And as during festivals past, Chanel hosted a dinner in celebration of the artist program at the festival on Wednesday at the Odeon.

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Mumbai (CNN) -- In India, gold is gifted at weddings, when a baby is born, during festivals, to mark a promotion -- at any celebratory occasion.

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Buying usually increases during Hindu festivals such as Diwali and Akshaya Tritiya.

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The young Aaron had been protected from Christianity, kept inside during Christian festivals and made aware that his grandfather had been a Yiddish-speaking rabbi in Silesia.

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Gathering in fields or villages during community festivals, members of the Korean ethnic group in Jilin and other provinces in north-eastern China offer a traditional sacrifice to the God of the Land to pay homage to nature and pray for good fortune and a plentiful harvest.

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Not so if you believe recent research on "pilgrim experiences" by academics and researchers from nine universities in India and UK. They carried out two surveys involving over 400 kalpavasis during the festivals in 2010 and 2011, an event which even the researchers called an "ordeal".

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The figures were also created as ritual offerings to the gods during weddings and festivals.

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This heritage is most visible during the Up Helly Aa fire festivals in Shetland, which culminate in the burning of a replica Viking galley.

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During the 2007 event, organisers made the most of the party atmosphere with a whole string of festivals, carnivals, concerts, street parties, cycling events, markets, displays and exhibitions across London and Kent.

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