Sentences with phrase «day festival beginning»

Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of rededication, also known as the festival of lights, is an eight day festival beginning on the 25th day of the Jewish month of Kislev.

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Sadhus and Hindu pilgrims began to gather in Kolkata on their way to the annual Hindu holy festival Gangasagar Mela, where an expected hundred thousand Hindu pilgrims will gather at the Gangasagar to take a dip in the ocean at the confluence of the River Ganges and the Bay of Bengal, on the occasion of Makar Sankranti, a holy day of the Hindu calendar considered to be of great religious significance in Hindu mythology.

A harvest festival commemorating the booths in which the Israelites resided during their 40 years in the wilderness, lasting for either 8 or 9 days and beginning on the eve of the 15th of Tishri.

The time of joy begins: mourning and fasting are past; it is festival time — and who may fast during the days of the marriage feast?

The Jewish festivals of Passover and Unleavened Bread, which later became the Christian Easter, originated as early spring festivals celebrating the resurrection of nature to new life after the death of winter.13 The Feast of Pentecost began as the early harvest festival, the Jewish Feast of Booths as the vintage festival, Christmas as a New Year festival to mark the passing of the shortest day and the return of the sun.

4 ««These are the Lord's appointed festivals, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times: 5The Lord's Passover begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.

What began as a religious feast day for the patron saint of Ireland has become an international festival celebrating Irish culture with parades, dancing, special foods and a whole lot of green.

The possibility of closing the neighborhood pool and cutting back the length of the festival surfaced in recent days as the Park District began considering which services to trim to improve its finances.

The yearlong official celebrations are to begin July 4, 1986, with an enhanced version of the annual Frontier Days festival.

This festival lasts for 40 days and every year will begin and end on the same dates; 28th November until 6th January.

Unlike most film festivals that announce their lineups sometimes months in advance, the Telluride Film Festival is unique in that it announces theirs just a day before it begins.

The core film lineup is not announced until the day before the festival begins, so attendees have to commit to the fest without knowing any of the movies that will definitely play.

On the day of the festival, a pop - up on left - hand side of the screen will let you know when the festival has begun.

Indeed, it was not coincidental that just days before the festival began that the Sundance Institute announced its first «Art of Nonfiction» Initiative to support inventive artistic practice in documentaries, along with the program's first fellows, Margaret Brown («The Order of Myths»); Robert Greene («Kate Plays Christine»); and Omar Mullick and Bassam Tariq («These Birds Walk»).

Those were relatively early days for the Telluride festival (which began in 1974 and seemed much more remote than it is now) and Gary couldn't find any record of the speech, which I remember Widmark reading from notes he produced from his jacket pocket.

Eight days into the festival and the SIFF is beginning to pick up steam, ready to plow through unheard of 80 degree weather this Memorial Day weekend and on into June.

Making the rounds of some important fall film festivals and then beginning its qualifying run in limited release four days before Christmas, Not Fade Away arrived with the unmistakable implication of awards prospects.

Just days before the festival was to begin, the festival announced the addition of a last minute entry.

Also, the official Telluride lineup hasn't been announced and won't be announced until a day or so before the festival begins.

The 2013 edition of the Toronto International Film Festival just dropped its first big wave of titles, and if you are local to Toronto or take film festival oriented vacations, and know the names of film directors from around the world, then you are probably already counting the days until the big festival of festivals begins.

Telluride traditionally keeps its lineup a secret until the day before the festival begins.

It's incredibly expensive to attend, and you don't know the line - up until the day before the festival begins.

The 25 - day festival, which began May 19, featured 421 films representing 85 countries, including 54 World premieres (29 features, 25 shorts), 56 North American premieres (42 features, 14 shorts), 27 US Premieres (15 features, 12 shorts), and 850 Festival screenings and events.

I'll get to it, then, as day four of my festival experience began with just that — Robin Campillo's 120 Beats Per Minute, otherwise known...

With China's infamous Yulin dog meat festival just finished, and South Korea's month - long «Bok Nal» days of dog meat eating beginning this weekend, HSI / India reveals that India too has a hidden and cruel trade of dogs for human consumption, despite the practice being illegal.

The San Pedro Fiesta, celebrated in honour of the town's patron saint, is a religious and cultural festival which begins nine days before Saint Peter's Day.

The Guelaguetza festival in July, Day of the Dead at the end of October and beginning of November, or the Radish Festival just before Christmas are all celebrations worth experiencing for yourself, and will create special memories for your children.

The opening ceremony marks the beginning of 4 - day conference and festival that will re-emphasize the existence and the contribution of North Balinese culture to Balinese cultural repertoires.

Beginning with St Andrew's Day and running through to Burns Night, the Scottish Storytelling Centre in association with Scotland's Winter Festivals ente

Santa Reparada Main Festival — Beginning of August This is a 2 day affair, which is the main festival of Santa Reparada in the municipality of Begur.

Esclanya Main Festival — Beginning of August This is a 3 day affair, which is the main festival of Esclanya in the municipality of Begur.

I was in Bangkok when the capital began its 5 days celebration of the largest travel fair — THAILAND TOURISM FESTIVAL 2017 (TTF) along with Chinese New Year with a touch of Thainess.

The day begins at 3:30 pm with Baltimore's BEST family Halloween festival featuring an adorable kids costume contest, lantern making, hayrides, yoga, live music, an arts & crafts market, and more!

Well all woke early this morningto watch the ocean zip by our porthole, then enjoyed a spot of Nickelodeon on cable TV before beginning the festival of food for another day.