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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... Murukan , featuring body - piercing vows long outlawed in peninsular India itself . The Murukan Cult in India and Overseas When the full moon is in conjunction with the star Pusam in the month of Tai that straddles January and February ...
... Murukan , featuring body - piercing vows long outlawed in peninsular India itself . The Murukan Cult in India and Overseas When the full moon is in conjunction with the star Pusam in the month of Tai that straddles January and February ...
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... Murukan's most powerful weapon , which he uses to drive evil out of the world . By four in the morning of the first day , the faithful gather to wait for the god's statue and escort its silver chariot more than eight kilome- ters to the ...
... Murukan's most powerful weapon , which he uses to drive evil out of the world . By four in the morning of the first day , the faithful gather to wait for the god's statue and escort its silver chariot more than eight kilome- ters to the ...
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... Murukan is felt to be proportionate to the ex- tremity of the mutilations endured . Penitents often start by inserting a miniature vel through their tongue vertically and another one through their cheeks horizontally ( thereby puffing ...
... Murukan is felt to be proportionate to the ex- tremity of the mutilations endured . Penitents often start by inserting a miniature vel through their tongue vertically and another one through their cheeks horizontally ( thereby puffing ...
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