My Last Day

I partially agree with Pangloss’s statement because we never know what the future holds for us and we can never predict our fate therefor what happens to you today (now) or what you have is the best you can get or have in your live. For example, considering

Divali(Diwali)-The festival of light is celebrated by Hindu’s as well but for different reasons. Sikh’s celebrate it because it is the anniversary of the release from the imprisonment of the sixth guru Har Gobind. Its an important symbol of freedom.

Did you see the cloud of color floating above Girard Park this weekend? That was Lafayette Holi. Holi is an important Hindu religious festival with several purposes; celebrating the colors of spring, telling winter goodbye, and more traditionally honoring legends that good wins over evil, and the virtue of truth. Communities coming together and throwing colored powder on each other and dancing celebrate the festival, also known as, the Festival of Colors. Hindus believe Holi is a time for reconciliation and rebirth; a time to restore broken relationships and rid themselves of emotional impurities.

Many people take part in the Hindu belief system actually fifteen percent of the world to be exact; in fact approximately one billion people in the world practice Hinduism and that’s fifteen percent of the world’s population. This religion was created about five thousand years ago in India. This religion was so popular based on its polytheistic beliefs, which is the beliefs in many gods. They also would tend to make up new gods based on individual beliefs. Hindus also believed that that god is present everywhere. The social life of Hindus is replete with celebrations and festive occasions that allow them to come together as a community and celebrate their common culture. Here're some of the most popular Hindu festivals Diwali the Festival of Lights, and Holi the Festival of Colors. These festivals are very popular and are celebrated worldwide throughout the Hindus civilization ("Hinduism." World Mark).

The Hindu then worships puja by giving flowers and fruits and finally the Hindu eats the blessed food. By following these steps Hindu believe they become closer to the deity. (asms.k12.ar.us) Hindu’s also have many festivals to celebrate their religion. Lohari is an example of one of the festivals. Lohari takes place in the winter at night in Northern India. The people build a bonfire and throw popcorn, peanuts and sesame candies into the fire. By throwing these objects into the fire it is symbolic by throwing one’s evil into the fire, and also asking for blessings for the following year. Holi is another celebration which is considered to be the celebration of the death of winter and the return on spring. (Fisher 105-106)

Holi is probably the least religious of Hindu holidays. During Holi, people attend a public bonfire at eve of Holi. Next day, people spray color powder and color water to friend and family. Some parts of India people also drink Bhang, a milk base drink with marijuana. The history behind Holi is evil king named Hiranyakashipu. He forbade his son Prahlad from worshipping Vishnu, but Radhu continued to do offer prayers to the god. Getting angry with his son, Hiranyakashipu challenged Prahlad to sit on a pyre with his wicked aunt Holika who was believed to be immune to fire. Prahlad accepted the challenge and prayed to Vishnu to keep him safe. When the fire started, everyone watched in amazement as Holika was burnt to death, while Prahlad survived without a scar to show for it. The burning of Holika is celebrated as Holi (Holi – Religion

A strong cultural tradition that we continue to celebrate in the United States is Eid. It is a Muslim occasion, which happens twice a year. This tradition is important to me because it is part of who I am and my religion. During the Eid, we get to meet with our family members, wear new clothes, travel, eat and pray to God. It is a time were every Muslim comes together to celebrate with their family. We still celebrate this festival twice a year, but it is much different in the US.

There are many types of festival in Hinduism. One of the festival they celebrate in here is called Holy Gidhibali. They paint their faces with colors and before they do this festival,

Halloween is on November 31st and is celebrated by kids dressing up in costumes and going home to home knocking on doors yelling “trick or treat” to ask for candy hoping to fill up their bags. . It can be a great night of fun for all of those who participate. Decorations for Halloween are usually pumpkins and anything scary. People like to carve their pumpkins turning them into a

     Since Buddhism and Hinduism have different believes they also have different holy days. Moreover, because Hindus worship variety of gods they have a variety of festivals. The three main festivals of Hinduism are: Holi, Divali, and Dasehra. Holi is the most popular festival. This holy day is celebrated each year during February-March to welcome spring. “Holi is dedicated to god Krishna and it was once a fertility ceremony (104).” Throughout the days of Holi, many of the casts and taboo restrictions are set aside and pleasure is emphasized. The second ceremony Divali, celebrated in November, is a festival to welcome a new year. Finally the third festival, the Dasehra, celebrated up to nine days in October, in honor of Durga, a consort of Shiva. On the other hand Buddhism is divided in many ways according to philosophy and geography. The major festivals that are celebrated by most Buddhists are New Year, Buddha’s birthday, the festival of souls, and robe offering. In

I am fortunate to visit my beloved Maui every year and get to spend a full glorious week in Napili Bay. While watching my final sunset every year I ask for a sign to let me know that the peace, harmony, and serenity of spirit that I feel while in my Hawaiian paradise will remain with me throughout the year after I return home. A sign that will tell me that I am taken care of and everything will be okay. Once was I greeted the following morning, just a few hours before leaving for the airport, with the most spectacular rainbow I have ever seen. Its magnificence was not only in the beauty of it, but in how long it lasted, which must have been well over 30 minutes! Another time I was swimming in the ocean on my final morning and a sea turtle

Shades of orange, purple, green, deep red, magenta and dark blue make beautiful festive colors. If you are going for a monochromatic theme, go for colors like champagne, iris, sapphire, tango pink and laurel green. Diwali festivities are spread over multiple days in some regions, during which celebrants explode fireworks, share sweets, and send greetings to friends and family. Women may have their hands decorated with henna designs. Homes are decorated with small lamps and colorful paper lanterns called diyas and kandils, important parts of Diwali decorations. In some parts of India, Hindus also create rangoli, intricate floor paintings made of colored tikka powder or sand. Rangoli designs are made up of an unbroken line, the idea being that there should be no gaps through which evil spirits can enter. Motifs are usually natural – animals, flowers, etc.— though they can also include geometric patterns.

As for the setting of Holi, I feel that setting of the park did contribute to the program because we know that parks are locations that unite and make people interact and socialize with each other when there are activities occurring throughout the park. So in the case of this program, it received a variety of individuals that are Indians and others that are not, which relates to this quotation “you can’t change people. But if you change the environment then the people will change”(Eisner, pg. 107), which explains that the people that are from different cultures that attended Holi will adapt to the setting as they enter the event. The berm of this program would be that booths were set up in a box shape and where I entered from was elevated,

I woke up at four a.m., showered, changed, brushed my teeth, combed my hair and drove to work, but that’s when the fundamentals of the world changed. Earth practically quivered with the anticipation of the future for the world. That day, the world was thrown out of balance. The volcano under Yellowstone park exploded forever changing the world as we knew it. The volcano wasn’t expected to erupt for centuries, yet it still exploded. Millions of people died from just the ash alone. Families trapped in buildings and killed as the roof caved in, crushing them to death. Others separated from their other loved ones, unable to contact them and know if they were alive. During that crisis, here I am driving to work, unaware of the calamity

As a kid Sundays were my favorite day. It was full of family time with my two older brothers, my younger sister, and both my parents. My brothers were typical teenage boys and even though they annoyed me and my sister, I still looked forward to Sundays because family was the most important thing to me as a kid. Our average Sunday began by going to morning Mass and afterwards we ate lunch together. My dad’s favorite place to eat was Olive Garden, so we would go there often. My dad was my hero because he always put his family first and made me feel safe. My dad was the breadwinner of the household and worked to provide for us while my mom stayed home to look after the kids. Although looking back we weren’t very rich, my parents still found ways to make us happy and give us the things we wanted and needed. Little did I know my world was about to come crashing down.