International festivals

An international competition brings numerous communities along to own fun and knowledge the music, dance, foods, and humanities of various cultures. And it is also a great way to promote an awareness of problems associated with world kid health whereas you get pleasure from interacting with associate degreed learning about other cultures. International Festivals is an organized event with a leading theme.

And let's see the types of International Festivals:

This International festival can be celebrated in many forms like:

Snow and Ice festival:

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Snow and ice sculptures return to life at this wonderful international pageant in China. Over the months of January, Harbin welcomes thousands of locals and tourists to expertise a winter howling in contrast to the other. The additional ancient snowy activities like athletics, snowboarding, skating, and sleigh riding square measure offered – however the $64000 excitement happens after you see one thing fully distinctive. Through special tours, guests will expertise Ice and Snow World, the International Snow Sculpture Art aggregation, Ice lamp Art truthful, dog sledding or safari-style viewing of Siberian tigers (among several different activities!)

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Arts Festival:

Galway International Arts competition (GIAF) may be a major cultural organization, that produces one among Europe’s leading international arts festivals; develops and produces new work that tours nationwide and internationally; and presents a significant discussion platform, 1st Thought Talks. The multidisciplinary competition takes place every July in an urban center, fire and covers a spread of art forms, as well as theatre, dance, music, opera, street spectacle, visual arts, discussion, and comedy. In 2017, over two hundred events befell in thirty-three venues over the course of fourteen days with AN attending in far more than 210,000. it had been named by some media in a concert of the highest five Summer Festivals in Europe.

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International Festival Of Owls:

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Immerse yourself in owls at the sole annual, full-weekend, all-owl pageant in North America. Highlights embody seven species of live owls (including foreign species and a flying Barn Owl), bird of night prowls to decision in wild owls, a birding and explanation bus trip, and learn from a bird of night consultants from an African country and California.

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• Jaisalmer Desert Festival

Types Of Festivals And Importance

1st of all, what we want to know what is a festival? And why we are giving much more preference in our life."Festival"the name we heard means unknown happiness arrived in our hearts from childhood onwards. It keeps us relationship attachment to everyone in family & society. And the festival means not all want to celebrate the same. It may vary religion-religion and, different culture also. They are different types of festivals like we celebrate Traditionally and Internationally also. It depends on the culture and religions. And let's go detail view of our topic"Types of festivals and Importance".

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Generally, Traditional Festival means like religious, cultures and based upon there caste it depends. For example, Christianity - is a religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus. At Churches they do prayers. Festival they celebrate Christmas. Bible is the holy text of Christians. Hinduism-actually believes in only one god but in many forms addressed names like Shiva, Vishnu, Ganapathi, SriRama, Lakshmi Devi, Durga Devi, and no. of creations. Buddhism and Sikhism were both derived from Hinduism only. Hinduism has no single inventor, no single scripture and no commonly agreed set of teachings. And they celebrate countless festivals like Dussehra, Deepavali, Sankranthi, Ganesh Chaturthi, Sri Rama Navami, and soon. They do pooja in the temple. Islam-Known as Muslims. They worship only one God who in Arabic called Allah. At Mosques area they worship. The Quran is the holy text of Islam. Those are the examples for Traditional festival(as well as a religious festival). At these festivals, we give importance to traditional dresses, ethnic wear & know about moral values, cultures and all. This time is the most precious and joyful spending with family and friends. During festival times we wish everyone and interact with people we know. And interested to spend time like shopping, decorating, and girls show much interest in keeping Mehandi, nail arts, making food items etc.
We generally know this kind of festivals but according to there cultures, they celebrate this kind of traditional festivals.
Know About more Interesting International Festivals till now u don't hear about this kind of Snow, Ice Festivals, owl festival soon.

Taj Mahotsav

One of the major festivals in India is" Taj Mahotsav "which held every year in Agra. It is the most awaited festival, which is organized every year at Shilpgram near the eastern gate of “Taj Mahal”. This year Taj Mahotsav will begin on Monday-18th February and ends on Wednesday-27th February. Celebrated along 10 days.

History of Taj Mahotsav:

Every year Taj Mahotsav is being celebrated since 1992. The celebration of this Taj
Mahotsav along with the enthralling romance of Taj Mahal makes the atmosphere
of this festival amazing. Main attractions of Taj Mahotsav are the performances,
fairs, and food of this festival. And a large no.of tourists from India and foreigners
are coming to Agra to join in this festival.

Events held in Taj Mahotsav:

Music and dances of India are varied, spiritual and has many hues forms of classical
to contemporary. And people from different areas of the world are fascinated with
the rich cultural diversity of India. So here the Taj Mahotsav the cultural evenings are
organized where visitors are sure to be part of soul-stirring performances by artists
of various regions.

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Taj Mahotsav Entry fee details:

The entry fee for Taj Mahotsav is very reasonable and at low a cost.

Up to 5 years: Free

5-10 years: 10/- per each

For Adults: The fee is 50/-rs per head

Foreign Tourist: Free

The maximum cost is 500/- for 100 students in same school uniform and entry fee

free for 2 teachers with the school group.

Any emergency Services :

Police Station: 100

Ambulance:108

Women helpline:1090

child Line: 1098

Where to stay:

There are many hotels in Agra. Ranging from budget class to super Luxury category. And the complete hotel's list will  be- UP Tourism

Famous Handicrafts to Purchase in Taj Mahal, Agra  

Interesting facts about Agra Fort

Mehndi Ceremony

The art of applying henna in hands and feet with different styles is known as Mehndi. And it is a very old traditional culture and ancient art form of the Asian subcontinent. Mehndi ceremony takes an important part in the Indian big fat wedding. And not only the wedding in every function it plays an important role from a birthday party, half saree ceremony and soon it plays a vital role.

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In India, weddings are celebrated as 3 days or 5 days big fat ceremony, At that time one-day mehndi ceremony is more auspicious with family and friends. It is usually held before pre-wedding.

The mehndi color also shows the bond of love and understanding between the bride and groom.

Gorintaku is also called as natural henna. Which directly pick up from the plant and added some remedies to it and to get good color and blended well. And after blended, it keeps on palm with different shapes.

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The herb of it is very much advantageous for the growth of nails and health. The cooling effect present in the herbs helps us in relieving stress, headaches, and fever. Hence, Mehandi is applied to get rid of the bride and the groom of all the wedding stress. It even safeguards the couple doesn't effect viral diseases before the wedding.

Importance giving to this mehndi is used as a protection against the "evil eye."

The Mehndi ceremony is a colorful, and lively celebration and is often combined with ‘sangeet’ ceremony.

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The traditional patterns of mehndi have become more and more intricate and decorative from time to time. There are now many styles of mehndi patterns, the most popular ones being the Arabic and Rajasthani mehndi designs. Mehendi is now even applied with ornaments, like crystals and sparkles and glitters.

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Styles Of Mehndi

Jaisalmer Desert Festival

Jaisalmer Desert Festival

One of the famous cultural events that dominate the sand of Rajasthan in the month of February - The popular Jaisalmer Desert Festival. It reflects the culture and heritage of the Rajasthani people. Being an annual event, fest garners the attention of many itchy feet.

The duration of the festival is three days and it comes to an end on Poornima, the full moon day in February. The main theme of the Jaisalmer Desert Festival is to display the rich and colorful culture of the state. Dressed in vibrant and colorful attire, the local people of Rajasthan dance to the tunes lingering ballads of heroism, romance, and tragedy of the local heroes.

The festival takes place near the famous sand dunes of Thar desert.

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History of Jaisalmer:

Jaisalmer was discovered by the Rajput ruler Raja Rawal Jaisal Singh in the 12th century. The city was a mid-spot for several trade routes including ancient Silk road in medieval times. Traders from Central Asia, Egypt, Arab and Persia used to come here. It became home to several trade fairs and festivals.

There are a number of competitions been held, such as the famous turban tying or the Desert that adds to the excitement of the festival. In this desert festival, the performers sway to the tunes and dance on rich cultural songs and tunes. The Jaisalmer Desert Festival is sponsored by the Rajasthan State Tourism Corporation and one of the most visited festivals of Jaisalmer City. Attractions of the fest are the snake charmers, puppeteers, acrobats, and folk performers. And the interesting part in Jaisalmer desert festival is camel race, they decorate camel in this festival.

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Shopping & Food lovers to Buy from Desert Festival:

The festival is also for shopping lovers for those seeking intricate handicrafts and handloom attires in vibrant colors, decked with multicolors thread work and mirrors. And also Shop for unique home décor artifacts and exquisite pieces of attires that are unique essential that is made by local craftsmen in the traditional manner.

The festival is also a hub for foodies as it serves an authentic Rajasthani fare with stalls and dhabas offering freshly made hot local delicious food. And there is no money problem to exchange at this festival as there are several portable money exchange stalls and mostly all cards are accepted.

Exploring Jaisalmer

                                                 

Traditional Wear

In India, there a different type and no.of traditions in clothing it is based upon the people and their native cultures. According to their occasions like festivals and family functions, they choose traditional wear from children to big aged people. In India totally  29 states are there and every state has their Unique wear of clothing. Not only state according to their religion also they wear traditional clothes. And let’s see some states how they had own kind of styling and clothing in tradition.

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 Assam

Assam is very rich in culture and traditions. And they celebrate festivals more. And it is a fusion of Indo Burmese, Mongolian and Aryan origin.

The Assamese doll up very simple dresses, and mostly hand loomed.

The Traditional wear of women is motif-rich Mekhela Chador or Riha- Mekhela.

The traditional wear for men is 'Suria' or 'dhoti', and over it, they drape a chadar known as 'Selena'.

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Language speaks: Assam, Asamiya

AndhraPradesh

The AP(AndhraPradesh) is known for its rich heritage and culture. And it also famous for a tourist place.

The traditional wear of AP is not much different from other southern states of the country.

Men

In AndhraPradesh men wear generally dhoti and kurta.

Dhoti

A dhoti is a large piece of cloth that is wrapped around the waist and is tucked from between the legs. The length of the dhoti worn is according to one's preference means based upon their heights. The dhoti can be either mark up to knee length or ankle length. And they will celebrate the Dhoti function for teenagers.

                                                                   
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Kurta

Kurta is the top worn by the men. They are usually made up of cotton. The length of the sleeve is full length or half.

Shirt

Even though Kurta is traditional to wear, men have also started wearing shirts and T-shirts instead of Kurta.

Lungi

Men in Andhra Pradesh also were Lungis. Lungis are a piece of silk or cotton cloth simply wrapped around the waist. Muslim men wear pajamas instead of dhoti and kurta with a Fez Cap.

Women

Saree

The saree is a long length of cloth (usually 5½ meters or 6 yards long) that is wrapped around a woman's lower body, And wear blouses to cover their upper body.

And there a different type of sarees are famous like Ikkat,kanchipuram silk,darmavaram pattu,mangalgiri cotton, kalamkari and soon.

                                                   

   Kanchipuram silk

Langa Voni

Langa Voni is a two-piece or a half saree worn by girls in south India. It consists of a  piece of skirt and blouse and a dupatta. Girls wear Langa Voni before they get married.

Langavoni

Language speaks: Telugu

Costumes of different states in India



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The Harbin Ice And Snow Festival is one of the world's biggest snow sculputure festival.The harbin ice and snow festival has been held since 1963.

1st it is the traditional festival near harbin located people,Later on it becomes an International festival.

Traditionally Harbin Ice and Snow Festival start arround Dec(24-25)and last to ends February.

But after becoming International festival the official date declared to this ceremony January 5th.And usually held same date on each year.

Even sun sets in harbin looks cold.Nearly 10,000 people works for this festival to cut and build the blocks of ice and sculptures.

  

          

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The lighting effects on the ice and snow sculptures are used by the computer controlled Led's and regular lighting to animate beautiful and stunning displays of color and designs.

If you want to experience the local festival atmosphere,then attend during the spring festival which going to be held on February(5th to 10th).

And the intresting and crazy thing that they do is "Eating Ice Cream".It is tradition in Harbin.

Though it is frezzing ,It is one of the best experience.The temperature in Harbin will be upto -20°C but people lined up arround the streets in order to buy and eat icecreams at popular shops.

Events held in Harbin Ice and Snow Festival :

*Firstly feautured by welcoming speeches,fireworks displays

*Then hosts a wide range of activites such as snow sculptures

*Ice lantern show

*International competition for Snow and Ice sculptures

*Winter Skating

*Mountain Skating

*Dance Performances

*Economic & Trade talks

*Exibiting of paintings,photos,calligraphy and soon

 The Main Venues for the Harbin Ice and Snow festival:

* Sun Island Park:
                          Here the biggest snow sculptures are dispalyed. And the best time to visit is Daytime.

Ticket Cost: 240 RMB

In Indian Rupees:2,550/-

Zhaolin Park:

   It is also known as Ice World.Where more than 1000 gaint snow sculptures are constructed displays art and competition held here.

Ticket Cost: 150 RMB

In Indian Rupees:1594/-

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Sponsors for Harbin Ice and Snow festival:

*Harbin Muncipal Government

*Harbin Tourism Administration

*Heilongjiang Provincial Government. 

 

Tourisium Attractions:

*Songhua River Tourist Area
*SunIsland

*Zhaolin park

*The Mosque China's Show Town