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Indian Festivals
Festivals in Bollywood
100
Tilgul ladoos are made with sesame and jaggery to celebrate the end of winter in this celebrated Indian Harvest Festival.
What is Pongal/Lohri/Sankranti?
100
This Scottish song is traditionally sung when the Ball drops in NYC to welcome in the New Year.
What is Auld Lang Syne?
100
Originally a pagan symbol of everlasting life during the winter solstice for the ancient Norse, Egyptians and Celts, evergreen trees are now popularly symbolic of this Christian festival.
What is Christmas?
100
The Patang Bazaar is a kite shop that appears for the International Kite Festival celebrated during Uttarayan in this Indian state.
What is Gujarat?
100
This 1981 blockbuster Bollywood hit features a famous dance sequence during the Holi festival.
What is Silsila?
200
This Italian fruitcake is typically enjoyed during Christmas and New Years.
What is panettone?
200
With celebrations leading up until Lent, this parade in Rio de Janeiro typically features samba music and dance.
What is Carnival?
200
Calaveras are lovingly created to acknowledge the natural, unfeared role of death in the cycle of life during this celebration with roots in ancient Aztec beliefs.
What is the Day of the Dead (dia de los muertos)?
200
Celebrated with flower-carpets and snake boat races, this Malayali festival celebrates the rice harvest and the return of mythical King Mahabali.
What is the Onam festival?
200
The movie Sarkar 3 features a song by Amitabh Bachchan to celebrate this festival.
What is Ganesh Chaturthi?
300
Fried in oil, Latkes and Sufganiyot are popular dishes used to commemorate the miracle of oil during this holiday.
What is Hannukah/Chanukah?
300
The Hawaiian harvest season Makahiki is often commemorated with this spiritual, storytelling dance form.
What is hula?
300
Celebrated with costumes and bonfires to ward off harmful spirits, the Celtic new year festival of Samhain is seen as the originator of this modern American festival.
What is Halloween?
300
The Lotus Temple, located in this Indian city, sees millions of visitors annually, with attendance spikes during the celebration of Nowruz.
What is New Delhi?
300
Spain's La Tomatina festival drew interest from Indian audiences after its portrayal in this 2011 Bollywood film.
What is Zindagi No Milegi Dobara?
400
Okra, squash, plantains and yams are all featured vegetables in dishes served during this winter holiday, celebrated by the African diaspora.
What is Kwanzaa?
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400
One of the biggest festival parades in Seattle, WA celebrates the Buddhist summer festival of Obon with the traditional Bon Odori dance originating from this Asian country.
What is Japan?
400
The Garma Festival is this country's largest indigenous gathering, where Yolgnu culture is discussed and celebrated for four days in Arnhem Land known for its billabongs and barramundi.
What is Australia?
400
Also nicknamed "The Festival of Festivals", the Hornbill Festival in India celebrates the 17 tribes of this Indian state through food, performance and a night bazaar.
What is Nagaland?
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400
In the 2015 Bollywood film Bajirao Mastani, Priyanka Chopra's character invites Deepika Padukone's character to the celebration of this Marathi festival.
What is Gudi Padwa?
500
To celebrate the Lunar New Year in China, this food dish is commonly eaten to symbolize wishes for a long life.
What are Longevity Noodles/Yi Mein/E Fu?
500
The balalaika is an instrument commonly used in music celebrating the Maslenitsa winter holiday, celebrated in what countries?
What are the Eastern Slavic Countries (Ukraine/Belarus/Russia)?
500
Sham El-Nessim, a 5000 year old festival of Spring, is still celebrated in this modern country with picnics of dyed eggs, onions and fermented fish.
What is Egypt?
500
A New Year celebration with feasts of tsampa and butter tea, Losar is observed in Tibet in addition to this Indian state.
What is Ladakh?
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500
In this 2004 Bollywood film, a folk theater puts on a performance of the Ramleela during the festival of Dussehra.
What is Swades?
