LVWDACc/hqdefault.jpg' alt='Joyous Celebration 9 S' title='Joyous Celebration 9 S' />Shavuot marks the giving of the Torah on Mt. Sinai. The Ten Commandments are read in synagogues, just as they were in the desert on Mt. Sinai over 3,300 years ago. Eventbrite North Texas Reformation Celebration Steering Committee presents North Texas Reformation Celebration Dallas Sunday, November 5, 2017 at Meyerson. Eagle Dongle Using here. It appears the modernday White House tradition of marking Ramadan with an iftar dinner or Eid celebration has come to an end. This year the Feast of Tabernacles Sukkot begins September 30 at sundown October 7, 2012. The Word became flesh and tabernacled among us. Krishna Janmashtami Wikipedia. Krishna Janmashtami. An image of Krishna. Also called. Krishnashtami, Saatam Aatham, Gokulashtami, Ashtami Rohini, Srikrishna Jayanti, Sree Jayanti. Observed by. Hindus in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, other parts of the Caribbean, Fiji, Mauritius, South Africa, other parts of Africa, and the United Kingdom, the United States. Type. Religious 12 days, cultural. Celebrations. Dahi Handi next day, kite flying, fair, traditional sweet dishes etc. Observances. Dance drama, puja, night vigil, fasting. Mon, 1. 4th Aug and Wed, 1. Sep 12Krishna Janmashtami Devanagari, IAST Ka Janmam, also known simply as Janmashtami or Gokulashtami, is an annual Hindu festival that celebrates the birth of Krishna, the eighth avatar of Vishnu. It is observed according to Hindu luni solar calendar, on the eighth day Ashtami of the Krishna Paksha dark fortnight in the month of Shraavana of the Hindu Calendar, which overlaps with August and September of the Gregorian calendar. It is an important festival particularly to the Vaishnavism tradition of Hinduism. Dance drama enactments of the life of Krishna according to the Bhagavata Purana such as Rasa lila or Krishna Lila, devotional singing through the midnight when Krishna is believed to have been born, fasting upavasa, a night vigil jagarana, and a festival mahotsava on the following day are a part of the Janmashtami celebrations. It is celebrated particularly in Mathura and Brindavan, along with major Vaishnava communities found in Manipur, Assam, West Bengal, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and other regions. Krishna Janmashtami is followed by the festival Nandotsav, which celebrates the occasion when Nanda Baba distributed gifts to the community in honour of the birth. Significanceedit. Krishna Carried Across the River. Krishna was the son of Devaki and Vasudeva and his birthday is celebrated by Hindus as Janmashtami, particularly those of the Vaishnavism tradition as he is considered the eighth avatar of Vishnu. Janmashtami is celebrated when Krishna is believed to have been born according to Hindu tradition, which is in Mathura, at midnight on the eighth day of Shravana month overlaps with August and September in the Gregorian calendar. Krishna was born in an era of chaos, persecution was rampant, freedoms were denied, evil was everywhere, and when there was a threat to his life by his uncle King Kansa. Immediately following the birth, his father Vasudeva took Krishna across Yamuna, to foster parents in Gokul, named Nanda and Yashoda. This legend is celebrated on Janmashtami by people keeping fast, singing devotional songs of love for Krishna, and keeping a vigil into the night. After Krishnas midnight hour birth, statues of baby Krishna are washed and clothed, then placed in a cradle. The devotees then break their fast, by sharing food and sweets. Women draw tiny foot prints outside their house doors and kitchen, walking towards their house, a symbolism for Krishnas journey into their homes. Celebrationsedit. Some communities celebrate Krishnas legends such as him as a Makkan chor butter thief. Hindus celebrate Janmashtami by fasting, singing, praying together, preparing and sharing special food, night vigils and visiting Krishna or Vishnu temples. Major Krishna temples organize recitation of Bhagavata Purana and Bhagavad Gita. Many communities organize dance drama events called Rasa Lila or Krishna Lila. The tradition of Rasa Lila is particularly popular in Mathura region, in northeastern states of India such as Manipur and Assam, and in parts of Rajasthan and Gujarat. It is acted out by numerous teams of amateur artists, cheered on by their local communities, and these drama dance plays begin a few days before each Janmashtami. Dahi Handi, a Janmashtami tradition, in progress in Mumbai India. MaharashtraeditJanmashtami popularly known as Gokulashtami as in Maharashtra is celebrated in cities such as Mumbai and Pune. Dahi Handi is celebrated every AugustSeptember, the day after Krishna Janmashtami. The term literally means earthen pot of yoghurt. The festival gets this popular regional name from legend of baby Krishna. According to it, he would seek and steal milk products such as yoghurt and butter and people would hide their supplies high up out of the babys reach. Krishna would try all sorts of creative ideas in his pursuit, such as making human pyramids with his friends to break these high hanging pots. This story is the theme of numerous reliefs on Hindu temples across India, as well as literature and dance drama repertoire, symbolizing the joyful innocence of children, that love and lifes play is the manifestation of god. In Maharashtra, and other western states India, this Krishna legend is played out as a community tradition on Janmashtami, where pots of yoghurt are hung high up, sometimes with tall poles or from ropes hanging from second or third level of a building. Per the annual tradition, teams of youth and boys called the Govindas go around to these hanging pots, climb one over another and form a human pyramid, then break the pot. Girls surround these boys, cheer and tease them while dancing and singing. The spilled contents are considered as Prasada celebratory offering. It is a public spectacle, cheered and welcomed as a community event. In contemporary times, many Indian cities celebrate this annual Hindu ritual. Youth groups form Govinda pathaks, which compete with each other, especially for prize money on Janamashtami. These groups are called mandals or handis and they go around the local areas, attempting to break as many pots as possible every August. Social celebrities and media attends the festivities, while corporations sponsor parts of the event. Cash and gifts are offered for Govinda teams, and according to The Times of India, in 2. Mumbai alone were high hung with prizes, and numerous Govinda teams participated. Gujarat and Rajasthanedit. Traditional festive food shared on Krishna Janmashtami. People in the city of Dwarka in Gujarat where Krishna is believed to have established his kingdom celebrate the festival with a tradition similar to Dahi Handi, called Makhan Handi pot with freshly churned butter. Others perform folk dances at temples, sing bhajans, visit the Krishna temples such as at the Dwarkadhish Temple or Nathdwara. In Kutch district region, farmers decorate their bullock carts and take out Krishna processions, with group singing and dancing. The carnival style and playful poetry and works of Dayaram, a scholar of the Pushtimarg of Vaishnavism, is particularly popular during Janmashtami in Gujarat and Rajasthan. Northern Indiaedit. ISKCON temple in Delhi at Janamashtami. Janmashtami is the largest festival in the Braj region of north India, in cities such as Mathura where Hindu tradition states Krishna was born, and in Vrindavan where he grew up. Vaishnava communities in these cities in Uttar Pradesh, as well as others in the state, as well locations in Rajasthan, Delhi, Haryana, Uttarakhand and Himalayan north celebrate Janmashtami. Krishna temples are decorated and lighted up, they attract numerous visitors on the day, while Krishna devotees hold bhakti events and keep night vigil.