know about Nowruz? Nothing! So let me say about it. :) Nowruz (new day‚ نوروز) is the most important holiday in Iran which has been celebrated for over 3000 years! Nowruz is my favorite holiday because it’s maybe the only time during the year that all the members of the families get together and have fun. Also it’s the longest holiday in a year. On the first day of the New Year‚ which usually happens on 20 or 21 March each year‚ older people usually give a gift to the younger ones. (^__^) Haft
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13th of April At this very moment‚ all the provinces around the country are ready to celebrate the Songkran festival. The Songkran Festival [sǒŋ.krāːn]‚ is celebrated in Thailand as the traditional New Year’s Day from 13 to 15 April. Origin: (Songkran has traditionally been celebrated as the New Year for many centuries‚ and is believed to have been adapted from the Sankranti Hindu festival. It is now observed nationwide‚ even in the far south. However‚ the most famous Songkran celebrations are
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Frequently asked questions about Vietnamese culture: Vietnamese Lunar New Year. Hà Nội: Thế Giới Publishers‚ 2003. 116 pp. Culture is the aspect I’m especially interested in. And I find it amazing to read a cultural book in bilingual. It helps me to improve not only my knowledge‚ but also my new English vocabularies. Recently I have been impressed greatly by “Frequently asked questions about Vietnamese culture: Vietnamese Lunar New Year” - a book written by a cultural scholar Hữu Ngọc and an American
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which are not numbered‚ but clearly separated by four paragraphs. What does these systematic divisions and subdivisions in four mean?We have to consider two possible interpretations. First‚ the number four corresponds to God’s divine order. At the beginning God‚ whose name has four letters ’’YHVH’’‚ created the four elements‚ the four rivers‚ the four winds‚ the four seasons‚ the four dimensions (length‚ width‚ height‚ and time) and the four points representing the four directions (the cardinal points
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has sold 400‚000 copies. He says that people do not have problems with change itself‚ but rather with transitions. The change is the situation‚ i.e.‚ the new boss‚ the move‚ the reorganization‚ etc. The transition is “psychological. It is the three-phased process people go through as they internalize and come to terms with the details of the new situation that the change brings about.” “People have to bring their hearts and minds to work‚” so when change comes along‚ “transition management…is a way
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Richards handed over the sad news to Mrs. Mallard’s sister‚ Josephine. Josephine informed in broken sentences to Mrs. Mallard about her husband’s death. Mrs. Mallard sobbed in her sister’s arm and went upstairs to another room alone. The room had an open window‚ and a comfortable roomy armchair2. Mrs. Mallard gazed out of the window and realized that she was a free woman and the way she described everything outside the window‚ seemed like she could see a new beginning‚ an opportunity to freedom.
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Being Human Suddenly this tag is catching my attention and as days of my life pass‚ it is becoming more meaningful and relevant. I have walked much‚ seen a lot‚ been on an airy-fairy‚ grounded many a times‚ trampled‚ crushed‚ raised‚ convalesced‚ used‚ misused and disused. After all of the melodrama‚ I have realized‚ may be late‚ that this is the ultimate token of acceptability. the so called bad boy who brought it to my notice could be much more wiser than many a saints‚ what he has believed‚ he
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recall and some that I would like to erase for good. As I look back‚ I think the one event that really turned my life around was joining the Navy‚ 20 years later and I must say it was a decision well made. As I graduated high school my thought process was to be the first person in my family to go to college. Here I am an 18 year old boy from Queens‚ New York having to travel more than an hour to college‚ taking two buses and a train. Now this does not sit well with someone when it is in the middle
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The Beginning‚ of a New Life. By Juan Roman In the fall of 2011‚ I moved to Buffalo‚ New York and took two years to get here. I do not regret anything. I arrived knowing nothing and speaking English was not the same as when I was twelve when I was studying in Tampa‚ FL. Some people may think it’s funny that I came here not knowing the woman I was to live with. My mother was happy but scared at the same time that I was going to a city that I did not know
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to be thankful for what you have in life and what you have accomplished. But open your eyes to the larger picture. If we are to appreciate the fruits of life‚ we must first appreciate the tree that bears the fruit: birth itself. Birth is your beginning. It is a window to the chance of a lifetime‚ the chance to fulfill your unique mission. So a birthday is a momentous occasion‚ to be commemorated just as a nation commemorates its birth or as an organization celebrates its founding. Still‚ it is
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