Do you celebrate any festival in the month of October?

India
September 30, 2008 6:17pm CST
In India,we celebrate the festival of " Navaratri " for nine days with prayer and devotion in the beginning of autumn and spring. " Navaratri " is celebrated as the victory of good over the evil,victory of absolute truth or reality over apparent duality,and the victory of wisdom over ignorance. It is a festival for self-referral and delving deep in to one's own being.Nature gets rejuvenated and transformed by shedding it's old figure and look.Perceiving one divinity or pure being in every form and level of natural entity is the celebration of " Navaratri ". Do you celebrate any festival in the month of October?
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sanjana_aslam
@sanjana_aslam (4187)
• Malaysia
2 Oct 08
hi narayan, me too, i am celebrating the Navaratri, yesterday was my "pooja" day.. i made "gulab jamun" and "halwa" , and we served food for our guests ... Deepavali is on its way too ... cheers
narayan sahoo
@narayan2006 (2954)
• India
2 Oct 08
Thanks for nicely responding and sharing your experience of celebrating Navaratri with delicious sweets. We are too waiting for Deepavali. Have a nice day!!
shana123
@shana123 (2095)
• India
2 Oct 08
Yea im in this pooja holidays only , i dont have any belief in that , but my parents are more involved in it , im enjoying my holidays :D , im just waiting for Christmas to come , i will get more holidays that time too :D and i will also be in my semester exam holidays , hey i forgot deepawali / diwali famous in south side..
narayan sahoo
@narayan2006 (2954)
• India
2 Oct 08
Thanks for nicely responding and sharing your thoughts and belief. Have a nice day!!
roniroxas
@roniroxas (10559)
• Philippines
1 Oct 08
yes for us Catholic it is the month of the HOLY ROSARY. we pray the rosary everyday and if you want can offer flowers at the church to Mother Mary the Mother of Jesus. that is what we catholic celebrates every October. Your nine days celebration of Navaratri sounds interesting.... so when will that nine days starts? it is a nine day holiday or not?
narayan sahoo
@narayan2006 (2954)
• India
2 Oct 08
Thanks for nicely responding and sharing your thoughts and feelings.I am happy to know that you are piously observing and praying rosary every day in this holy month. I am offering lively flowers from my heart to Mother Mary and praying Her to bless all my Christian brothers and sisters with enlightened,peaceful and blissful life. May Mother Mary bless the mankind to live in a peaceful and prosperous environment! Our Navaratri festival started from 29th of September for nine days.It is a festival to enable us to take the mind back to to its original source. Have nice day!!
jammyt
@jammyt (2818)
• Philippines
1 Oct 08
Well, aside from the Octobeerfest, we also celebrate october as the month of the holy rosary. In our office, we do a block rosary where we pray the rosary everyday at a certain hour. Filipinos are known to be "religious" people. This is one way of showing our devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary.
narayan sahoo
@narayan2006 (2954)
• India
1 Oct 08
Thanks for nicely responding and sharing your view points.I am delighted to know your tradition and culture that help celebrate and pray the rosary,showing your faith and devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. I have deep regard and appreciation for the Filipinos who are so pious and devoted to their faith and religion. Have a nice day!!
Galena
@Galena (9110)
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2 Oct 08
well there's my birthday, and then there's Samhain, which is the end of the year, and a time to reflect back on your ancestors, and be with the family you still have around you, while preparing for the hard times of winter.
narayan sahoo
@narayan2006 (2954)
• India
2 Oct 08
Thanks for nicely responding and sharing your thoughts and views.This is an auspicious month that marks the celebration of several pious festivals like Samhain, Navaratri and Eid, binding all the world communities together with a thread of love and festivity. What a beautiful coincidence!It is also a time for us here to remember and offer Sradha to our ancestors with all family members. Have a nice day!!
ANTIQUELADY
@ANTIQUELADY (36440)
• United States
1 Oct 08
no, i don't have any. we have very few festivals here. only thing going on in oct. for me is my youngest son's birthday. hope y'all have a good one.
narayan sahoo
@narayan2006 (2954)
• India
2 Oct 08
Thanks for nicely responding and sharing your thoughts. Have a nice day!!