Arts Flashcards

1
Q

is held every year from april 13 to 15 to celebrate the buddhist new year

A

songkran(thai new year)

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2
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festival where people pour water on each other

A

songkran

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3
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in songkran buddist build a temple or____ out of sand

A

chedi

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4
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celebrated on the first lunar month of the chinese calendar which often falls betwwenthe 21st of january to 20th of february

A

spring festival(chinese new year)

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5
Q

what are the twelve animal zodiacs?

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  1. snake
  2. horse
  3. goat
  4. monkey
  5. rooster
  6. dog
  7. pig
  8. rat
  9. ox
  10. tiger
  11. dragon
  12. rabbit
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6
Q

name the five elements of chinese astrology

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fire,water,earth,metal wood

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7
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starts on the eight day of the lunar month

A

spring festival

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8
Q

people share porridge called____ and is first offered to their ancestors?

A

laba

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9
Q

chinese kitchen God

A

zao jun

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10
Q

supreme God in taoism

A

jade emperor

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11
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people it this to increase weath beacause of its similar shape to the sycee

A

jiaozi

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12
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the chinese imperial currency

A

sycee

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13
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people give money called ____enclosed in an envelope

A

angpao or hong bao

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14
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chinese God of weatlth

A

caishen

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15
Q

others eat this during chinese new year

A

niangao or tikoy

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16
Q

the seventh day is the common person’s birthday and is called?

17
Q

on renri they eat raw fish salad called?

18
Q

it is celebrated on the full moon of the hindu lunar month of vesakha

A

vesak(buddha’s day)

19
Q

typically falls in may or june

20
Q

celebrated buddha’s enlightenment and achievements

21
Q

colorful painted images of buddha used in sri lanka

A

pandals or thorana

22
Q

hanged to commemorate the time when people used lamps to listen to buddha’s teachings

A

vesak koodu

23
Q

the 2 most important days in islam

A

eid al-fitr and eid al-adha

24
Q

marks the end of ramadan which is the ninth month of the islamic calendar

A

eid al fitr(feast of breaking of the fast)

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commemorates the willingness of ibrahim(abraham) to sacrifice his son ismael
eid al-adha
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this festival is done during the 10th or last moth of the islamic calendar and marks the end of the hajj or pilgraage to mecca
eid al adha
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children recieve money called
eidiyah