India will celebrate Diwali this weekend. AFP reports that Indians set off millions of fireworks every year during Diwali. This is one of the reasons for the increase in air pollution in northern India every winter.

The National Green Tribunal ruled on the 9th that setting off fireworks can exacerbate the threat to life and health. From midnight on November 9 to midnight on November 30, the sale and setting off of fireworks and firecrackers in the capital New Delhi area will be banned. The decree also applies to all towns and cities in India where the air quality was “poor” and other serious levels last November.

What is the National Day?

The National Festival is a day formed by a nation in the long-term historical development, has a certain significance, and is to be celebrated or sacrificed on this day. The many festivals with different characteristics of various ethnic groups in China can be roughly divided into six aspects: production festivals, youth festivals, commemorative festivals, custom festivals and religious festivals.

These festivals, which are closely related to the change of seasons in nature, praying for a good harvest, worshiping heroes, talking about love, traditional customs, religious beliefs, etc., are living fossils of national history, a concentrated embodiment of national way of life, and a vivid display of national traditional culture. Although the festivals of various ethnic groups vary widely in terms of date, content, meaning, and festival methods, they all share the common characteristics of stability, mass, nationality, and inheritance. Many ethnic festivals have a history of hundreds of years, and some have even experienced thousands of years. They have become a cultural phenomenon deeply rooted in the earth, and they are also cultural treasures that need to be further excavated.

Traditional festivals of other ethnic groups?

1. Mongolian: New Year’s Festival, Zulu Festival, Maier Festival, Aobao Festival, Mane Festival, Nadam, Horse Milk Festival, etc.

2. Dai: Water Splashing Festival, Door-closing Festival, Door-opening Festival, etc.

3. Zhuang people: Dragon Festival, Little New Year, Longduan Festival, Spring Festival, Gyro Festival, Flower and Dynasty Festival, Eating Standing Festival, Anguai Festival (Frog Festival).

4. Dongxiang people, Tatar people, Hui people, Salar people, Uzbek people, Uyghur people, Kirgiz people: Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha Festival, Holy Ji Festival.

5. Blang people: Hounan Festival.

6. Nu people: Yusi Festival, Fairy Festival.

7. Manchu people: Bug King Festival, Tiancang Festival, etc.

8. Naxi: Three Flowers Festival, Torch Festival.

9. Dulong: New Year Festival.

10. Tibetan: Mufo Festival, Flower Picking Festival, Sagadawa Festival, Girls’ Day, Wangguo Festival, etc.

11. Dong: New Eating Festival, Cow Sacrifice Festival, Continuous.

12. Lisu: Bathpond Festival, Harvest Festival, Chinese New Year Festival, etc.

13. Maonan: Dragon Boat Festival, Pumpkin Festival, Double Ninth Festival.

14. Lunechun: Bonfire Festival.

15. Yao people: Panwang Festival, Danu Festival, Play Glee Hall Festival, Sun Clothes Festival, Ganba Festival, Moon Half Festival, Celebration Festival, etc.

16. Wa people: Seed Insertion Festival, New Rice Festival.

17. Gelao people: Offering sacrifices to mountains, eating new, and celebrating the New Year.

18. Ewenki people: Mikoru Festival.

19. Miao people: Miao Year, April 8, Dragon Boat Festival, Eating New Festival, Catching Autumn Festival, Huashan Festival, Drying Bridge Festival, etc.

20. Bai nationality: Chinese New Year, March Street, Around the Three Spirits, Torch Festival, Playing the Sea, Worshiping the Sun, etc.