The dancers are understandably concerned about tonight's show as it is their first true company concert in many months and this is a significant festival.
Kandy hosts the country's most important temple, the Sacred Temple of the Tooth Relic (the dental relic being one of the Buddha's teeth), as well as its most significant festival, Esala Perahera, which venerates the relic.
Her daughter and her grandchildren often gave her gifts (such as clothes and food) and money during significant Chinese festivals.
Have you noticed how the most significant spiritual festivals have been hijacked by commercialism?
Each year it plays host to several of the nation's most significant arts festivals, including Austin City Limits and South by Southwest.
The day of one of the most significant Buddhist festivals commemorating the descent of Buddha from heaven back to earth to serve all sentient beings was an appropriate moment to offer prayers for our friend David Burgess, who died last October.
When statistically significant, national festivals, the Holy month of Ramadan and related feasts were included in the model as co-variates.
It's a significant jazz festival, not tied to any cultural institution.
Such success is a healthy indication that Tribeca, like every other significant film festival, has become a marketplace as well as a tourist destination.
Thus, the wedding has become the most significant domestic festival in both the secular and religious realms, in spite of the ascetic tendencies that exist in certain sectors of Christianity, Buddhism, and other religions.
