Which is your country's biggest festival?

@ram_cv (16513)
India
October 25, 2011 7:34am CST
Deepavali is India's biggest festival. It is the time when people buy lots of sweets, crackers and new clothes. It is also the season of gifting and getting back to family. From a shopping perspective this is the biggest shopping season in India. Which is the biggest festival in your country? What do people do during the festival? Cheers! Ram
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sarahruthbeth22
@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
25 Oct 11
Happy New Year! Here in the States it is Christmas. Most of us ate Christian And many are not religious but Still celebrate Christmas.It is a time for family gatherings . gifts , feasts and joy. Shopping for Christmas Starts about a month before . And on Christmas Eve, the panic sets in. Here it is Christmas.
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sarahruthbeth22
@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
25 Oct 11
Oh My G-d! How did that happen? Didn't your friends warn you? I Never go out on Black Friday.
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ram_cv
@ram_cv (16513)
• India
26 Oct 11
No they did warn me. But I usually love such events and experiences. So I decided to check it out. I got a nice bargain on a cool Nikon Coolpix as well. :) Cheers! Ram
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sarahruthbeth22
@sarahruthbeth22 (43143)
• United States
27 Oct 11
OH Ok.
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ralphs
@ralphs (209)
• Philippines
28 Oct 11
i think here in the Philippines the countries biggest festival is "Panagbengan festival" in Baguio(the summer capital of the Philippines), its a festival of big flowers doing a parade you can eat lots of foods, drinking sessions, and you can ship souvenirs too. and many artist are there in festival to make a show like fashion show, they sing and dance. its so happy there, if you make it next year you can travel here in Philippines and join our festival.
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ram_cv
@ram_cv (16513)
• India
28 Oct 11
Wow! This sounds something like Onam which is a big festival in one of the Indian states, Kerala. There also there are lots of foods and shopping etc. More importantly they put beautiful floral decorations and designs outside their houses. It is celebrated with a lot of plomb. Cheers! Ram
Porcospino
@Porcospino (31365)
• Denmark
25 Oct 11
The biggest festival in Denmark is christmas, but many people also celebrate Easter and the children celebrate a local festival called Fastelavn. On Christmas Eve we eat the traditional christmas dinner which consists of roast pork, duck or goose, red cabbage and caramelised potatoes. The dessert is a dish called risalamande and that is a kind of rice pudding. In the rice puddding there is one whole almond and the person who finds it gets a small present. In Denmark we open the christmas presents on Christmas Eve (after the christmas dinner)
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ram_cv
@ram_cv (16513)
• India
26 Oct 11
That's cool. In India usually in weddings we have a game that in a bowl of milk, a ring is put and the bride and bridegroom have to compete to find the ring. :) So the almond event looks similar. Cheers! Ram
sajeev Sangaran
@sajeevking (5073)
• Mumbai, India
25 Oct 11
Well Yes diwali would top the list as its i celebrate all around india i also like ganesh chaturthi, Holi, and navratri and here in mumbai each of this and few other festival is celebrate in a huge way so i really like this festivals
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ram_cv
@ram_cv (16513)
• India
25 Oct 11
Yes, Deepavali is the biggest festival here. Though Navratri, Ganesh Chaturthi and Holi are also big events. Wish you a very Happy Deepavali. Cheers! Ram