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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Page 337
... later evolved was still frowned upon in re- spectable circles . There was long some hesita- tion in these quarters about the most suitable date for a gentrified revival of Manhattan sea- sonal customs : Christmas or New Year's Day ...
... later evolved was still frowned upon in re- spectable circles . There was long some hesita- tion in these quarters about the most suitable date for a gentrified revival of Manhattan sea- sonal customs : Christmas or New Year's Day ...
Page 384
... later eaten . was named after the desired effect of the rite of putting up poles hung with rubber - coated pa- per strips and setting them on fire . The black clouds of smoke thus produced were thought to bring on the big storm clouds ...
... later eaten . was named after the desired effect of the rite of putting up poles hung with rubber - coated pa- per strips and setting them on fire . The black clouds of smoke thus produced were thought to bring on the big storm clouds ...
Page 446
... later stand . Likewise , before the date of Easter was universally set as a movable feast in 325 , March 25 was taken to be the date of Christ's Resurrection in the very places where the rebirth of Attis ( like him a “ solar " god in later ...
... later stand . Likewise , before the date of Easter was universally set as a movable feast in 325 , March 25 was taken to be the date of Christ's Resurrection in the very places where the rebirth of Attis ( like him a “ solar " god in later ...
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