LUNAR NEW YEAR

The Lunar New Year is the most important social and economic holiday for billions of people around the world. The holiday is tied to the lunar-solar Chinese calendar and was originally observed as a time to honor household and heavenly deities and ancestors.

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The Chinese Student Association will be hosting a Lunar Prom for early Spring semester.

Diwali

Diwali is the Festival of Lights, a 5-day celebration to honor the triumph of good over evil and new beginnings. The date of Diwali changes annually – it’s always celebrated on a moonless night in October or November.

Each year, the Albany State Indian Alliance and Indian Student Organization host annual Diwali celebrations.

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HOLI: A JOYFUL AND COLORFUL FESTIVAL

Holi is considered as one of the most revered and celebrated festivals of India and it is celebrated in almost every part of the country. It is also sometimes called as the “festival of love” as on this day people get to unite forgetting all resentments and all types of bad feeling towards each other. To learn more, click here