Experiencing Spectacular Cultures in South America, China and India
October 31st, 2010 by
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Going overseas is a terrific adventure, irrespective which destination is chosen. One of the prime lessons a person can learn by traveling abroad is that every culture has its own crotchets and eccentricities, but is of equal importance to all other threads in the quilt of humanity. Every regional color works together in weaving a cultural story of the world. Cultures differ in their dances, customs, and maybe most interestingly, their vacations. Looking at the 3 prominent regions, we can understand how South Americans, Chinese and Indians celebrate holidays.
South America holidays are normally Catholic in nature. Some of the most common holidays in South America are Saints carnivals; Dia de Todos Los Santos for instance fetes all Catholic saints, but each day of the year celebrates a specific saint. South Americans usually get their names based on the saint whose day they were born on. One of the most best-known festivals in South America is Carnaval, the equivalent of Mardi Gras and Fat Tuesday. Carnaval celebrates the day before the forty-day Catholic festival of Lent and involves vast celebrations of excess, samba music, and parades.
Holidays in China are very different in comparison to other nations. China has a unique blend of cultures where the religious and conventional meets the modern-day and the eccentric. Holidays celebrated in China are of good spiritual importance in the conventional culture. Chinese New Year also known as the spring festival is the biggest holiday celebrated in China. Nearly everyone in China hold the day sacred, partaking in rituals and ceremonies to ensure a blessed and healthy year ahead. More modern holidays such as Women’s Day is also celebrated, this is where all women in China are granted to take time off work.
Holidays in India are very much different from the aforementioned nations. These holidays range from those related to Hinduism to Christian holidays, to Muslim festivities. For Indian people, holidays come every day of the year. A civic holiday celebrated by most is the birthday of celebrated civil rights leader, Mohandas K. Gandhi. Gandhi’s birthday has been designated as a day of non-violence, and no alcohol is traded on this day in his respect.
World travel is made more interesting when you research a little bit about the culture in which you’ll be visiting. These are just a handful of the many wonderful and breathtaking holidays seen abroad.
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