What is the background, who started them, is this just another reason made up to sell greeting cards, like sweetest day?
2006-10-07 02:28:34 · 4 answers · asked by victorschool1 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
Are you kidding? None of them are Hallmark holidays. They are holidays of different cultures. Do you think just Christains and Americans have holidays?
Ramadan has been around for a LONG time. It's an islamic holiday.
Dasara is an indian holiday.
Diwali is is a major Hindu, Jain, Sikh and Buddhist festival/celebration.
Kwanzaa is a secular holiday honoring African-American heritage
2006-10-07 02:33:23 · answer #1 · answered by KathyS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No they are god day like Diwali is for a birth for one of our gods
2006-10-08 17:36:04 · answer #2 · answered by Dipa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Come to india, U will know.
2006-10-07 10:49:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep....the commercialization of god
2006-10-07 09:33:13 · answer #4 · answered by thelordparadox 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋