World Religions Spotlight: Durga Purga, A Hindu Holiday
September 30, 2009 by Elias Hawke
Filed under Culture, Culture by Country, Featured, India, Religion
Durga Puja also referred to as Durgotsab is an annual Hindu festival that is held in many cities of India and is one of the largest celebrated festivals in the whole world. For 5 days (Sept. 24-28th) the people of the Hindu faith enjoy the celebration and pray before the goddess Durga to bestow on them wealth, auspiciousness, prosperity, knowledge and other gifts
August is the Month of Independence
August 6, 2009 by Elias Hawke
Filed under Culture, Culture by Country, Featured, India, Pakistan
The day of Independence for a nation is one of great celebration, pride and culture. Yesterday the West African nation Burkina Faso celebrated its Independence. Today it is Jamaica’s turn and so is Bolivia’s. Tomorrow, it will be Columbia’s turn to party. In fact, 21 nations will toast their Independence celebrations in the month of August!
Which countries are we talking about? In true Spartan Opinion tradition we compiled a list of all the nations celebrating this month. How many counties did you about ?
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