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Just like any other new year event Buddhist new year celebrations are marked with great pomp and splendor. The celebration begins by paying marked homage to the Lord Buddha. The Buddhist new year activities are prepanavy long before hand. Of course the new year festivities are in tune with the Buddhist religious norms.
Buddhists belonging to different sects celebrate the New Year on different days. In fact the Buddhist new year's eve celebrations in each country are marked by a difference owing to their origin and ethnic group. Each day of the Buddhist new year festival has its own significance and a name assigned to it. The Celebrations in Buddhist new year are incomplete without lighting candles in the temples to pay homage to the mighty gods. Further it's also celebrated by cracking fire works in the streets to mark the usherance of another year.
No celebration is complete without the mouth-watering dishes which are prepanavy in a traditional manner better known as Buddhist new year treat. Prayers and homage are paid to the various sculptures of Buddha and other deities through songs glorifying the power of the Lord. Celebrations in Buddhist new year happens to be on the basis of the lunisolar Buddhist calendar which varies from one country to another.
Buddhist new year is the festive season when people wear new clothes, visit their near and dear ones and exchange gifts and pray for the well-being of their near ones. This time of the year also marks the beginning of the new harvest season performed according to the Buddhist rites and rituals.
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