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" Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. Praise him with timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the highest sounding cymbals. Let everything that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord. " - Psalm 150: 1-5, The Bible To break the monotony, even though I am engaged into freelancing services I want to go back to my first love which is tourism, culture, and the arts. I know you may be expecting a post about freelancing, corporate setting, and the likes. But I want to feature something different. In this post I want to delve into the various expressions of different major festivals in the country with a highlight to my hometown's very own festival, the Tanda Festival celebrated every 15th of May during our town's fiesta celebration. We will also be looking into the other festivals in the country such as; the Sinulog Festival of Cebu City, Pahiyas Festival of Quezon Province, Kaamulan Festival of Bukidnon, Ube Festival of Southern Bohol, and Kadayawan Festival of Davao City. We will also look into how massive commercialism, digital transformation, and tourism development took a festival's essence to different level. We will also look on how we can create our own festival at a personal level as means of personal celebration. Join me as we embark into a journey in the Philippines taking a closer look into their societies through their festivals. By nature man and his search for the truth wanted to breathe meaning, give life and pay homage and reverence to his deeper truths in life. Man by nature is a celebrating nature.Celebrations are a way of marking milestones in life, commemorating an event may it be jubilant, melancholic, or victorious. So the question lies o

Doug MacRay is an unrepentant criminal, the de facto leader of a group of ruthless bank robbers who pride themselves in stealing what they want and getting out clean. With no real attachments, Doug never has to fear losing anyone close to him. But that all changed on the gang's latest job, when they briefly took a hostage--bank manager, Claire Keesey. Though they let her go unharmed, Claire is nervously aware that the robbers know her name and where she lives. But she lets her guard down when she meets an unassuming and rather charming man named Doug not realizing that he is the same man who only days earlier had terrorized her. The instant attraction between them gradually turns into a passionate romance that threatens to take them both down a dangerous, and potentially deadly, path

Doug MacRay (Ben Affleck) is an unrepentant criminal, the de facto leader of a group of ruthless bank robbers who pride themselves in stealing what they want and getting out clean. With no real attachments, Doug never has to fear losing anyone close to him. But that all changed on the gang's latest job, when they briefly took a hostage--bank manager, Claire Keesey (Rebecca Hall).

Arpita Khan Sharma, the most loved sister of the 'Khaandaan', is indeed loved by everyone in the B-town as well. We have always seen Salman Khan and his family shower love and care on this 28-year-old daughter. The entire fans of Bollywood admire them for being such a sweet family. Despite never being a part of Hindi Movies, she has been a popular name in the entire B-Town. She has always been the talk of the town for all the reasons as she is the closest to all her brothers. But, why was she adopted? Find out The Real Reason Why Was Salman Khan's Loving Sister Arpita Khan Adopted with the story of her life.

Pictures of Jay-Z Video shooting for "Run This Town" featuring Kanye West& Rihanna have popped up. The video will be the first off The Blueprint 3.

Listen to and comment on the album Leave This Town by Daughtry on AveoftheStars.com!

Joe Towne is an American actor, writer, and producer known for his role as Joe Thomas in the television series Friends in Therapy.

Salman Khan's wedding has been the most discussed about topics in town. It's been so long and yet the most eligible bachelor of tinsel town is single. Despite the list of beautiful ladies all around, Salman's wedding just doesn't seem to be happening. In fact, the actor too feels that his wedding is jinxed. Do you also think the same way? What is the reason behind Salman not getting married?

The country pop star Taylor Swift announced on Wednesday that she will cancel three more shows due to her illness. The concerts in Charlotte and Atlanta were postponed until sometime in the fall, according to Reuters. Taylor Swift isn't feeling well these days. The bronchitis caused her to cancel three more shows, that were scheduled to take place in Charlotte and Atlanta on July 8, 9 and 10. The shows have been postponed for October and November. Her physician has advised her to take it easy. This means she would have to rest a lot and not being on the stage singing 17 of her hit songs, as it was scheduled for each concert. Swift states that she is truly really sorry for missing out the meetings with her fans. "It breaks my heart to miss out on this weekend's shows with my friends in Charlotte and Atlanta" she said in the statement and continued that she would never cancel a show unless she had serious reasons. "I would never cancel if I thought I was physically able to perform these shows," she explained. "I am so sorry to the fans, but I look forward to seeing you when we come back through your towns, which we will do." These are not the first concerts in her tour that she cancels. Although the "Speak Now" singer has never cancelled a show before, this July it happened four times already. The first postponed a show in Louisville, which had to take place on July 2. Now, she is hoping that she will be able to perform on July 14 in Montreal. Taylor Swift is one of the most powerful artists in the United States. She has began touring in order to promote her 2010 album, "Speak Now". She has a crazy schedule, performing in 17 countries around the world and having 98 concerts.

Sunny Leone did sore up the temperatures in town when she debuted with Pooja Bhatt's Jism 2. And today she has successfully secured a place for herself in town. Recently, she enthralled the masses with her sizzling act as Laila in Shootout at Wadala where her moves with John Abraham and Tusshar Kapoor left all spell bound. Looking at her rising graph, do you feel she is the hottest property in Bollywood today?

B-Town actor Kangana Ranaut has become the talk of the town yet again as she stressed the need to save India's film industry from 'terrorist

After Parineeti Chopra, another of Priyanka Chopra's cousin, Meera Chopra is all set to debut in town. Meera is a renowned name in south and she is keen to make it big in Bollywood. She is debuting in town with Vikram Bhatt's third part of 1920, where she has replaced Prachi Desai. Do you think the film will give her the desired success? Will Meera make it big in Bollywood?

There was a time when girls use to crave for good boys, but nowadays they fall for the charm of bad boys. Currently in B-town Ranbir Kapoor is hit on the list of bad boy, and the song Badtameez from his latest film goes in sync with his personality. However, there is more to the list as newcomers like Varun Dhawan and Arjun Kapoor are already fighting for the same tag. We wonder who according to you the B-town's sexiest bad boy is. Do let us know!

Watch and comment on the Jay-Z, Rihanna, Kanye West music video for their single Run This Town on AveoftheStars.com

6:30pm|Music| Traffic Jam feat. Divas of Rock, Why should men have all the Guns (Musical/120mins) Singers. Daisy D Mate, Chayanksh Das & Manta Sidhu Band. Jimmy Thang, Kennedy Singh, Nizzy Rk, Stevekid Valte, Azaymah, Darshan Singh & Yashi Vikram. Music has come a long way. Over the years, some amazing imprints have been laid by outstanding rockers. Traffic Jam pays tribute to the ones that have contributed from the fairer gender. Along with some of the best Divas that the town offers, we trace the footsteps of those great divas that have laid the foundations which the Divas of today enjoy. Traffic Jam performs exclusively for the first time songs from their upcoming self titled album. Plus, some brilliant students of Jimmy Thang bring in their own flavors of Rock. Tickets at Rs. 350 available at the venue. Suitable for all age groups. http://www.eventincity.com/event/273/Traffic-Jam-feat-in-Gurgaon

Another new buzz in the town, Dana Schwartz post on twitter stated "Owl without feathers" got viral in the social media and the post getting so many interesting comments and reply on the post.

Defame too at times helps in earning you fame and this goes perfectly right in the case of actresses who have made their notorious presence felt on the B-town map. The year has seen some of the sensational acts publicized by the likes of Sunny Leone, Sherlyn Chopra, Poonam Pandey, Savita Bhabhi, Rakhi Sawant, Veena Malik and now Priya Anjali Rai. The competition between them is getting intense. But who do you think has given the steamiest news of the year?

The First Lebanon War - June, 1982. A lone tank is dispatched to search a hostile town that has already been bombarded by the Israeli Air Force. What seems to be a simple mission gradually spins out of control. Shmuel the gunner, Assi the commander, Herzl the loader and Yigal the driver are the tank's crew, four 20-something boys who have never fought in a war and are now operating a killing machine. Though trying to remain brave, the boys are pushed to their mental limits as they struggle to survive in a situation they cannot contain, and try not to lose their humanity in the chaos of war.

The making of J&K Chief Minister is the talk of the town and the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections 2014 results are out and is officially a Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections 2014hung verdict and it has become very interesting now who would form a government. The only way left is now formation and this would show now what we call is "Ugly Politics". A close fight was showed between Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and People's Democratic Party (PDP). Congress again has been showed that the time has come for them to take an exit and work from scratch to win the hearts of people. Now PDP as a party having more seats can tie up either with the Congress or BJP in forming the government

Tollywood Celebrity Support To Kaushal . Bigg Boss2 Telugu . Kaushal Army . Telugu Stars. Nani's Telugu Bigg Boss 2 has become talk of the town. Audience and celebrities are going ga ga about the show especially Kaushal's performance in the show.We already informed you that among the contestants, Kaushal is one of the most popular persons on the show who has garnered immense praise from the audience. People are praising him on social media making him into a sensation.Not only that, the Kaushal Army is also circulating videos and memes of Kaushal on all social media platforms which is drawing the attention of Tollywood stars and directors.