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University traditional cultural activities planning book

The full working life has passed inadvertently, and our work will be more difficult and have higher work goals. At this time, it is very necessary to write a planning book. So how do we write a plan book? The following is the planning book of traditional cultural activities in colleges and universities that I have compiled. Welcome to read the collection.

Planning Book of University Traditional Cultural Activities 1 I. Theme of Activities

Carry forward the traditional culture of China.

Second, the purpose of the activity

1, increase the fun of campus life, build a harmonious campus and enrich the campus life of freshmen.

2. Let students love the motherland more, care about national affairs, care about social practical problems, and have a strong national concept and national feelings.

3. Cultivate students' positive and healthy outlook on life and values.

4. Show the richness of students' after-school life.

5. Further improving students' ideological and moral level is conducive to the development of students' moral construction.

6. Deeply understand the relationship between China culture and campus culture, and establish the correct values of contemporary college students.

7. Strengthen students' responsible and positive attitude.

Three. Activities require

1, which fully shows the positive and healthy attitude towards life of contemporary college students.

2, the design form is free, not extravagant, and one-time decoration is avoided. Each small activity should have its own uniqueness and attract students' attention.

3. Let students experience the happiness of activities.

4. The theme is distinct and the cultural atmosphere is rich.

5. Abide by the system, help each other, behave in a civilized manner, be diligent and frugal, abide by the management regulations of the school, and carry out activities in an orderly manner.

6. The whole process should be centered on traditional culture and education, so as to truly realize the purpose of this activity.

7, mostly independent production, try to avoid direct commercial decoration.

Fourth, the activity time

X month x day to x 29

Verb (abbreviation for verb) activity place

Snow 9000 main road

Sixth, the object of activity.

All students of xx College

Seven. Activity promotion

1. Hold regular departmental meetings and issue notices.

2. Post posters of traditional cultural activities in front of the third floor of the school (one week in advance).

3. Post small posters of traditional cultural activities downstairs in the student dormitory.

4. Promote on WeChat platform. (one week in advance)

Eight. Activity content planning

1, how many famous sentences do you know (editorial department 1-3 people)

Make some self-made branches into small trees, and then hang the handwritten card sentences made by the department staff on the trees, so that students can guess the next sentence, or do interesting questions prepared in advance, and get small gifts by answering correctly.

2. Gorgeous China (editorial department 1-3 people)

The organizer provides paper and pens for students to doodle. After painting, we can take a group photo on the rope on the main road, and we can also select some good works and send them to WeChat platform. At the same time, you can also guess national costumes, and you can get beautiful small gifts if you guess correctly.

3. Exhibition board of traditional culture (design department 1-3 people)

Twenty-four filial piety, poetry and music, with Taoism, Legalism and Confucianism as the themes, are provided by various departments and voted on the avenue.

4. Calligraphy Exhibition (Design Department 1-3 people)

The publicity studio cooperates with the French Association and the Calligraphy Association to provide calligraphy works for students to enjoy.

5. Prize exchange (65438+ 0-3 people in the online publicity department)

Participate in activities to exchange small gifts and let participants scan QR codes.

Nine. Activity flow

At 6: 30, the External Relations Department hangs posters.

8:00 All boys' desks and chairs in the online publicity department

Arrange the scene at 8:30

From 9: 00 to 9: 30, the activity begins.

12:30, each activity arranges people to eat.

16:00 The activity ends.

X. Award setting

Participate in the event and scan the QR code to get a lucky draw.

special award

first prize

the second prize

third prize

XI。 personnel arrangement

Site supervisor: xx, xxx

Pre-publicity: design department, network propaganda department and editorial department.

Responsible for site layout: External Relations Department

Responsible for orders: department head

Responsible for grading: department head

Scene shooting: design team

Twelve. Possible problems

1, the publicity work is not in place.

2. Audio equipment cannot be used normally.

3. There are many people on the main road, which is easy to cause chaos at the scene.

Thirteen. Activity budget

Balloons, colored pens, ribbons, paper, book clips, small gift ropes, posters, color-printed pictures.

In order to inherit and carry forward the essence of Chinese traditional culture and regional culture, further improve the school moral education system, cultivate young students' noble moral character of loving the motherland and hometown, and establish a correct outlook on life, morality and values, Taoran Primary School decided to carry out the activity of "excellent traditional culture entering the campus", implement the school-running concept of strengthening the school with quality, talents, innovation and characteristics, and comprehensively promote the quality campus, characteristic campus and vitality campus.

I. Guiding ideology

Guided by Scientific Outlook on Development, closely around the socialist core values, carry forward the spirit of tenacity, optimism, openness, tolerance, self-improvement, self-reliance and being the first in the world. Through series, projects and three-dimensional excellent traditional cultural education activities, the essence of tradition is internalized in the heart and externalized in the line, and the self-esteem, self-confidence, rationality and peaceful social mentality of primary and secondary school students (children) in our school are cultivated.

Second, the theme of the event

Inheriting the essence of culture and cultivating moral integrity.

Third, the basic principles

Combined with the curriculum plan; Combining moral education with scientific research; Combined with daily behavior education; Combining the creation of school characteristics; Combined with the construction of campus culture.

Four. Educational goal

-fully understand the profoundness of Chinese culture, cultivate patriotic feelings, gradually form a positive attitude towards life and correct values, and improve cultural taste and aesthetic taste;

-Participate in various cultural experience activities with rich contents and learn about the regional cultures of Tieling and Xifeng, such as human history, geographical features and folk customs. I have the feelings of loving my hometown and am determined to work hard for the future development of my hometown; -study in today's life, respect diverse cultures with a broad mind and cultural vision, absorb the nutrition of excellent human cultures, and lay a harmonious foundation for life.

The main content of verb (abbreviation of verb)

(1) Chinese classics reading project. To fully implement the basic requirements of Xifeng County Education Bureau's "Implementation Plan for Carrying out Chinese Classic Reading Activities" (Xijiaozi [20] 13), the key directions of work are as follows: First, build a reading system. In line with the principle of not increasing the workload of students and teachers, all schools (kindergartens) should make reading plans every semester, and all teachers and students should participate together to promote the institutionalization, standardization and normalization of reading activities. The second is to build a reading platform. In-depth development of the "Spring Source Reading Activity", based on Reading 100 Classics of Chinese Studies (compiled by Xifeng County Education Bureau), to achieve 20 minutes of reading before morning class, free reading after class, weekly 1 reading class, monthly 1 class meeting with reading as the theme, extending from class to class and from school to school. The third is to deepen reading activities. Bring video lectures into campus by using various audio-visual materials of cultural classics; According to the actual needs, invite famous artists and teachers to exchange traditional culture face to face with students; Carry out extensive reading activities that advocate life, activities, stories, experiences and interests, such as "Three-Character Classics Reading Meeting" and "Disciples Show Me". With the help of campus art festivals, cultural performances and other carriers, students can feel the culture and love the classics.

(2) Filial piety, faithfulness and elegance education project. First, give priority to filial piety and carry out gratitude education. Focusing on traditional festivals such as New Year's Day, Spring Festival, Lantern Festival, Tomb-Sweeping Day, Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival, we will deepen the theme activities of "Our Festival", carry out traditional cultural education activities and moral experience activities for all students (children), highlight the practical and life characteristics of education, guide them to identify with and carry forward the tradition, and enhance their feelings of loving the motherland, hometown and others. Use the "March 8" Women's Day, Mother's Day, Father's Day and other festivals to carry out practical activities of "thanking parents and practicing filial piety"; Take Labor Day, Teacher's Day and Double Ninth Festival as an opportunity to carry out educational activities of "gratitude to teachers", "gratitude to society" and "caring for elders", so that students can learn to be filial and grateful and respect others in practice. The second is to carry out etiquette education based on elegance. Combined with the activities of building a national civilized city and the training requirements of "three postures", a series of activities such as "Campus Etiquette Lecture" and "Civilized Etiquette Knowledge Competition" with "Etiquette, Politeness and Etiquette" as the main content were carried out. Take elegant taste, elegant speech and elegant behavior as the standard, and always cultivate teenagers' behavior habits and aesthetic taste; Focus on guiding students to develop the etiquette norms of modesty and courtesy, helping others, caring for public property, obeying the law, and matching words with deeds. The third is to carry out honesty education based on honesty. Through issuing honesty initiatives, telling honesty stories and other forms, honesty education is introduced into families and society, and a series of activities such as "striving to be honest teenagers" are widely carried out, actively guiding students to develop honesty virtues from an early age and gradually changing the social status quo of "trust crisis".

(3) Art and sports literacy training project. The first is to highlight characteristic art and physical education. Use the effective platform and characteristic sports activities of "Sports and Art 2+ 1 Project" to stimulate students' interest, tap their potential and improve their artistic accomplishment. Cultivate their interests in culture, art, sports, etc. On the basis of enhancing self-confidence, try to let students of different levels show their talents on different platforms. The second is the combination of "classic reading" and large class exercises. The practice between classes can show the spectacular scene of teachers and students reading classic poems in time and arrange their own exercises with characteristics. While exercising, I got the influence of classic culture; Get spiritual purification in rhythmic music and beautiful movements. Third, the classic reading is combined with the campus culture and art festival. Through various art competitions, students can feel the charm of classical culture and be influenced by China traditional classical culture, improve their cultural and moral quality, and enhance their national self-confidence and pride. The fourth is to construct attractive art physical education teaching. Strengthen the construction of art physical education courses, attach importance to the integration of art physical education and related disciplines, make full use of the time of "two courses", and arrange professional art physical education teachers to give teaching guidance by setting up special courses such as reading classes, literary societies, musical instrument training classes, painting and calligraphy classes, sports special classes and dance classes, so as to gradually form them, which has become a bright spot of art physical education in schools. At the same time, pay attention to the integration of art and physical education and related disciplines. The fifth is to explore the characteristic art physical education. Our school will continue to create activities such as "jumping rope by fans, kicking shuttlecock, paper-cutting, calligraphy, painting, vocal music and table tennis" to consolidate the good situation of "everyone has projects and classes have activities" and truly "plant" excellent traditional culture into students' hearts.

(d) Campus Level Creation Project. Further strengthen the construction of campus culture, improve cultural positions such as libraries, class book corners, campus radio, campus TV stations and campus websites, and extensively carry out campus and family reading activities; Use the publicity window to hold moral education corridors, poetry exhibitions and exhibitions of teachers and students' works on a regular basis; Cultural symbols such as portraits of famous people in past dynasties, aphorisms and aphorisms are posted on the campus wall, and Chinese classic chapters and sentences or self-created proverbs and quotations such as green tree signs, road signs and Analects of Confucius are printed, so that "every scenery can edify people and every famous saying can inspire people"; Through activities such as building characteristic schools through campus culture, we will promote the formation of regional educational characteristics of "one school with one product" and create a rich atmosphere of "taking people by literature and educating people by literature".

(5) Root-seeking project of regional culture. The first is to excavate and sort out the local traditional culture of Tieling, Xifeng and township (town). "One side of the soil and water supports one side of the people", and traditional culture needs to give full play to the advantages of local resources when entering the campus. Organize capable personnel to dig deep into local cultural resources, carry out research on topics, compile similar school-based textbooks such as Charming Tieling and Xifeng Literature and History Materials, and promote local excellent traditional culture to "enter the curriculum, enter the classroom and enter the mind"; Effectively integrate local traditional cultural relics, art, media and other resources, give full play to their cultural origins, activity carriers and resource treasures, and build a traditional cultural system with distinctive characteristics of the times and local characteristics. The second is to transform local traditional cultural resources into moral education bases. Using major commemorative activities with local cultural characteristics as a carrier to further promote the moral education of primary school students in our school; Strengthen the activities of public educational resources such as Ping Ling Village Martyrs Cemetery, Children's Palace, Chengzishan and Binglashan, and make them become off-campus practice bases for quality education and moral education. The third is to inherit and carry forward the humanistic spirit of Tieling. Focusing on the construction of the socialist core value system, Tieling's urban humanistic spirit of "seeking truth from facts, innovating, respecting morality, being rational and peaceful, and pursuing Excellence" and the "four forces" Xifeng spirit of "west peak of vitality, west peak of affluence, west peak of ecology and west peak of happiness" were vigorously promoted among students through speech contests, essay-writing activities and other forms, which aroused the enthusiasm of teachers and students for loving and building their hometown.

Safeguard measures of intransitive verbs

(1) Strengthen organizational leadership. Set up a leading group for Taoran Primary School to carry out the activity of "Excellent Traditional Culture Entering the Campus", with the principal as the leader and the office of the leading group located in the guidance office, responsible for the coordination and inspection of school activities, and regularly organize various teaching exchanges and teaching seminars.

(2) Determine the implementation objectives. Public and private kindergartens, primary schools, junior high schools and senior high schools (including vocational high schools) in the county should carry out the activity of "excellent traditional culture entering the campus" to achieve full coverage.

(3) Strengthen team building. The head teacher (or other teachers who like Chinese studies and have a certain foundation in Chinese studies) is the main promoter; Pay attention to the integration of class teachers (team counselors), art teachers and other teachers, and form a teaching team suitable for local and local conditions. Combine centralization with standardization to improve the training level.

(4) Improve the management mechanism. Incorporate traditional culture education into the curriculum content, starting from the reality of schools (kindergartens) and students, and combining with moral education and scientific research, local courses, school-based courses, class team activities, Chinese teaching and other courses; Give full consideration to the workload of teachers participating in activities, and their work assessment should be directly linked to teachers' promotion, post employment, evaluation before evaluation, performance pay and so on. And vigorously commend teachers and students who have made outstanding achievements in this work.

(5) Increase publicity. Vigorously publicize the significance of activities, timely reflect the progress and effectiveness of the work, fully mobilize teachers, students and parents to talk about their experiences, feelings and changes, and create a strong atmosphere for activities. And submitted excellent manuscripts to Xifeng Education, Huiyuan and other magazines.

University traditional culture activity plan 3 I. Name of the activity: Inheriting traditional culture-carrying forward the national spirit theme activity.

Second, the purpose of the activity:

Let the whole school students feel the cultural heritage and elegant demeanor of different ethnic groups, and feel the cheerful atmosphere of traditional festivals of different ethnic groups, reflecting that "56 ethnic groups have 56 flowers and 56 brothers and sisters are a family!" ! "Inherit national traditional cultural festivals and carry forward the national spirit! ! Really let us pay attention to our own culture and festivals! !

Three. Activity time and place: 65438+ February X X Zhangshulin playground.

Four. Organizer: Petrochemicals 12-3-2.

Activity co-organizer: Organization Department

Verb (abbreviation of verb) activity flow planning;

(1). Preparatory activities:

-do a good job in publicity.

Let the students in the hospital know the purpose and significance of this activity.

Improve enthusiasm and let the students in the whole hospital actively participate.

(2). Activities:

The host introduced the purpose and guests of the event and announced the start of the party!

1, chorus "56 Flowers of 56 Nationalities"

-Choose 56 students to sing together on stage, each holding a flower to represent 56 ethnic groups, so as to show the spirit of the same nation, enhance the profound friendship between ethnic groups and show their national elegance! !

Note: Singers are registered free of charge.

Among them, several representatives can be selected to lead the singing in different national costumes.

Flowers can be made of colored paper.

2. Knowledge competition

-Select five students to collect information of different nationalities (e.g.; Symbols, costumes, beliefs, hobbies, living habits, etc. )

Give yourself room to play. After the introduction, relevant materials can be displayed in the form of free performances such as sketches! Let everyone know more about our culture!

3. Fashion show

-Students dressed in different national costumes take the catwalk.

Relevant personnel arrangement: catwalk content

Background music during the selection of the runway.

4. Game links

Answer-"Pull the joystick"

The rule of pulling the stick is that two people sit face to face, with their legs stretched forward and their feet balanced. After starting, hold both ends of the stick and pull it to your side. Whoever pulls his hips off the ground first loses, and his legs will bend during the game.

B- "stilt horse"

Rule: Ride a stilt horse and see who can reach the designated place fastest!

The host introduced: stilt racing, commonly known as stilt horse, is also called bamboo horse because it cuts bamboo into horses. It is a traditional national and folk sports activity popular in the border areas of Hunan, Hubei, Chongqing and Guizhou provinces. Riding a horse on stilts is both ancient and fresh in the cultural origin of Tujia nationality, and is deeply loved by Tujia people. This is an entertainment collection.

A cultural and sports activity with fitness, skill, flexibility and performance, which is worthy of in-depth study in sociology, folklore and physical education)-All participants will receive a gift (to improve their enthusiasm for participation)

5. Dance performance

Take Torch Festival as the theme

The Torch Festival of the Yi people, also known as the Year of the Yi people, symbolizes light, justice and prosperity in the minds of the Yi people and is a powerful force that can destroy all evil. Torch Festival is a festival of joy, love and happiness for Yi people.

B- Free Dance Competition: Players can't jump to Taiwan Province in the same style and show different cultural features by dancing! ! It can be modern dance, folk dance and so on.

-Assign relevant personnel to be responsible for programming and music-

6, sketch performance

The content must be related to traditional festivals, humorous and reflect national customs.

-Assign relevant personnel to take charge of the project-

7. Awarding Excellent Program Award: Voted by invited guests! Group award

8. Chorus "Tomorrow will be Better" (promote national flavor and hope our tomorrow will be better)

9. The host declared the party over.

(3) Activity Festival: Through this activity, the traditional culture will be deeply rooted in people's hearts, and the national flavor will permeate every corner of our lives, which will enhance the friendship between our ethnic groups and the students in the whole college, enhance our traditional cultural awareness and enrich our university life!

Site setting of intransitive verbs:

Decorate with special materials of various ethnic groups, such as balloons, ribbons, flags, etc.

The host can introduce it (Manchu is divided into four banners of "red, yellow, blue and white" during the activity. During the Spring Festival, people with red flags hang red flags, people with yellow flags hang yellow flags, people with blue flags hang blue flags, and people with white flags hang white flags. These flags are beautifully patterned and brightly colored, symbolizing the auspicious beginning of the year. )

-Designate relevant personnel to be responsible for venue layout-

Seven, award setting:

1. The prizes in the game.

2, excellent program award:

first prize

the second prize

third prize

Award for Excellence (one for each project, won by the team)

Eight. Budget: 200-300 yuan in total.

Audio equipment, such as 60 yuan.

Promotional materials

Colored paper, colored flags, balloons, etc. 30

High-legged horse clothes, etc. 100 yuan (you don't need to borrow it if you can prepare it yourself)

Prize 80 yuan

Other budgets shall be planned separately.

-Assign relevant personnel to be responsible for preparation and procurement-

Nine, matters needing attention:

Pay attention to safety, warmth and discipline when switching!

Send relevant personnel to maintain discipline and safety.

University traditional cultural activities planning book 4 I. General requirements

We should attach great importance to the ideological edification and educational functions of traditional festivals such as the Spring Festival, tap the educational resources contained in various important festivals and anniversaries, and hold mass celebrations and commemorative activities by using 1 1 month, May Day and other major events and important task anniversaries. Take traditional festivals and important festivals as an important platform to spread socialist core values and carry forward Chinese excellent traditional culture, focus on festival folklore, cultural entertainment, classic reading and physical fitness, and strive to create a festive atmosphere of unity, harmony, joy and celebration, mobilize and attract broad participation of the masses, so that festival activities can be carried out at the grassroots level and among the masses.

Second, the content of the activity

Taking Chinese traditional festivals, important national anniversaries and national festivals as the breakthrough points, we will vigorously promote the theme activities of "carrying forward traditional culture and living traditional festivals well".

1, the theme activity of "Traditional Festival Spring Festival (Lantern Festival)". "Spring Festival" and "Lantern Festival" condense the life pursuit and emotional sustenance of the Chinese nation, and bear the family and social concepts of China people. During the festival, we should highlight the themes of saying goodbye to the old year and welcoming the new year, reunion, harmony, prosperity and blessing, highlight the festive atmosphere of "Happy New Year", and create a festive atmosphere of family harmony, stability, unity, joy and peace.

2. "Traditional Festival Qingming" theme activities. "Tomb-Sweeping Day" is a festival to commemorate ancestors and deceased relatives. The main memorial ceremony is grave sweeping, accompanied by activities such as hiking and tree planting. This festival reflects the significance of drinking water, uniting the nation, keeping fit during the Spring Festival and caring for nature. We should highlight the theme of remembering the martyrs, guide people to correctly understand and understand the fine traditions and revolutionary traditions of the Chinese nation, pursue the future cautiously, and cherish a happy life.

3. "Traditional Festival Dragon Boat Festival" theme activities. Dragon Boat Festival is the most influential festival to commemorate Qu Yuan. The patriotic feelings of Qu Yuan, a poet whose heart is attached to the motherland, the world and immortality, have inspired generations of Chinese children. At the same time, the Dragon Boat Festival has been an annual "health and epidemic prevention festival" among the people since ancient times. There are customs such as dragon boat racing, cleaning the courtyard, hanging white mugwort leaves, hanging calamus and drinking realgar wine. We should fully tap the profound cultural connotation of the Dragon Boat Festival, actively organize mass cultural entertainment, physical fitness and popular science publicity activities around the theme of harmony between man and nature, and enhance people's patriotic feelings.

4. "Traditional Festival Mid-Autumn Festival" theme activities. The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the "Reunion Festival", is the second largest traditional festival in China after the Spring Festival. It is deeply integrated into people's daily life and spiritual world with its rich cultural connotation, nationality and mass. We should highlight the theme of unity, reunion and harvest celebration, and strive to create a festive atmosphere of national unity, national unity, social harmony and family happiness.

5. "Traditional Festival Double Ninth Festival" theme activities. "Double Ninth Festival" is a festival to respect, love and help the elderly. There are customs such as sightseeing, climbing high and overlooking, watching chrysanthemums, planting dogwood everywhere, eating Chongyang cake and drinking chrysanthemum wine. It is necessary to highlight the theme of respecting the elderly and filial piety, vigorously carry forward the traditional virtues of respecting the elderly, enhance the awareness of respecting, loving and helping the elderly in the whole society, and create a good atmosphere for a harmonious society.

6. "May Day, July 1st and November 11th" theme activities. Organize and carry out theme activities such as praising labor, the party, the motherland, national unity, harmony and prosperity in combination with the actual situation.

Third, the way of activities.

1. During the Spring Festival, Lingchuan County launched a wide range of "send warm" activities, led by Xianweiban, to offer year-end condolences to the people in party member who have difficulties in life, to send them the warmth of the party and the government, and to let the people have a happy and peaceful Spring Festival.

2. During the May 4th Youth Day, Lingchuan County organized a basketball friendly match with the theme of "I am young, I am sunny, and I win glory for the Economic Development Zone", led by the trade union working committee, which further stimulated the enthusiasm of young cadres and workers and gave them spiritual and physical baptism.

3. During the International Children's Day on June 1st, schools in Lingchuan County organized a science, technology, culture and art festival with the theme of "Youth is wonderful because of hard work, and ideals fly because of hard work". The Education Bureau takes the lead, cares about children's growth, and creates good study and living conditions for children in Lingchuan County.

During the Party Building Day on July 1 Sunday, Lingchuan County took the county party committee office as the leader to carry out party building activities of grass-roots party organizations and "two new" party organizations, further consolidating the ideological foundation of grass-roots party organizations and actively creating excellent "two new" party organizations.

5 5. 10/October 1 1 Sunday during the National Day, Lingchuan County organized and carried out the patriotic love area theme practice activities with the theme of "concentrating on development and building a harmonious economic development zone". Party and government offices and trade union working committees are responsible for carrying out various activities and widely mobilizing cadres and workers to express their wishes and information to the motherland and Lingchuan County.

Four. Activities require

1, to highlight the cultural connotation of the festival. Pay attention to inherit and carry forward the excellent traditional culture of the Chinese nation, respect etiquette and morality, give full play to the role of cultural construction in shaping civilization and beautifying the soul through literature and art, and make the activity of "carrying forward traditional culture and having a good traditional festival" a folk festival through colorful cultural activities to spread advanced socialist culture.

We should carry forward the traditional Chinese virtues. During the festival, all levels and departments should carry out activities of condolence and help moral models and good people around them, carry out service activities of caring for vulnerable groups such as empty nesters, left-behind children, migrant workers and the disabled, carry forward the traditional virtues of respecting the elderly and caring for the young, helping the poor and helping the weak, show the spirit of respecting morality, solidarity and mutual assistance and common progress of the Chinese nation, and let people draw moral nutrition from the festival activities.

It is necessary to popularize the concept of civilized festivals. Guide people to scientifically understand and grasp traditional festival customs, get rid of feudal superstitions, play a healthy and progressive festival culture, avoid turning festivals into "festivals of eating and drinking luxury" and "festivals of feudal superstitions", and guide people to change customs, be green, frugal, healthy and civilized during festivals.