Arts Flashcards
is held every year from april 13 to 15 to celebrate the buddhist new year
songkran(thai new year)
festival where people pour water on each other
songkran
in songkran buddist build a temple or____ out of sand
chedi
celebrated on the first lunar month of the chinese calendar which often falls betwwenthe 21st of january to 20th of february
spring festival(chinese new year)
what are the twelve animal zodiacs?
- snake
- horse
- goat
- monkey
- rooster
- dog
- pig
- rat
- ox
- tiger
- dragon
- rabbit
name the five elements of chinese astrology
fire,water,earth,metal wood
starts on the eight day of the lunar month
spring festival
people share porridge called____ and is first offered to their ancestors?
laba
chinese kitchen God
zao jun
supreme God in taoism
jade emperor
people it this to increase weath beacause of its similar shape to the sycee
jiaozi
the chinese imperial currency
sycee
people give money called ____enclosed in an envelope
angpao or hong bao
chinese God of weatlth
caishen
others eat this during chinese new year
niangao or tikoy
the seventh day is the common person’s birthday and is called?
renri
on renri they eat raw fish salad called?
yusheng
it is celebrated on the full moon of the hindu lunar month of vesakha
vesak(buddha’s day)
typically falls in may or june
vesakha
celebrated buddha’s enlightenment and achievements
vesak
colorful painted images of buddha used in sri lanka
pandals or thorana
hanged to commemorate the time when people used lamps to listen to buddha’s teachings
vesak koodu
the 2 most important days in islam
eid al-fitr and eid al-adha
marks the end of ramadan which is the ninth month of the islamic calendar
eid al fitr(feast of breaking of the fast)
commemorates the willingness of ibrahim(abraham) to sacrifice his son ismael
eid al-adha
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
children recieve money called
eidiyah
