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Diwali
Origin: Ancient India, signifies the victory of light over darkness and good over evil. Cultural Significance: Hindu festival of lights celebrated with fireworks, sweets, and lights.
Qingming Festival
Origin: China, traditionally a day to honor the dead. Cultural Significance: Also known as Tomb Sweeping Day, families visit graves to clean them and make ritual offerings.
Songkran
Origin: Thailand, marks the traditional Thai New Year. Cultural Significance: Famous for its water festival where people splash water on each other for purification and fun.
Gion Matsuri
Origin: Kyoto, Japan, started in the 9th century to appease the gods during an epidemic. Cultural Significance: Annual festival featuring processions of floats, traditional music, and performances.
Navroz
Origin: Persia, marks the Persian New Year and the vernal equinox. Cultural Significance: Celebrated with various customs, including spring cleaning, elaborate spreads of symbolic foods, and family gatherings.
Tet Nguyen Dan
Origin: Vietnam, translates to 'Feast of the First Morning'. Cultural Significance: Vietnamese New Year celebration with ancestral worship, family reunions, and traditional foods.
Holi
Origin: India, known as the festival of colors or festival of love. Cultural Significance: Celebrates the arrival of spring and the victory of good over evil with bonfires, colored powders, and festive songs.
Chuseok
Origin: Korea, akin to a harvest festival. Cultural Significance: A time to honor ancestors and enjoy the abundance of the harvest with traditional games and feasts of Korean foods.
Lantern Festival
Origin: China, marks the final day of the Chinese New Year celebrations. Cultural Significance: Features lantern displays, lion dances, and the consumption of tangyuan, symbolizing reunion and happiness.
Loy Krathong
Origin: Thailand, said to originate from an ancient ritual paying respect to water spirits. Cultural Significance: People release 'krathongs' (decorative floats) on rivers to symbolize letting go of anger and negativity.
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