Billabong high international school Do festivals amp celebrations in our families and communities show respect and tolerance for various cultures and religions Research methods Interviewing and asking people to fill out questionnaires were out 2 main means of gathering information We beli ID: 478183
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Festivals
Billabong high international schoolSlide2
Do festivals & celebrations in our families and communities show respect and tolerance for various cultures and religions?Slide3
Research methods
Interviewing and asking people to fill out questionnaires were out 2 main means of gathering information. We believe that information we collect online may either be biased or factually incorrect. This drove us to collect our own information, interpret it, and form our own unique conclusions
Besides handing out questionnaires, Each member conducted interviewed of individuals from various cultures and beliefs. This why we believe our research is compressive and diverse .Slide4
People interviewed
Name
Age
Aditya
shankaraman
17
Ranjini
Krishnaswamy
72
Aryaman
tulpule
16
Andrea Atkins
35
Manisha
joshi
44
Anita
Ravi
45
Rajashri
Rane
37Slide5
These are some of the standout questions from out questionnaire
Which festival do you think is the most significant?
Which is your favorite festivals?
Which religion do you belong to?Slide6Slide7
HERES SOME INFORMATION ON THE FESTIVALS WE RESEARCHED Slide8
Navratri
Navaratri
is a festival dedicated to the worship of the Hindu deity
Durga
. The word
Navaratri
means 'nine nights' in Sanskrit,
nava
meaning nine and
ratri
meaning nights. During these nine nights and ten days, nine forms of Devi are worshiped.
The beginning of spring and the beginning of autumn are considered to be important junctions of climatic and solar influences. These two periods are taken as sacred opportunities for the worship of the Divine Mother
Durga
. The dates of the festival are determined according to the lunar calendar. on which each women follow tradition to wear nine
colours
of dress on
Navaratri
.Slide9
Diwali
It is since ancient times that
Diwali
has been celebrated. It is not easy to say now what really was the reason behind its origin. Different people believe different events to be the cause behind this festival. There are ten mythical and historical reasons that are possibly behind the
Diwali
(
Deepavali
) celebrations.
The most well known story behind
Diwali
is in the Ramayana, the great Hindu epic. According to Ramayana, Rama, the prince of
Ayodhya
was ordered by his father, King
Dasharatha
, to go away from his country and come back after living in the forest for fourteen years. So Rama went on exile with his devoted wife
Sita
and faithful brother,
Lakshmana
. When
Ravana
, the demon king of Lanka abducted
Sita
and took her away to his island kingdom of Lanka, Rama fought against and killed
Ravana
. He rescued
Sita
and returned to
Ayodhya
after fourteen years. The people of
Ayodhya
were very happy to hear of their beloved prince's homecoming. To celebrate Rama's return to
Ayodhya
, they lit up their houses with earthen lamps (
diyas
), burst crackers and decorated the entire city in the grandest manner. Which is exactly how
diwali
is celebrated today
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Eid-ul-fitr
Eid
-al-
Fitr
is also called as the
Eid-ul-Fitr
,
Idul-Fitr
or
Ramzan
Id which indicates the end of Ramadan month means the month of fasting. This is the most religious and holy festival for the people that belongs to the Muslim religion during which they break their fast
People celebrate
Eid
by coming together as a family and spend time with their loved ones and praying
namaz
Slide11
Christmas
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed most commonly on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world.
People celebrate Christmas by coming together as a family and spend time with their loved ones Slide12
So what are the values portrayed in these festivals?
From the interviews we conducted observed we noticed a trend. All festivals teach us the value of togetherness and how important spending time with loved ones is .Another teaching is how important the continuation of tradition is.
What do other cultures think of these celebrations?
In India People of other cultures come together well during celebrations. For example this year
Eid
and
Ganesh
chaturti
overlapped. During the festival, Hindus paused their celebrations to let 13,000 Muslims pray their
namaz
Slide13
Festival celebrations is schools
In billabong high we celebrate festivals. It helps teach students values and tradition as well as being fun
For example, This
diwali
students made
rangoli
(designs made with colorful sand)Slide14
Grandparents interview
When we interview our grandparents we asked them one question “how has festivals celebrations changed?” here’s the differences they cited
Festivals have become louder (fire crackers)
Celebrations have become grander
People of other religions celebrate too Slide15
Conclusion
In our research it was obvious that people are tolerant and respectful towards other culture’s celebrations.
Furthermore, people even celebrated in festivals that are from other cultures. It just goes to show how well people get together in India despite conflict of interests and
idolgies
.