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Chinese New Year is a 15-day celebration that starts on the first day of the Lunar calendar and ends on the fifteenth. Because of this, it is also known as Lunar New Year.
Marked by lion dance performances with thunderous drum beats, the lighting of firecrackers and generous splashes of the colour red, Chinese New Year is traditionally celebrated in a roaring, vibrant manner. These practices find their roots in the ancient...

Christmas is an annual Christian festival that celebrates and commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, the only son of God.
According to the Bible, Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary. Mary and her husband, Joseph went to Bethlehem to take part in a census. When the time came for Mary to give birth, there was no place for them in the inn. Jesus...

Deepavali, also known as the “Festival of Lights”, is observed and celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs and Jains all over the world. It falls on the fourteenth day of the dark fortnight, or the waning moon, in the month of Aippasi in the Tamil calendar. This...

Hari Raya loosely translates to “day of celebration” in Malay — an apt description for the joyous festival of Hari Raya Puasa, which marks the end of a month of puasa, or “fasting”.
The occasion falls on the first day of the tenth month in the Islamic calendar and is observed by Muslims all over the world. It is also known as Eid al-Fitr, a term borrowed from Arabic....