Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Final Report
Final Report
RESEARCH METHODS
PEOPLE INTERVIEWED
Name
Age
Aditya shankaraman
17
Ranjini Krishnaswamy
72
Aryaman tulpule
16
Andrea Atkins
35
Manisha joshi
44
Anita Ravi
45
Rajashri Rane
37
Festival popularity
12%
6%
32%
15%
35%
Diwali
Ganesh chaturti
Christmas
Eid
Navratri
NAVRATRI
Navaratriis a festival dedicated to the worship of
theHindudeityDurga. The wordNavaratrimeans 'nine
nights' inSanskrit,navameaning nine
andratrimeaning nights.During these nine nights and
ten days, nine forms ofDeviare worshiped.
The beginning of spring and the beginning of autumn
are considered to be important junctions of climatic and
solar influences. These two periods are taken as sacred
opportunities for the worship of the Divine Mother
Durga. The dates of the festival are determined
according to thelunar calendar. on which each women
follow tradition to wear nine colours of dress on
Navaratri.
DIWALI
EID-UL-FITR
Eid-al-Fitr is also called as the Eid-ul-Fitr, IdulFitr or Ramzan Id which indicates the end of
Ramadan month means the month of fasting.
This is the most religious and holy festival for
the people that belongs to the Muslim religion
during which they break their fast
People celebrate Eid by coming together as a
family and spend time with their loved ones
and praying namaz
CHRISTMAS
Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual
festival commemorating the birth of Jesus
Christ, observed most commonly on
December 25 as a religious and cultural
celebration among billions of people around
the world.
People celebrate Christmas by coming
together as a family and spend time with
their loved ones
GRANDPARENTS INTERVIEW
When we interview our grandparents we
asked them one question how has festivals
celebrations changed? heres the
differences they cited
Festivals have become louder (fire crackers)
Celebrations have become grander
People of other religions celebrate too
CONCLUSION
In our research it was obvious that
people are tolerant and respectful
towards other cultures celebrations.
Furthermore, people even celebrated in
festivals that are from other cultures. It
just goes to show how well people get
together in India despite conflict of
interests and idolgies.