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343Now I would like to have all five religions participate in a discussion Hmm we need a topic How about we compare different holidays and celebrations Christianity That sounds great Ok the two major holidays celebrated in Christianity are Christmas and Easter Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ and Easter celebrates his resurrection Buddhism We celebrate a holiday similar to Christmas called Buddha s Birthday which celebrates the birthday of our founder Prince Siddhartha Gautama Hinduism One major Hindu holiday is Diwali known as the festival of light Diwali honors Rama the seventh avatar of Vishnu who defeated the demon king Ravana Judaism Wait what is an avatar Hinduism An avatar is a reincarnation of a god In this case Rama was the seventh reincarnation of Vishnu who was the protector of the universe Judaism Thanks for clarifying One of the most well known Jewish holidays is Hanukkah Hanukkah remembers when our Jewish ancestors stood up against the Greeks and Syrians in the Maccabean Revolt Islam One of the major holidays Muslims celebrates is known as Eid al Fitr which celebrates the end of Ramadan the month of fasting with a huge feast Another celebration Eid al Adha is known as the sacrifice feast On this day we sacrifice animals like goats or sheep as we remember how Abraham was willing to sacrifice his son at God s command Akbar the Great Thanks to all of you for those explanations We have unfortunately run out of time so I would like to thank the five representatives for coming to speak about their religion today I hope that all these religions will continue to live peacefully together