1. What is the name of the holiday?
Answer: The name of this holiday is Nirvana Day.
2. When will the holiday be celebrated in 2011?
Answer: This holiday will be celebrated on February 8th and 15th.
3. Who celebrates this holiday? (Countries, religious groups, ethnic groups)
Answer: Buddhist celebrate this holiday.
4. Why is this holiday celebrated? What is the significance of this holiday?
Answer: This holiday is celebrated to show respect to the "historical Buddah and his attainment to complete nirvana".
5. How is this holiday celebrated? Include any rituals, food, costumes, dance or music associated with this holiday.
Answer: Some Buddhist open their doors to people who bring gifts to them and some monasteries and temples hold meditation retreats.
6. What websites were used in answering these questions? (Copy and paste the web addresses of each website.)
Answer:http://www.godweb.org/Buddhist_Calendar.htm
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