Festival and holidays

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  1. 2. is a popular and significant Hindu festival celebrated as the Festival of Colours, Love and Spring.
  2. 4. The most ancient national holiday meaning "new day", is considered the beginning of a new year. The date is spring equinox, when the length of day and night is identical.
  3. 5. is the traditional feast day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday.
  4. 6. On 5 November, people across the UK celebrate with fireworks, bonfires, sparklers and toffee apples.
  5. 7. the period immediately before and after 31 December.
  6. 8. the annual Christian festival celebrating Christ's birth, held on 25 December in the Western Church.
  7. 9. is the Hindu festival of lights with its variations also celebrated in other Indian religions. It symbolises the spiritual "victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance"
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  1. 1. the night of 31 October, the eve of All Saints' Day, often celebrated by children dressing up in frightening masks and costumes. It is thought to be associated with the Celtic festival Samhain, when ghosts and spirits were believed to be abroad.
  2. 3. ... is celebrated in 1st September in Uzbekistan.
  3. 6. One of the most popular festivals in Uzbekistan for their culture is the Boysun Bahori. It is celebrated in the Surkhandarya province, specifically in Boysun, a very mountainous region. It is a very old festival which took place before the times of Islam.