More than 3,000 people are expected to attend the 24th annual Night of All Nations event which will take place at the University of Nevada starting from the 7th until the 11th of April.
About 60 countries will be represented during this event which will feature their food, arts, fashion, musical and dance performances. A portion of the money raised from the Night of All Nations event will benefit Doctors Without Borders.
Usually in such events, the students in the same university take a big role in the preparation with the support of their countries embassies; unfortunately some Arab countries embassies are not supportive, they simple don’t give much interest to such events! It’s a pity because such events help countries from around the world to attract and increase the awareness of more people of what a certain country is famous for which could lead to more tourists willing to visit that country.
It's great that people are coming on this particular night at the University of Nevada to share their food, culture and arts with the visitors. It's a shame that Arab embassies don't care about this festivity or even support it financially in order to give a nice impression about Arabs worldwide.
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Hinduism class
Rajan Zed, Public Relations Officer of India Association of Northern Nevada, is teaching a class on Hinduism at Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC), Reno, on June 07, 2006; from six to nine pm. Pre-registration with TMCC is required.
Zed is a voluntary chaplain at St. Mary’s and other hospitals of northern Nevada.
Hinduism, oldest and third largest religion of the world, has no founder, no one authoritative figure, no one deity worshipped by all, no unified system of belief, no datable beginning, no clear-cut definition, and no single creed or prophet or holy book. It has few “do’s” and “don’ts”. It dates back to around 3,000 BCE. Its oldest sacred literature, the Rig-Veda, dated from around 1,500 BCE, making it the oldest holy book still in common use in the world. Another scripture, Mahabharata, which dates around third century BCE, is the longest poem ever written, comprising of over 100, 000 couplets. God in Hinduism is not restricted to a particular place or limited by gender, appearance or name and it is stated that Hindus have 330 million gods and sometimes the number is increased to 330, 000,003.