Traditional Festivals: A Multicultural Encyclopedia, Volume 2This 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. Traditional Festivals: A Multicultural Encyclopedia travels around the world and across the centuries to uncover an often unexpected richness of meaning in some of the major sacred festivals of the world's religions, the hallowed calendars of ancient civilizations, and the seasonal celebrations of tribal cultures. From Akitu to Yom Kippur, its 150+ entries look at the content and context of these festivals from a number of perspectives (including those relating to theology, anthropology, folklore, and social theory), tracing their historical development and variations across cultures. Readers will get a vivid sense of what each festival means to the people celebrating it; how each captures its culture's beliefs, hopes and fears, founding myths, and redemptive visions; and how each expresses the universal need of humans to connect their lives to a timeless spiritual dimension. |
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... Sunday rest was punished like other crimes and misdemeanors in Saxon England . But it was not until the twelfth century that Sunday came to be ... Sunday morning services and afternoon catechism was punishable with flogging and 456 SUNDAY.
... Sunday rest was punished like other crimes and misdemeanors in Saxon England . But it was not until the twelfth century that Sunday came to be ... Sunday morning services and afternoon catechism was punishable with flogging and 456 SUNDAY.
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... Sunday 02-03-2018 Wednesday 19-02-2023 Monday 16-02-2026 08-03-2023 Tuesday 03-03-2026 urday as the Full 04-03-2007 Sunday , 01-03-2010 Moon , celebra- celebrations tions on Sunday on Monday Hindu New Year Sunday 21-03-2004 Monday 19-03 ...
... Sunday 02-03-2018 Wednesday 19-02-2023 Monday 16-02-2026 08-03-2023 Tuesday 03-03-2026 urday as the Full 04-03-2007 Sunday , 01-03-2010 Moon , celebra- celebrations tions on Sunday on Monday Hindu New Year Sunday 21-03-2004 Monday 19-03 ...
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... Sunday Hindu New Year Friday 23-03-2012 Sunday 23-03-2031 Ramayana Week Friday 23-03-2012 Sunday 23-03-2031 Το Sunday 01-04-2012 Monday 01-04-2031 Ramanavami Sunday 01-04-2012 Monday 01-04-2031 Raksha Bandhan Thursday 02-08-2012 ...
... Sunday Hindu New Year Friday 23-03-2012 Sunday 23-03-2031 Ramayana Week Friday 23-03-2012 Sunday 23-03-2031 Το Sunday 01-04-2012 Monday 01-04-2031 Ramanavami Sunday 01-04-2012 Monday 01-04-2031 Raksha Bandhan Thursday 02-08-2012 ...
Common terms and phrases
ancient Bahá'í birthday blessing calendar called Carnival celebrated century ceremony China Chinese Christ Christian Christmas Church cult custom Cybele dead deities Dionysia Divali divine Dragon Dusshera Easter Epiphany evil fast feast festival fire folklore Friday Games gifts girls goddess gods Greece Greek Gregorian Hindu holiday holy honor Indian Islamic Japan Jerusalem Jewish Jews king known Korea lunar Martinmas Matsuri Mawlid Midsummer Monday month moon Mother Muslim Naadam Naked Festival Navaratra Naw Ruz night observed offerings Òsun Panathenaea Paryushana Passover potlatch powwow prayer priest procession Prophet Puja Purim Ramadan References religious rice rites ritual Roman Rome Rosh Hashanah Rosh Hodesh Sabbath sacred sacrifice Saint George Saint Nicholas Samhain Saturday Saturnalia seasonal Sekku Shalako Shavuot shrine spirits spring Sukkot Sun Dance symbolic temple Thursday tion Torah traditional Tuesday Vaisakhi Vaishakha Vasant Panchami Vikram village Virgin Mary Wednesday week Whitsuntide women Year's Day Yom Kippur