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Buddhist
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Obon (Buddhist)
Obon is a fusion of the ancient Japanese belief in ancestral spirits and a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor the spirits of one's ancestors. This Buddhist–Confucian custom has evolved into a family reunion holiday during which people return to ancestral family places and visit and clean their ancestors' graves when the spirits of ancestors are... Read More
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Kathina Begins (Buddhist)
Kathina is a festival of giving in which the laity give thanks for the Buddhist monks. Lay Buddhists bring donations to temples, especially new robes for the monks. (Wikipedia)
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Mahayana New Year (Buddhist)
Mahayana is one of the two main branches of Buddhism practiced mostly in Northeast Asia.
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Nirvana Day (Buddhist)
The day celebrates the day when the Buddha is said to have achieved Parinirvana, or complete Nirvana, upon the death of his physical body. (Wikipedia)
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Magha Puja Day
It is the second most important Buddhist festival after Vesak; it celebrates a gathering that was held between the Buddha and 1,250 of his first disciples, which, according to tradition, preceded the custom of periodic recitation of discipline by monks. On the day, Buddhists celebrate the creation of an ideal and exemplary community, which is why it is sometimes called... Read More