OUR FESTIVALS
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Festivals are celebrated all over the
world.
In our country we celebrate many festivals.
We dress up in our best
clothes and eat nice food.
We share sweets with our
neighbours.
We celebrate national as well as religious
festivals.
National Festivals
Independence Day,
Republic Day and
Gandhi Jayanti are
our National festivals.
Independence Day
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We celebrate independence Day
on 15th August.
On this day there is a grand
parade at the Red Fort in Delhi.
The prime Minister unfurls the
National Flag.
We all sing the National
Anthem Jana-gana-mana.
Republic Day
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We celebrate Republic Day on
26th January .
 On this day we salute our
National Flag.
 The President of our country
takes the salute of the grand
parade at rajpath.
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Thousands of people take part
in the parade.
Gandhi Jayanti
Gandhi Jayanti is the birthday of
 Mahatma Gandhi.
 It is on 2nd October.
 On this day we remember him by
singing Bhajans.
 He is known as the “Father of the
Nation”
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RELIGIOUS FESTIVALS
Religious festivals are: Dessehra
 Deepawali
 Guruparva
 Id
 Christmas
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Dussehra
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Dussehra is celebrated
to mark the victory of
good over evil.
 On this day , Lord
Rama killed Ravana .
 On this day, effigies of
Ravana, kumbhkarna
and Meghnada are
burnt.
Deepawali
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Deepawali is a Hindu
festival of lights.
 It is a festivals of lights.
 It celebrated in the
memory of Lord Rama’s
return to Ayodhya.
 Houses and shops are
cleaned and decorated
with lamps.
 We worship the Goddess
Lakshmi.
 Crackers and fireworks
are burnt.
Guruparva
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Guruparva is the
festival of Sikhs.
 Birthdays of their
Gurus are celebrated
as guruparvas.
 People go the
Gurudwaras and
listen to Gurbani
from their holy bookGuru Granth Sahib.
 There is free Langar
in the gurudwaras.
Id
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Muslims celebrate id
festivals.
 They wear new clothes and
mosque
go to the
for
prayer.
 Food and clothes are
distributed among the poor.
 A special dish called
Sewain is prepared on this
day.
CHRISTMAS
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Christmas falls on the
25th
December.
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It is the birthday of
Lord Jesus
Christ.
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Christians.
They go to the church for
prayers and sing hymns.
It is the festival of
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People decorate their houses
and the Christmas tree.
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Santa Claus brings gifts for the
Other Festivals
Some other festivals are
Holi,
Baisakhi, Pongal,
Durga Puja,
Raksha Bandhan, etc…………………..