfth month, which was also the enlightenment day of the Buddha.
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- The country with the most people that practice Buddhism is China.  Other countries that have a lot of Buddhists are Thailand, Vietnam,  and Japan.
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- The historical Bodhidharma (known as Daruma in Japan) was an Indian sage who lived sometime in the fifth or sixth century AD. He is commonly considered the founder of Chan (Zen) Buddhism 禅, and credited with Chan's introduction to China.
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10 great places to celebrate the Hindu festival of Holi If you’ve started to notice clouds of color every spring, it’s not your imagination. The Hindu festival of Holi (pronounced “holy”), which involves throwing brightly colored powders, is spreading around the globe, says Ravi M. Gupta, a religion professor at Utah State University. “It’s well known now. I don’t need to tell my students what Holi is.
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National Day National Day, holiday celebrated on October 1 to mark the formation of the People’s Republic of China. The holiday is also celebrated by China’s two special administrative regions: Hong Kong and Macau. Traditionally, the festivities begin with the ceremonial raising of the Chinese national flag in Tiananmen Square in the capital city of Beijing.
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- China's SkyCity, planned in 2013 to be the tallest building in the world with a record-breaking construction time of just 90 days, is now a massive fish pond. China is the country with the largest population of Buddhists, approximately 244 million or 18.2% of its total population.
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- Animal Photos Of The Week (9/16-9/22) YANTAI, CHINA - SEPTEMBER 19: A giant panda eats 'Mooncake' at a zoo on Mid-Autumn Day on September 19, 2013 in Yantai, Shandong Province of China. Mid-Autumn Day is a harvest day celebrated in China and other parts of Asia. It falls on the August 15th in the Chinese Lunar Calendar.
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Happy Arbor Day! Happy Arbor Day! Arbor Day is the last Friday in April each year. It all began in Nebraska in 1872. A special day was set aside for planting trees. This tree planting idea caught on and now we celebrate Arbor Day every year.
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Lantern Festival During the Lantern Festival, children go out at night to temples carrying paper lanterns and solve riddles on the lanterns (simplified Chinese: 猜灯谜; traditional Chinese: 猜燈謎; pinyin: cāidēngmi; Cāidēngmí: jyutping). caai1dang1mai4oday, the displaying of lanterns is still a major event on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month throughout China. Chengdu in southwest China's Sichuan Province, for example, holds a lantern fair each year in Culture Park.
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- (Answer #2). World enviornment day is celebrated on June 5 .All governments in the states,U.Ts,academic institutions,universities,colleges,schools and voluntary organisations organise suitable activities on this day.