Holiday Symbols & Customs, 5th Ed.

Description

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.

Sujets

• Traditions
• Holidays
• Social Science
• Sociologie, société et politique
• Customs
• Symbol
• Anthropology
• Symbols
• History
• Social
• Culture

Informations

• Publié par: Infobase Publishing
• Date de parution: 01 juillet 2015
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780780813656
• Langue: English

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H oliday S ymbols and C ustoms
5th Edition
 
 
H oliday S ymbols and C ustoms
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, Covering Ancient, Calendar, Religious,
Historic, Folkloric, National, Promotional, and Sporting Events,
as Observed in the United States and Around the World
5th Edition
 

155 W. Congress, Suite 200 Detroit, MI 48226-1640
Omnigraphics, Inc.
Editorial Services provided by Omnigraphics, Inc., a division of Relevant Information, Inc.
Keith Jones, Managing Editor
Copyright © 2015 Relevant Information, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7808-1364-9

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Holiday symbols and customs : 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, covering ancient, calendar, religious, historic, folkloric, national, promotional, and sporting events, as observed in the United States and around the world. -- 5th edition.
    pages cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary: “Describes the origins of over 365 holidays around the world. Explains where, when, and how each event is celebrated, with detailed information on the symbols and customs associated with the holiday. Includes contact information and web sites for related organizations”-- Provided by publisher.
    ISBN 978-0-7808-1364-9 (hardcover : alk. paper) -- ISBN 978-0-7808-1365-6 (ebook)
  1. Holidays. 2. Festivals. 3. Fasts and feasts.
  GT390.T48 2015
  392.26--dc23        2015012873
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Table of Contents
Preface
Aboakyer Festival
Academy Awards
Advent
Akshaya Tritiya
Akwambo
Al-Hijra
Alasitas Fair
Alaska Day
All Souls’ Day
America’s Cup
Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Feast of the
Anzac Day
Aoi Matsuri
Apache Girls’ Sunrise Ceremony
April Fools’ Day
Arbor Day
Arctic Winter Games
Army-Navy Football Game
Asalha Puja
Ascension Day
Ash Wednesday
Ashura
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Feast of the
Athabascan Stickdance
Autumn Equinox
Awoojoh
Awuru Odo Festival
Aztec New Fire Ceremony
Basket Dance
Bastille Day
Bayou Classic
Bella Coola (Nuxalk) Midwinter Rites
Beltane
Berber Bride Fair
Blessing of the Waters
Bodhi Day
Boston Marathon
Bouphonia
Braemar Highland Gathering
British Open
Burial of the Sardine
Burning Man Festival
Burns Night
Candlemas
Cannes Film Festival
Carnival
Chalma Pilgrimage
Chandan Yatra
Chinese New Year
Ching Ming
Christmas
Christmas Eve
Chrysanthemum Festival
Chung Yeung
Chusok
Cinco de Mayo
Columbus Day
Coming of Age Day
Compitalia
Confederate Memorial Day
Coptic New Year
Corpus Christi, Feast of
Crow Fair
Cup Match
Darwin Day
Daytona 500
Dewali
Día de los Muertos
Dionysia
Distaff Day
Dosmoche
Double Fifth
Double Seventh Festival
Durga Puja
Eagle Dance
Earth Day
Easter
Easter Monday
Ebisu Festival
Egungun Festival
Ember Days
Epiphany, Feast of the
Esala Perahera
Exaltation of the Cross, Feast of the
Father’s Day
Feast of Fools
Feast of the Dead
Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Festival of Seven Herbs
Fiesta de Santa Fe
Fiesta San Antonio
Flag Day
Floralia
Flower Communion
Flute Ceremony
Forgiveness Sunday
Fourth of July
Gai Jatra
Galungan
Ganesh Chaturthi
Ganna
Gauri Festival
Ghanta Karna
Gion Matsuri
Golden Globe Awards
Good Friday
Great Elephant March
Great New Moon Ceremony
Green Corn Dance
Gudi Padva
Guru Nanak’s Birthday
Guru Purnima
Guy Fawkes Day
Hajj
Halashashti
Halloween
Hanami
Hanukkah
Hari-Kuyo
Harvest Home Festival
Hemis Festival
Henley Royal Regatta
Hidrellez
Higan
Hina Matsuri
Hiroshima Peace Ceremony
Hogmanay
Hola Mohalla
Holi
Holocaust Memorial Day
Holy Innocents’ Day
Homowo
Hopi Snake Dance
Hungry Ghosts Festival
Id al-Adha
Id al-Fitr
Iditarod
Imbolc
Incwala
Indianapolis 500
Indra Jatra
International Day of Peace
Inti Raymi Festival
Ironman Triathlon World Championship
Iroquois Midwinter Ceremony
Janmashtami
Jhulan Yatra
Jidai Matsuri
John Canoe Festival
Juneteenth
Kamakura Matsuri
Karthikai Deepam
Kartika Snan
Kataklysmos Day
Kattestoet
Kentucky Derby
Keretkun
King Kamehameha Day
Kodomo-No-Hi
Korea National Foundation Day
Kristallnacht
Kumbh Mela
Kupalo Festival
Kwakiutl Midwinter Ceremonies
Kwanzaa
Labor Day
Lag Ba-Omer
Lammas
Lantern Festival
Laylat al-Bara’ah
Laylat al-Miraj
Laylat al-Qadr
Lazarus Saturday
Leap Year Day
Leif Erikson Day
Lemuralia
Lent
Li Ch’un
Lincoln’s Birthday
Lohri
Loi Krathong
Losar
Lotus, Birthday of the
Lughnasa
Luilak
Lupercalia
Mabon
Magha Puja
Mahavira Jayanti
Martenitza
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Martinmas
MASI MAGHAM
Maskal
Maslenitsa
Masters Golf Tournament
Matsu Festival
Maundy Thursday
Mawlid al-Nabi
May Day
Memorial Day
Michaelmas
Mid-Autumn Festival
Mid-Lent Sunday
Midsummer Day
Miss America Pageant
Miwok Big Time
Monkey King Festival
Monlam
Moors and Christians Fiesta
Mother’s Day
Naadam
Nachi No Hi Matsuri
Naga Panchami
National Cherry Blossom Festival
Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Feast of the
Navajo Mountain Chant
Navajo Night Chant
Nawruz
New Yam Festival
New Year’s Day
New Year’s Eve
New York Gay Pride March
Niman Kachina Festival
Nineteen Day Fast
Nyepi
Obon Festival
Obzinky
October Horse Sacrifice
Odunde Festival
Odwira
Ogun Festival
Oktoberfest
Olympic Games
Onam
Oshogats
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Fiesta of
Palio, Festival of the
Palm Sunday
Panguni Uthiram
Parilia
Paro Tsechu
Paryushana
Passover
Pentecost
Pinkster
Pitra Paksa Festival
Plough Monday
Pongal
Pooram
Posadas, Las
Poson
Powamû Festival
Procession of the Swallow
Puck Fair
Purim
Pushkar Mela
Queen’s Birthday
Raksha Bandhan
Ram Navami
Ramadan
Rath Yatra
Reek Sunday
Ridvan
Rocket Festival
Rogation Days
Rose Bowl
Rosh Hashanah
Royal Ascot
Royal National Eisteddfod
Royal Ploughing Ceremony
Rushbearing Festival
Samhain
San Fermin Festival
San Gennaro Festival
San Jacinto Day
Sanja Matsuri
Saturnalia
Saut d’Eau Pilgrimage
Sechseläuten
Sennin Gyoretsu
Setsubun
Seville Fair
Shalako Ceremony
Shavuot
Shawnee Death Feast
Shichi-Go-San
Shick-Shack Day
Shivaratri
Shrove Tuesday
Simhat Torah
Sol
Songkran
Soyaluna
St. Andrew’s Day
St. Anthony of Padua, Feast of
St. Barbara’s Day
St. Basil’s Day
St. Blaise’s Day
St. Bridget’s Day
St. Casimir’s Day
St. Catherine’s Day
St. Christopher’s Day
St. David’s Day
St. Elmo’s Day
St. Francis of Assisi, Feast of
St. George’s Day
St. James the Apostle, Feast of
St. Joseph’s Day
St. Lucy’s Day
St. Mark’s Day
St. Mennas’s Day
St. Patrick’s Day
St. Stephen’s Day
St. Swithin’s Day
St. Sylvester’s Day
St. Thomas the Apostle’s Day
St. Urho’s Day
Sts. Peter and Paul, Feast Of
Sukkot
Summer Solstice
Sun Dance
Super Bowl Sunday
Sweetest Day
Tanabata
Tano Festival
Tazaungdaing Festival
Teej
Tenjin Matsuri
Terminalia
Tet
Thaipusam
Thanksgiving
Thesmophoria
Tihar
Timkat
Tisha be-Av
Tod Kathin
Tori-no-ichi
Tour de France
Tu Bishvat
Tulip Time Festival
Twelfth Night
Twenty-Four Hours of Le Mans
Umoja Karamu
Up Helly Aa
Urs of Data Ganj Bakhsh
Ute Bear Dance
Vaisakh
Valentine’s Day
Vasaloppet
Vasant Panchami
Vata Savitri
Vegetarian Festival
Vernal Equinox
Vesak
Veterans’ Day
Walpurgis Night
Wampanoag Powwow
Washington’s Birthday
Waso
Watch Night
Westminster Dog Show
White Nights Festival
Wianki Festival of Wreaths
Wild Horse Festival
Wimbledon
Wind Festival
Winter Solstice
World AIDS Day
World Cup Soccer
World Eskimo-Indian Olympics
World Series
Wuwuchim
Yaqui Easter Ceremony
Yemanja Festival
Yom Kippur
Bibliography
Appendix A: Calendars throughout History
Appendix B: Tourism Information Sourcesfor North America
Appendix C: Tourism Information Sources for Countries around the World
Appendix D: Entries by Type
Appendix E: Entries by Symbol and Custom
General Index
Preface
eople everywhere gather to celebrate many different types of holidays and festivals: religious holidays, such as Christmas and Ramadan; calendar/ seasonal festivals, such as New Year’s and the Summer Solstice; national holidays, such as Thanksgiving and Bastille Day; sporting events, such as the Daytona 500 and World Cup Soccer; promotional days, such as Earth Day and World AIDS Day; historic observances such as Guy Fawkes Day and Juneteenth, as well as ancient and folkloric days, such as May Day and Halloween. Holidays highlight the day-to-day lives of people of all