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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... weekly and yearly cycles , since the nineteen weeks of the year have the same names as the nineteen days of the week , of which ' Alá is the last , im- mediately followed by Bahá , the first day of another week , when the Nineteen - Day ...
... weekly and yearly cycles , since the nineteen weeks of the year have the same names as the nineteen days of the week , of which ' Alá is the last , im- mediately followed by Bahá , the first day of another week , when the Nineteen - Day ...
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... Week starts with the blessing of palms and a procession on Sun- day . The previous week is known to Catholics as Passion Week , after Passion Sunday as the former name of Palm Sunday in Rome . For , until the tenth century , this last ...
... Week starts with the blessing of palms and a procession on Sun- day . The previous week is known to Catholics as Passion Week , after Passion Sunday as the former name of Palm Sunday in Rome . For , until the tenth century , this last ...
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... week , ordained by God as a day of rest like the sev- enth day of Creation , when He rested after all His work . Strict rules curtailing any creative ac- tivities on the part of His chosen people of Is- rael are there to make sure that ...
... week , ordained by God as a day of rest like the sev- enth day of Creation , when He rested after all His work . Strict rules curtailing any creative ac- tivities on the part of His chosen people of Is- rael are there to make sure that ...
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 Ňsun 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