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  2. List of national birds - Wikipedia

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    Country Name of bird Scientific name Official status Picture Ref. Afghanistan Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes Albania Golden eagle Aquila chrysaetos Yes Angola Red-crested turaco Tauraco erythrolophus Yes Anguilla Zenaida dove Zenaida aurita Yes Antigua and Barbuda Magnificent frigatebird Fregata magnificens Yes Argentina Rufous hornero Furnarius rufus Yes [8] Aruba "Prikichi" Brown ...

  3. National symbols of Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and ...

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    Grave of James Clarence Mangan with inscription calling him "Ireland's National Poet", with a quotation from his Dark Rosaleen. Thomas Moore (1779–1852) and W. B. Yeats (1865–1939) are both considered the national poet of Ireland. [29] [30] [31] Seamus Heaney (1939–2013) has also been described as a national poet of Ireland, or Northern ...

  4. List of Hindu festivals - Wikipedia

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    The festival is called Shigmo and Shimga in Goa and rural Maharashtra, respectively. In Odisha and West Bengal, it is also celebrated as Dol Purnima. Shigmo: Young boy at the Shimgo holding aarat: Shigmo is celebrated in Goa as one of the prominent festivals of the Konkani Hindu community. The main festival coincides with Holi. Rang Panchami

  5. What Is Holi? Everything To Know About Holi, the Hindu ...

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    Today’s Holi festival has its roots in a few different Hindu legends, including the story of Prahalad and Holika. In a version of the ancient tale summarized by the BBC , Holika is the evil ...

  6. List of national animals - Wikipedia

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    Grenada dove (national bird) Leptotila wellsi [26] Guatemala: Resplendent quetzal (national bird) Pharomachrus mocinno [27] Honduras: White-tailed deer (national animal) Odocoileus virginianus [28] Scarlet macaw (national bird) Ara macao [29] India: Bengal tiger (national animal) Panthera tigris tigris [30] Indian peafowl (national bird) Pavo ...

  7. Diwali - Wikipedia

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    Originally a Hindu festival, Diwali has transcended religious lines. [93] Diwali is celebrated by Hindus, Jains, Sikhs, and Newar Buddhists, [2] although for each faith it marks different historical events and stories, but nonetheless the festival represents the same symbolic victory of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, and good ...

  8. Vijayadashami - Wikipedia

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    [1] [9] [18] The same Hindu festival-related term, however, takes different forms in different regions of India and Nepal, as well as among Hindu minorities found elsewhere. [ 19 ] The word dussehra is the British English spelling of the tadbhava Dassehrā .

  9. Ganesh Chaturthi - Wikipedia

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    If a festival falls in the waning phase of the moon, these two traditions identify the same lunar day as falling in two different (but successive) masa. A lunar year is shorter than a solar year by about eleven days. As a result, most Hindu festivals occur on different days in successive years on the Gregorian calendar.