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Navruz
Navruz is an ancient and widespread holiday in Tajikistan, and it is celebrated on the vernal equinox, the beginning of the solar year and the new year according to the Iranian calendar, as well as calendars of several other nationalities. Navruz traditionally celebrates the awakening of nature and the beginning of agricultural work.
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Flute playing by Hari Prasad Chaurasia
India -
Nooruz
The Nooruz holiday symbolizes the celebration of the New Year according to the solar calendar, on the vernal equinox (March 21). It marks the arrival of something new in people's lives, their hope for a happy and prosperous year. This is one of the most important holidays in Kyrgyzstan, bringing together everyone, regardless of age and ethnicity.
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Tugging Rituals and Games
4. Cord and ironwood stake at tug-of-war ground & The rattan cord will be tugged back and forth through a ironwood stake' s hole. Rattan cord used in Hương Canh tug-of-war festival must be at least 45m in length and has a diameter of 3-4cm
Viet Nam -
Tugging Rituals and Games
9. Tug-of-war of Giáy ethnic minorities in Lào Cai province at Xuống đồng (starting a new crop festival)
Viet Nam -
Portuguese Eurasian Music and Dance
The music and dance of the Portuguese-Eurasian community of Malacca is characteristically cheerful and vivacious, using instruments such as guitars and tambourine, accordion, tambour or the Malay rebana. Couples dance in colourful costumes similar to the folk costumes of Portugal — the men wear black bolero jackets and hats while the women wear colourful embroidered skirts. The main songs and dances include the branyo, tianika, maliao and farapeira. One of the most emblematic melodies of the Portuguese-Eurasian community of Malacca is the Jingkli Nona. In Malacca, some songs of the Portuguese-Eurasian community are sung in old Portuguese that has been passed down orally by master singers. Others are sung in Kristang — the local creole language derived from old Portuguese mixed with Malay words and grammatical structure. The main styles of the music and dance of the Gente Kristang are branyo and mata-kantiga. The lively branyo is derived from the Portuguese folk dance known as corridinho, found in the Algarve region of Portugal. Since the early 16th Century, branyo has been performed in Malacca as part of the Portuguese festival of Introdu or Shrove Sunday, before the holy month of Lent. To this day branyo is still played during weddings and festivities such as Festa Senjuan (Saint John’s Feast) and Festa San Pedro (Saint Peter’s Feast). The four main rhythms of branyo are jingkli nona, kanji-pape, sarampeh or serampang laut and chorte forte. These branyo rhythms have greatly influenced Malay joget music, so much so that Malay musicians often refer to branyo tunes as joget and Malay joget songs are referred to as branyo when performed at the Portuguese Settlement.
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Tugging Rituals and Games
2. Tug -of-war of the Việt people in Hữu Chấp village, Bắc Ninh Province: In preparing for the tug-of-war festival, the village chose wealthy young men and “unstained” families and divided them into two team: East and West
Viet Nam -
Tugging Rituals and Games
7. Tugging the cord back (in Hương Canh festival , the Việt people in Hương Canh village, Vĩnh Phúc Province)
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Tugging Rituals and Games
10. Tug-of-war of Tay people at Lồng Tồng (starting a new crop) festival in Lào Cai province
Viet Nam -
Tugging Rituals and Games
3. Tug-of-war of the Việt people in Hữu Chấp village, Bắc Ninh Province After all rituals were finished, tug-of-war started. Two teams, East and West, competed in three rounds; whoever win two rounds are considered the winner. If the winner is East team, villagers believe that they are going to have a good crop and vice versa. East team always was arranged to be a winner of the game.
Viet Nam -
Tugging Rituals and Games
8. The ironwood stake at the tug-of-war ground of the Việt people in Long Biên District, Hanoi City
Viet Nam -
Poong Nazareno: The Feast and Traslacion Of The Black Nazarene of Quiapo, Manila
Devotees and pilgrims from different parts of the Philippines gather to participate in the traslacion ritual and procession of the image of the Black Nazarene every year on January 9 in Quiapo, Manila, Philippines, which became one of the biggest Catholic events in the country.
Philippines