Festival example sentences

The Mahanavami festival, known today as Navaratri in the south, was one of the most important festivals celebrated at Hampi.The Saliya weavers of Thanjavur and the nearby town of Uraiyur are busy producing cloth for flags to be used in the temple festival, fine cottons for the king and nobility and coarse cotton for the masses.If you have used 'fairy lights' to decorate buildings on festivals, on marriage celebrations etc.The novel describes the community life of the Mallas in great detail, their Holi and Kali Puja festivals, boat races, bhatiali songs, their relationships of friendship and animosity with the peasants and the oppression of the upper castes.Film director ijay Bhatt was so impressed after hearing Bismillah play at a festival that he named a film after the instrument called Gunj Uthi Shehnai.They also endowed temples with grants of land and money to carry out elaborate rituals, feed pilgrims and priests and celebrate festivals.Special festivals associated with the harvest season are Pongal, Baisakhi, Holi, Diwali, Nabanya and Bihu.He had to participate in and outwardly enjoy the Puja ceremonies, the Diwali celebration and other festivals.Most often millworkers moved between the village and the city, returning to their village homes during harvests and festivals.The villagers of Jakmalgur are gearing up for a big festival.The British learned to enjoy Urdu/Persian culture and poetry and participated in local festivals.Cakes and bolinhas are a must for Christmas as well as other festivals.It is festival season two months from now and the shoe manufacturer, Salim, has received an order from a large trader in town for 3,000 pairs of shoes to be delivered in a month time.In this popular festival, devotees underwent a peculiar form of suffering as part of ritual worship.He also took part in the World Exposition in Montreal, in the Cannes Art Festival and in the Osaka Trade Fair.