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WHAT IS" FASTING" AND "FEASTING" ? GIVE EXAMPLES FROM CULTURES AROUND THE WORLD.

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FASTING

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Fasting is abstaining from all or some kinds of food or drink, especially as a religious observance. Fasting is a very common and important aspect of the North Indian Culture Throughout the year there are multiple festivals that consist of women fasting all day long without food,'Karwa Chauth' is a ritual of fasting observed by married Hindu women seeking the longevity, well-being and prosperity of their husbands. It is popular amongst married women in the northern and western parts of India.

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During the blessed month of Ramadan, Muslims all over the world abstain from food, drink, and other physical needs during the daylight hours. It is a time to purify the soul, refocus attention on God, and practice self-sacrifice

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In Buddhism, fasting is an initial stage of self-discipline to acquire self-control. Fasting is recognised as one of the methods for practising self-control. The Buddha advised monks not to take solid food after noon. Lay people who observe the eight Precepts on full moon days also abstain from taking any solid food after noon.

sbhagat17 — 2014-02-06 05:25:25 UTC

The first sunday of each month is a fast day. Abstaining from food and drink for two consecutive meals and donating food or money to the needy. They believe it brings them closer to God, concentration on God and religion. Individual or family fasts might be held to petition for a specific cause, such as healing for one who is sick or help with making a difficult decision

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FEASTING

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''The Festival of the Breaking of the Fast", actually "The minor feast". It commences as soon as the month's fast in Ramadan is over. It is customary to visit the graves of the departed on this day. They believe that after the 30 day fast, all their sins have been forgiven. They feast in the happiness of this and also to break the Ramadan fast.

sbhagat17 — 2014-02-06 05:56:03 UTC

Diwali is certainly the biggest and the brightest of all Hindu festivals. It's the festival of lights (deep = light and avali = a row i.e., a row of lights) that's marked by four days of celebration,feasts and fireworks which literally illumine the country with its brilliance, and dazzles all with its joy.

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AMERICAN CULTURE

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Chinese New Year is the longest and most important celebration in the Chinese calendar. The new year begins on the first day of the Chinese calendar, which usually falls in February, and the festivities continue for 15 days. At Chinese New Year celebrations, people wear red clothes, give children “lucky money” in red envelopes and set off firecrackers. Red symbolizes fire, which the Chinese believe drives away bad luck. Family members gather at each other's homes for extravagant meals.

sbhagat17 — 2014-02-06 06:35:23 UTC

Each February, the Ngoni people of Zambia's Eastern Province celebrate the first harvest of the year with an N'cwala ceremony. Twelve local chiefs and their best dancers travel to a village called Mutenguleni to perform a warrior dance for the chief. The dancers wear outfits and headdresses made from animal furs. The chief chooses the best group of dancers. The villagers feast on beef stew and corn.

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ISLAM

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BUDDHISM

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Thanksgiving was first celebrated by pilgrims in America as a feast to give thanks to God for a good harvest. This was in 1621. Today, Thanksgiving, which is celebrated mostly by Americans, is held to celebrate family, as a show of gratitude to God and in memory of the 1621 Thanksgiving.

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INDIAN CULTURE

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MORMON

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ZAMBIA

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CHINESE TRADITIONS

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CATHOHILIC

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Catholics fast and abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday, and abstain from meat on all Fridays in Lent. They do it because they believe that it teaches control of fleshy desires, penance for sins, solidarity with the poor. The good Friday fast commemorates the day Christ suffered.

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