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What are the festivals of Eid al-Fitr, Horse Milk Festival, Torch Festival and Bathing Festival?
1, Eid al-Fitr

Eid al-Fitr, a free translation of Arabic' ID al-Fitr', is transliterated as "Eid al-Feitour". Also known as "Jizi Festival" or "Festival". Together with Eid al-Adha, it is the two major festivals in Islam. The time is 10+0 in the Islamic calendar. Muslims fast for the whole month of Ramadan (the ninth month). On the last day of Ramadan, they searched for the new moon, and the next day, Eid al-Fitr, which is Eid al-Fitr. If you can't see the new moon, the fast will continue and the festival will be postponed, generally not more than 3 days.

2. Horse Milk Festival

Horse milk festival is a traditional Mongolian festival, mainly drinking horse milk wine. Popular in Xilin Gol League in Inner Mongolia and some pastoral areas in Erdos. Usually held in late August of the lunar calendar, the date is not fixed and lasts for one day.

In order to celebrate the bumper harvest and bless each other, besides preparing enough kumiss, we also treat guests with "hand-grilled meat", hold horse racing activities, invite folk singers to sing greetings, and present gifts to the elderly of Mongolian medicine. It is said that Nadam Festival originated from this.

3.torch festival

Torch Festival is an ancient traditional festival of Yi, Bai, Naxi, Jinuo, Lahu and other ethnic groups, which has profound folk culture connotation and is called "Carnival of the East". Different ethnic groups hold Torch Festivals at different times, mostly on June 24th of the lunar calendar. The main activities are bullfighting, goat shooting, cockfighting, horse racing, wrestling, song and dance performances, beauty contests and so on. In the new era, the Torch Festival has been endowed with new folk functions and produced new forms.

4. Bath Festival

The Tibetan name of the Bathing Festival is "Gama Riji" (bathing), which is a unique festival of the Tibetan people and has a history of at least 700 to 800 years in Tibet. Every year in the early July of the Tibetan calendar, there is a mass bathing activity in Tibet, along the Lhasa River, from urban to rural, from pastoral to agricultural areas.

This annual festival bathing activity should be concentrated for one week, so it is a unique bathing festival for Tibetans. During these seven days, bathing in the river has become a traditional custom of the Tibetan people, from dolls to the elderly.

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