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Spring Festivals

The document summarizes several spring festivals celebrated in India and by Christians: - Holi is a popular Indian festival celebrating the arrival of spring that involves throwing colored powders and falls in late March. - Bihu is the major festival in Assam, India celebrating seasonal changes and fertility with celebrations occurring three times a year. - Good Friday commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and is a solemn day of fasting and church attendance in March or April. - Easter marks the resurrection of Jesus and is celebrated between March 22nd and April 25th with feasts, processions, and gifts of eggs.

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Spring Festivals

The document summarizes several spring festivals celebrated in India and by Christians: - Holi is a popular Indian festival celebrating the arrival of spring that involves throwing colored powders and falls in late March. - Bihu is the major festival in Assam, India celebrating seasonal changes and fertility with celebrations occurring three times a year. - Good Friday commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and is a solemn day of fasting and church attendance in March or April. - Easter marks the resurrection of Jesus and is celebrated between March 22nd and April 25th with feasts, processions, and gifts of eggs.

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Seasons according to the Gregorian calendar:

Sprint February to March end.


Summer April first to June last.
Rainy July first to September end.
Autumn October month.
Winter November to February end.

SPRING
FESTIVALS
HOLI
This is one of the most popular and colourful festival celebrated in
India. It comes when the cold months give way to the summer. This most
joyous festival falls on the full moon day during the month of Phalguna,
sometimes-late March. It is seasonally the time when bodily humours
change markedly, particularly the phlegm - thawing with the onset of
summer.

BIHU
Bihu is the biggest festival of the people of the Assam region. This
is truly a regional festival, which brings a sense of solidarity and unity
among the people of the Assam region. It comes thrice a year and marks
the changes in the seasons. The first of the three "Bihus" falls on "Chait
Sankranthi". It is called Bihag Bihu or Rangoli bihu. In fact bihu is a
festival to celebrate fertility. Rangoli Bihu is the most festive and joyful of
all the Bihus. Other Bihus are known as Magh Bihu and Kati Bihu.
GOOD FRIDAY
This is one of the famous Christian festivals and it is observed on
the Friday before Easter. It is celebrated in March- April to
commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, who sacrificed himself for
the entire humanity. On this Day, Christians mourn Christ's death and
strictly fast and attend masses in the churches.

This is also called "Black Friday"- from the vestments of the clergy and
the altar in the western church. One section of Christians call the Good
Friday very auspicious and the other, ominous. Some Christians wear
Black clothes to symbolize mourning and take out a procession with an
image of Jesus Christ to the Cemetery belonging to their church.
Dramas depicting the crucifixion of Jesus are enacted in many places
and some churches ring the mourning bell as a mark of respect to the
Lord. 

EASTER

Easter marks the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It is a day of great


rejoicing and merry-making for the Christians. This is celebrated
between March 22nd and April 25th, on the Sunday following the full
moon. Easter ceremonies correspond to Passover, the Jewish festival of
yore.

Easter symbolizes the ultimate victory of good over evil. Feasts are
given to the poor and the needy and sweets are exchanged. Joyous
processions are taken out on this day. Edible as also artificial and hard-
boiled eggs are given as gifts on Easter day. In short, the Christians
congregate in large masses in churches and thank Jesus, the savior of
the whole humanity on the occasion of Easter.

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