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Tag: Holidays

Tag Archives: Holidays

07Feb/16

Performers play the dragon dance

Worldwide celebrations for Chinese lunar New Year

February 7, 2016Human InterestBeijing Opera, Belgium, Brussels, Calendars, Cape Town, China, China Central Television, Chinatown, Chinatown, Melbourne, Chinese Cultural Center in Paris, Chinese culture, Chinese lunar New Year, Chinese New Year, City: Brussels, City: Cape Town, City: Chinatown, City: Manchester, City: New York City, City: Paris, Company: New York Times, Company: ThomsonReuters, Countries, Country: Belgium, Country: China, Country: United Kingdom, food, Holidays, Lion dance, Manchester, Manuela Lotti, Mireille, monkey face paint, Monkeys in Chinese culture, New York City, New York's Times, New York's Times Square, Overseas Chinese, Paris, Spring Festival, Tianshan Snow Lotus Group, United Kingdomsmbale

China Central Television (CCTV) – Activities have been held across the world to celebrate Chinese Spring Festival, the most important festival in China.
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13Dec/15

Brazil lights up Christmas tree in style

Brazil lights up Christmas tree in style

December 13, 2015ArtBrazil, Calendars, Christmas, Christmas decorations, Christmas ornament, Christmas traditions, Christmas tree, Countries, Holidays, Rio de Janeiro, Treesmbale

Rio de Janeiro kicks off the Brazilian Christmas season lighting up what is hailed as the world’s largest floating tree. Continue reading →

03Aug/15

Christmas comes early to London’s Oxford Street

August 3, 2015BusinessCalendars, Christmas, Countries, Ebenezer Scrooge, Edwardian era, Gerladine James, Holidays, Hospitality/Recreation, London, London's Selfridges department store, Oxford Street, Portman estate, Selfridges, United Kingdom, Weston familysmbale

LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (REUTERS) – Summer is still in its peak, but at London’s Selfridges department store, winter is underway at the newly opened ‘Christmas Shop.’
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18Jul/15

Local mosque cancels Eid celebrations, devastating suspect’s father

July 18, 2015WorldAbrahamic religions, Bassam Issa, Chattanooga, Chattanooga shootings, Chattanooga Tennessee, Eid al-Fitr, Fasting, Holidays, Human behavior, Islam, Islamic Society of Greater Chattanooga, Mohammed Youssuf Abdulazeez, Nablus, Ramadan, Religion, Sawm, Shia days of remembrance, Tennessee, THOMSON REUTERS GROUP LIMITED, U.S. Route 11, United Statessmbale

The Islamic Society of Greater Chattanooga (ISGC), where reportedly the suspect in the fatal shootings of four Marines in Tennessee worshipped, canceled all activities to celebrate Eid – the father of the suspect tells ISGC president he’s devastated.
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18Jul/15

Muslims across Asia celebrate Eid

July 18, 2015ReligionAbrahamic religions, Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani, Bangladesh, Chaand Raat, Dhaka, Eid, Eid al-Fitr, Eid Mubarak, Eid ul-Fitr, Fasting, Holidays, Indonesia, Islam, Islamic calendar, Islamic festivals, Public holidays in Indonesia, Public holidays in Sri Lanka, Ramadan, Religion, Religion/Belief, Sawm, Shia days of remembrancesmbale

(REUTERS) – Across Asia, Muslims are travelling to be with their families to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end to the fasting month of Ramadan.
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