Category: Festival

Pushkaram Stampede at Holy River in India, Death toll rises

Stampede at Holy River in India, death toll rises — Thousands of devotees joining India’s religious festival caused stampede, have killed at least 27  devotees. India is known for its diverse culture, with Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, Islam, Christianity, and Jainism among…
First Disability Pride Parade NYC 2015

NEW YORK: First Disability Pride Parade NYC 2015- To end stigma of disability, New York holds its first ever disability parade. Disability Pride Parade NYC have been held in several places across the United States, including Chicago, Philadelphia, Houston, Atlanta,…
Woman gives family Christmas gifts 2 years after death

Woman gives family Christmas gifts 2 years after death: Brenda Schmitz, an American wife and mother of four, died of ovarian cancer in Sept of 2011. She was 46. Before she passed away, she wrote a letter addressed to a…
Australian house sets Christmas lights record for charity

Canberra — An Australian house has reclaimed the Guinness world record they first set in 2011 by stringing up over half a million Christmas lights around their Canberra home. Their 2011 record of 331,038 bulbs was bested last year by…
Halloween addict in props and masks, history express 2013

When you think of Halloween, you think about scary, ghostly and eerie stories along with the costume parties for Halloween props and masks addict and yes, the trick-or-treating express. In Asia, Halloween is a marketable holiday, even nonchristian business establishments…