Holiday Symbols & Customs
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Holiday Symbols & Customs

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Holiday Symbols & Customs

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A guide to the legend and lore behind the traditions, rituals, foods, games, animals, and other symbols and activities associated with holidays and holy days, feasts and fasts, and other celebrations.

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Publisher
Omnigraphics
Year
2015
eBook ISBN
9780780813656
Print ISBN
9780780813649

Table of contents

  1. Table of Contents
  2. Preface
  3. Aboakyer Festival
  4. Academy Awards
  5. Advent
  6. Akshaya Tritiya
  7. Akwambo
  8. Al-Hijra
  9. Alasitas Fair
  10. Alaska Day
  11. All Souls’ Day
  12. America’s Cup
  13. Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Feast of the
  14. Anzac Day
  15. Aoi Matsuri
  16. Apache Girls’ Sunrise Ceremony
  17. April Fools’ Day
  18. Arbor Day
  19. Arctic Winter Games
  20. Army-Navy Football Game
  21. Asalha Puja
  22. Ascension Day
  23. Ash Wednesday
  24. Ashura
  25. Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Feast of the
  26. Athabascan Stickdance
  27. Autumn Equinox
  28. Awoojoh
  29. Awuru Odo Festival
  30. Aztec New Fire Ceremony
  31. Basket Dance
  32. Bastille Day
  33. Bayou Classic
  34. Bella Coola (Nuxalk) Midwinter Rites
  35. Beltane
  36. Berber Bride Fair
  37. Blessing of the Waters
  38. Bodhi Day
  39. Boston Marathon
  40. Bouphonia
  41. Braemar Highland Gathering
  42. British Open
  43. Burial of the Sardine
  44. Burning Man Festival
  45. Burns Night
  46. Candlemas
  47. Cannes Film Festival
  48. Carnival
  49. Chalma Pilgrimage
  50. Chandan Yatra
  51. Chinese New Year
  52. Ching Ming
  53. Christmas
  54. Christmas Eve
  55. Chrysanthemum Festival
  56. Chung Yeung
  57. Chusok
  58. Cinco de Mayo
  59. Columbus Day
  60. Coming of Age Day
  61. Compitalia
  62. Confederate Memorial Day
  63. Coptic New Year
  64. Corpus Christi, Feast of
  65. Crow Fair
  66. Cup Match
  67. Darwin Day
  68. Daytona 500
  69. Dewali
  70. DĂ­a de los Muertos
  71. Dionysia
  72. Distaff Day
  73. Dosmoche
  74. Double Fifth
  75. Double Seventh Festival
  76. Durga Puja
  77. Eagle Dance
  78. Earth Day
  79. Easter
  80. Easter Monday
  81. Ebisu Festival
  82. Egungun Festival
  83. Ember Days
  84. Epiphany, Feast of the
  85. Esala Perahera
  86. Exaltation of the Cross, Feast of the
  87. Father’s Day
  88. Feast of Fools
  89. Feast of the Dead
  90. Feast of the Immaculate Conception
  91. Festival of Seven Herbs
  92. Fiesta de Santa Fe
  93. Fiesta San Antonio
  94. Flag Day
  95. Floralia
  96. Flower Communion
  97. Flute Ceremony
  98. Forgiveness Sunday
  99. Fourth of July
  100. Gai Jatra
  101. Galungan
  102. Ganesh Chaturthi
  103. Ganna
  104. Gauri Festival
  105. Ghanta Karna
  106. Gion Matsuri
  107. Golden Globe Awards
  108. Good Friday
  109. Great Elephant March
  110. Great New Moon Ceremony
  111. Green Corn Dance
  112. Gudi Padva
  113. Guru Nanak’s Birthday
  114. Guru Purnima
  115. Guy Fawkes Day
  116. Hajj
  117. Halashashti
  118. Halloween
  119. Hanami
  120. Hanukkah
  121. Hari-Kuyo
  122. Harvest Home Festival
  123. Hemis Festival
  124. Henley Royal Regatta
  125. Hidrellez
  126. Higan
  127. Hina Matsuri
  128. Hiroshima Peace Ceremony
  129. Hogmanay
  130. Hola Mohalla
  131. Holi
  132. Holocaust Memorial Day
  133. Holy Innocents’ Day
  134. Homowo
  135. Hopi Snake Dance
  136. Hungry Ghosts Festival
  137. Id al-Adha
  138. Id al-Fitr
  139. Iditarod
  140. Imbolc
  141. Incwala
  142. Indianapolis 500
  143. Indra Jatra
  144. International Day of Peace
  145. Inti Raymi Festival
  146. Ironman Triathlon World Championship
  147. Iroquois Midwinter Ceremony
  148. Janmashtami
  149. Jhulan Yatra
  150. Jidai Matsuri
  151. John Canoe Festival
  152. Juneteenth
  153. Kamakura Matsuri
  154. Karthikai Deepam
  155. Kartika Snan
  156. Kataklysmos Day
  157. Kattestoet
  158. Kentucky Derby
  159. Keretkun
  160. King Kamehameha Day
  161. Kodomo-No-Hi
  162. Korea National Foundation Day
  163. Kristallnacht
  164. Kumbh Mela
  165. Kupalo Festival
  166. Kwakiutl Midwinter Ceremonies
  167. Kwanzaa
  168. Labor Day
  169. Lag Ba-Omer
  170. Lammas
  171. Lantern Festival
  172. Laylat al-Bara’ah
  173. Laylat al-Miraj
  174. Laylat al-Qadr
  175. Lazarus Saturday
  176. Leap Year Day
  177. Leif Erikson Day
  178. Lemuralia
  179. Lent
  180. Li Ch’un
  181. Lincoln’s Birthday
  182. Lohri
  183. Loi Krathong
  184. Losar
  185. Lotus, Birthday of the
  186. Lughnasa
  187. Luilak
  188. Lupercalia
  189. Mabon
  190. Magha Puja
  191. Mahavira Jayanti
  192. Martenitza
  193. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
  194. Martinmas
  195. MASI MAGHAM
  196. Maskal
  197. Maslenitsa
  198. Masters Golf Tournament
  199. Matsu Festival
  200. Maundy Thursday
  201. Mawlid al-Nabi
  202. May Day
  203. Memorial Day
  204. Michaelmas
  205. Mid-Autumn Festival
  206. Mid-Lent Sunday
  207. Midsummer Day
  208. Miss America Pageant
  209. Miwok Big Time
  210. Monkey King Festival
  211. Monlam
  212. Moors and Christians Fiesta
  213. Mother’s Day
  214. Naadam
  215. Nachi No Hi Matsuri
  216. Naga Panchami
  217. National Cherry Blossom Festival
  218. Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Feast of the
  219. Navajo Mountain Chant
  220. Navajo Night Chant
  221. Nawruz
  222. New Yam Festival
  223. New Year’s Day
  224. New Year’s Eve
  225. New York Gay Pride March
  226. Niman Kachina Festival
  227. Nineteen Day Fast
  228. Nyepi
  229. Obon Festival
  230. Obzinky
  231. October Horse Sacrifice
  232. Odunde Festival
  233. Odwira
  234. Ogun Festival
  235. Oktoberfest
  236. Olympic Games
  237. Onam
  238. Oshogats
  239. Our Lady of Guadalupe, Fiesta of
  240. Palio, Festival of the
  241. Palm Sunday
  242. Panguni Uthiram
  243. Parilia
  244. Paro Tsechu
  245. Paryushana
  246. Passover
  247. Pentecost
  248. Pinkster
  249. Pitra Paksa Festival
  250. Plough Monday
  251. Pongal
  252. Pooram
  253. Posadas, Las
  254. Poson
  255. PowamĂ» Festival
  256. Procession of the Swallow
  257. Puck Fair
  258. Purim
  259. Pushkar Mela
  260. Queen’s Birthday
  261. Raksha Bandhan
  262. Ram Navami
  263. Ramadan
  264. Rath Yatra
  265. Reek Sunday
  266. Ridvan
  267. Rocket Festival
  268. Rogation Days
  269. Rose Bowl
  270. Rosh Hashanah
  271. Royal Ascot
  272. Royal National Eisteddfod
  273. Royal Ploughing Ceremony
  274. Rushbearing Festival
  275. Samhain
  276. San Fermin Festival
  277. San Gennaro Festival
  278. San Jacinto Day
  279. Sanja Matsuri
  280. Saturnalia
  281. Saut d’Eau Pilgrimage
  282. SechselÀuten
  283. Sennin Gyoretsu
  284. Setsubun
  285. Seville Fair
  286. Shalako Ceremony
  287. Shavuot
  288. Shawnee Death Feast
  289. Shichi-Go-San
  290. Shick-Shack Day
  291. Shivaratri
  292. Shrove Tuesday
  293. Simhat Torah
  294. Sol
  295. Songkran
  296. Soyaluna
  297. St. Andrew’s Day
  298. St. Anthony of Padua, Feast of
  299. St. Barbara’s Day
  300. St. Basil’s Day
  301. St. Blaise’s Day
  302. St. Bridget’s Day
  303. St. Casimir’s Day
  304. St. Catherine’s Day
  305. St. Christopher’s Day
  306. St. David’s Day
  307. St. Elmo’s Day
  308. St. Francis of Assisi, Feast of
  309. St. George’s Day
  310. St. James the Apostle, Feast of
  311. St. Joseph’s Day
  312. St. Lucy’s Day
  313. St. Mark’s Day
  314. St. Mennas’s Day
  315. St. Patrick’s Day
  316. St. Stephen’s Day
  317. St. Swithin’s Day
  318. St. Sylvester’s Day
  319. St. Thomas the Apostle’s Day
  320. St. Urho’s Day
  321. Sts. Peter and Paul, Feast Of
  322. Sukkot
  323. Summer Solstice
  324. Sun Dance
  325. Super Bowl Sunday
  326. Sweetest Day
  327. Tanabata
  328. Tano Festival
  329. Tazaungdaing Festival
  330. Teej
  331. Tenjin Matsuri
  332. Terminalia
  333. Tet
  334. Thaipusam
  335. Thanksgiving
  336. Thesmophoria
  337. Tihar
  338. Timkat
  339. Tisha be-Av
  340. Tod Kathin
  341. Tori-no-ichi
  342. Tour de France
  343. Tu Bishvat
  344. Tulip Time Festival
  345. Twelfth Night
  346. Twenty-Four Hours of Le Mans
  347. UMOJA KARAMU
  348. Up Helly Aa
  349. Urs of Data Ganj Bakhsh
  350. Ute Bear Dance
  351. Vaisakh
  352. Valentine’s Day
  353. Vasaloppet
  354. Vasant Panchami
  355. Vata Savitri
  356. Vegetarian Festival
  357. Vernal Equinox
  358. Vesak
  359. Veterans’ Day
  360. Walpurgis Night
  361. Wampanoag Powwow
  362. Washington’s Birthday
  363. Waso
  364. Watch Night
  365. Westminster Dog Show
  366. WHITE NIGHTS FESTIVAL
  367. Wianki Festival of Wreaths
  368. Wild Horse Festival
  369. Wimbledon
  370. Wind Festival
  371. Winter Solstice
  372. World AIDS Day
  373. World Cup Soccer
  374. World Eskimo-Indian Olympics
  375. World Series
  376. Wuwuchim
  377. Yaqui Easter Ceremony
  378. Yemanja Festival
  379. Yom Kippur
  380. Bibliography
  381. Appendix A: Calendars throughout History
  382. Appendix B: Tourism Information Sourcesfor North America
  383. Appendix C: Tourism Information Sources for Countries around the World
  384. Appendix D: Entries by Type
  385. Appendix E: Entries by Symbol and Custom
  386. General Index