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Women shopping for rakhi Tying the rakhi on the wrist. While Raksha Bandhan is celebrated in various parts of India, different regions mark the day in different ways. In the state of West Bengal, this day is also called Jhulan Purnima. Prayers and puja of Krishna and Radha are performed there. Sisters tie rakhi to brothers and wish immortality.
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Diwali, the festival of lights, represents the triumph of good over evil
Monti Fest: celebrated on 8 September; celebrates the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary; in the Mangalorean Catholic community involves blessing of Novem (new crops) Nabanna: Bengal region which comprises Bangladesh and West Bengal, India; Onam and Vishu: agricultural festivals celebrated by Malayali people in Kerala and elsewhere in the world
This year, the festival of lights will be celebrated on 31 October. The festival typically lasts for four to five days and coincides with the new moon on the Hindu lunisolar calendar, called amavasya.
A 21-year-old man drowned trying to save a teenage girl who was in 'distress' at Lake Waxahachie in Texas on Saturday.
Raksha Bandhan, also Rakshabandhan, or Rakhi, [17] [18] is a popular, traditionally Hindu, annual rite, or ceremony, which is central to a festival of the same name, celebrated in India, Nepal and other parts of the Indian subcontinent, and among people around the world influenced by Hindu culture.
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