Traditional Festivals: A Multicultural Encyclopedia, Volume 1This illustrated reference work covers a wide range of festivals that have sacred origins and are, or have been, part of a folk tradition, a world religion, or a major civilization. * More than 150 A-Z entries on the content and context of each festival, tracing its historical development and geographic variations, from Ashura (Islam) to Whitsuntide (Christianity) * 70 illustrations of festive rituals including photos of Belgium's Binche Carnival, Japan's Cherry Blossom Festival, and the Zulu Reed Dance * Tables of dates for the major feasts in Hinduism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, as well as for the Chinese New Year * Calendar graph showing at a glance the relative places of all the festivals discussed in the seasonal cycle of a single year |
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Contents
| 1 | |
A Multicultural Encyclopedia B | 27 |
A Multicultural Encyclopedia C | 41 |
A Multicultural Encyclopedia D | 85 |
A Multicultural Encyclopedia E | 121 |
A Multicultural Encyclopedia F | 151 |
A Multicultural Encyclopedia G | 161 |
A Multicultural Encyclopedia H | 189 |
A Multicultural Encyclopedia P | 349 |
A Multicultural Encyclopedia Q | 381 |
A Multicultural Encyclopedia R | 383 |
A Multicultural Encyclopedia S | 401 |
A Multicultural Encyclopedia T | 459 |
A Multicultural Encyclopedia U | 477 |
A Multicultural Encyclopedia V | 479 |
A Multicultural Encyclopedia W | 487 |
A Multicultural Encyclopedia I | 205 |
A Multicultural Encyclopedia J | 213 |
A Multicultural Encyclopedia K | 217 |
A Multicultural Encyclopedia L | 237 |
A Multicultural Encyclopedia M | 257 |
A Multicultural Encyclopedia N | 299 |
A Multicultural Encyclopedia O | 345 |
A Multicultural Encyclopedia X | 499 |
A Multicultural Encyclopedia Y | 501 |
A Multicultural Encyclopedia Z | 505 |
A Multicultural Encyclopedia Appendixes | 507 |
| 531 | |
A Multicultural Encyclopedia About the Author | 549 |
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Common terms and phrases
Akitu ancient Ascension blessing calendar called Candlemas Carnival Catholic celebrated century ceremony China Chinese Christ Christian Christmas Church city’s commemorated cult custom Cybele dance Dead West deities Dionysia Dionysus Divali divine Dusshera Easter Epiphany fast feast festival fifth fire first five flowers folklore Friday Games Rome gifts God’s goddess gods Greece Greek Hanukkah Hindu holiday Holy honor Indian Inti Raymi Islam Japan Jerusalem Jesus Jewish king known Korea Kunapipi Lent Matsuri Mawlid Monday month moon Mother Muslim Naadam Navaratra Naw Ruz night observed offerings official pagan Paryushana Passover potlatch prayer Press priest procession References religious rites ritual Roman Rome’s Rosh Rosh Hashanah Rosh Hodesh Sabbath sacred sacrifice Saint Nicholas Samhain Saturday season Sekku Shalako Shavuot shrine solstice spirits spring Sukkot Sunday symbolic temple Thursday tion traditional Tuesday Vaisakhi Vaishakha village Virgin Mary Wednesday week winter women Year’s Day
Popular passages
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Page 16 - His state was divine, yet he did not cling to his equality with God but emptied himself to assume the condition of a slave and became as men are; and being as all men are, he was humbler yet, even to accepting death, death on a cross.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Traditional Festivals: A Multicultural Encyclopedia, Volume 1 Traditional Festivals: A Multicultural Encyclopedia, Christian Roy |
| Author | Christian Roy |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | ABC-CLIO, 2005 |
| ISBN | 1576070891, 9781576070895 |
| Length | 548 pages |
| Subjects | › Social Science / Popular Culture |
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