Why was Siddhartha Gautama's life in the palace so different from the lives of people in the nearby city and surrounding areas?
O Gautama's father did not believe in involving the family in worldly affairs.
O Gautama's family was Buddhist, while people in the surrounding areas were Hindu.
O Gautama's mother feared that he would contract a deadly disease if he left the palace.
O Gautama was born into the highest caste and had little contact with people in the lowest castes.

it's a secular holiday. it is and was a custom developed to recognize the ending of a time and a wish for a good future. the kind of kiss you exchange, if you are single, is intended to predict what kind of year you will have in the coming year.

it is saying good bye to the last year with all its ups and downs, and hello to the new year, with all its hopes and dreams.

b. sec, foreign relations

the american colonists were happy with their vicorty, but the french were mad and the french and indians were not alies, and neither were the french and colonist. i think,