India
Today we celebrate one of the biggest holidays in Hinduism. It is Diwali! If you click on the link you can read why we celebrate it and how. You may remember the word from religion classes at school? The festival of lights is similar to Christmas Eve in Norway. I can't wait to celebrate with my family and eat … Continue Happy Diwali!
We are so lucky and celebrate two days in India, one is Liberation Day on August 15th and the other is Constitution Day on January 26th. Both are public holidays in India, the difference is that August 15th is celebrated with schools and organizations with entertainment, revues etc while on August 26th there are parades from various ministries but mostly aviation, navy, defense and police ministries.
68 years of independence! We have two days that are celebrated as "national days". August 15, 1947 is the liberation day and January 26, 1948 we got our own constitution. If you want to learn more about the liberation war and the history behind it, I can recommend the Bollywood film Lagaan. India is a country that is different from north to south and east to ... Continue Congratulations Mother India!