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And Holidays Year Celebrations As Laid Down in Thetalmud INTERNET referred to as the Jewish NewYear, it is not High days the first month of the Jewish calendar. In fact,Passoveris celebratedinthe first month of the Jewish calendar. Rosh Hashanah is just one of four symbolic New and holidays Year celebrations as laid down in theTalmud. Yom Kippur is regarded as the holiest day of the Jewish year. It is a day of fasting and prayer. One ofthe traditions associated DELIA O'MEARA http://landscaping.about.com/cs/pests/ with Sukkoth, is the erection of a booth Systems Administrator a/easter rabbit p.htm - information aboutthe decorated with fruit. origins of the Easter bunny and Easter eggs; November/December sees the celebra- he year has flown by once again and http://altreligion.about.com/library/ tion of Hanukkah, the Feast of Dedication, the festive season is upon us. The weekly/aa040702a.htm - more information which commemorates the reclaiming of the T lastquarter ofthe yearis packed aboutthe pagan origins ofthe Easter bunny temple after the defeat of the Syrian king with important holy days, feast days and and Easter eggs; Antiochus IV. The Menorah candelabra festivals. From September onwards, every www.shagtown.com/days/Christmas.html with nine receptacles for candles, and the mainstreamreligiousgroup celebrates spe- - trace Christmas traditions back to its lighting of a candle each day of the festival, cial days - Jews celebrate Rosh Hashanah paganroots; plays animportant partinthe celebrations. ( Jewish NewYear), which is followed by www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/festivals/ Toread more aboutthese and other Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) shortly Christmas/html - more information about Jewish holidays, access these web sites: thereafter; Muslims begin the fast for the the link between the celebration of the www.shagtown.com/days/j2.html -for month of Ramadan, which culminatesin Eid winter solstice and Christmas; information on the Hebrew calendar; al-Fitr; Hindu's celebrate Divali; while www.holidayorigins.com/Christmas.html - www.holidayorigins.com -selectthelinks Christians look forward to celebrating linksto Santa Claus, carols,Christmascards, to the various Jewish holidays (Purim, Christmas. Christmas, trees, etcetera; Pesach,Shavuot,Rosh Hashanah,Yom I thought that it might be interesting to www.tartans.com/articles/celtchristmas.html Kippur, Sukkoth and Hanukkah). look at the origins of these and other days, - read aboutthe Celtic origins of Christmas, www.everythingjewish.com -selectthe which are celebrated throughout the year. withlinks to holly and mistletoe; link to Origins. Christian holy and feast days www.holiday-central.net/Christmas/ - www.historychannel.com/exhibits/holi- various links to the origins of Christmas, days/hanukkah/index.html -thehistoryand Easteris the most significant annual Santa Claus and Christmas stockings; traditions of Hanukkah. Christian feast day, with Christmas fol- www.historychannel.com/exhibits/holidays/ lowing a close second. So you can imagine Islamic holy days christmas/world.html -linkstoChristmas my consternation, when researching the traditions,Santa Claus and Christmas The two most important events of the origins of these feast days, finding that both trees; Islamic calendar are the Eid ul-Fitr, which havetheirrootsinpaganfestivals. Thename www.ccg.org/english/s/p235.html -an comes after the month-long fast of Easter is derived from the Anglo-Saxon article published by the Christian Churches Ramadan, and the Eid ul-Adha atthe end of pagan goddess of spring,Eostre or Easte. of God thatgoesinto greatdetail aboutthe the Hajj. Even the seemingly innocuous Easter bunny various pagan-Christian connections to The holy month of Ramadanis a special and Easter eggs are pagan symbols, repre- Easter and Christmas. month of the year, when Muslims fast from senting fertility and rebirth. dawnto sunsetevery day.The fastends with Christmas haslinks tothe festival of Jewish holy days and feast days the sightingofthenewmoon andculminates Saturn, Saturnalia, celebratedin ancient There are a number of important Jewish withthe celebration of Eid ul-Fitr. Rome, atthe end ofthe harvest, as wellas holy days and feasts. The dates on which OneofthefivepillarsofIslam,orcentral Mithra, the god of the sun. The Mithraic these days are celebrated, are determined religiousdutiesofevery Muslim, is tomake a winter festival coincides with the celebra- by the solar calendar. pilgrimage to Mecca. This is known as the tion of the winter solstice. The Romans Pesach (Passover) commemorates the Hajj. All Muslims around the world join the decorated pine trees withimages of story found in Exodus 12, describing the pilgrimsin Mecca in celebrating Eid ul-Adha Bacchus for the festival of Saturnalia. Mis- exodus of the Jews from Egypt. The Pass- on the tenth day of the last month of the tletoe was hung over the doorway by the over meal, or Seder, is particularlyrichin Islamiccalendar.Usually a sheepis sacrificed druids to appease the woodland spirits. traditions and customs. The format of the and the meat distributed to family, friends Even Santa's reindeer were inherited from meal, food eaten and traditions followed at and the poor. the Nordic god Odin. the Seder, have been carried down for The following web sites will provide infor- You mightfind some ofthese web sites of centuries. mation on these holy days and celebrations: interest: www.shagtown.com/days/easter.html September/October has a number of www.shagtown.com/days.islam.html - - it will help you to determine the date on importantfeastdays and holy days. Rosh information on Islam, the Islamic calendar which Easter will fall; Hashanah, (the Jewish NewYear), is fol- and various religious holy days and holidays. www.holidayorigins.com/html/easter.html lowed byYomKippur, (the Day of Atone- www.ummah.org.uk- this site contains - supplies information on the origins of the ment) and Sukkoth, (the Feast of information on Ramadan,Eid ul-Fitr, the name andlinks to traditions associated with Tabernacles). Although Rosh Hashanahis Easter; Cape Libr., Nov/Dec 2004 40 INTERNET Hajj and Eid ul-Adha. There are also www.shagtown.com/days/allsouls/html - fact or folklore, is not known. NewYork, numerouslinks to other sites. All Soul's Day. with Irish roots dating back to the immi- www.cleverclickster.com/mayatime/muer- grants, who cameintheirdroves during the Hindu festivals tos.htm - El Dia de los Muertos. Potato Famine, celebrates St Patrick's Day In November this year,Hindus celebrated www.houstonculture.org/mexico/muerto- by holding an annual St Patrick's Day Deepavalior Divali, which celebrates the sorig.html - origins of El Dia de los Muertos Parade. return of Lord Rama to Ayodhya after his pluslinkstovariousaspectsofthisfestival. www.holiday-central.net/st__ patricks__ day__ 14-year exile and the triumph of good over www.sherylfranklin.com/holidays/ origins.asp - has variousinterestinglinks. evil. Towelcome and honor Lakshmi, the veterans__ day.html - Remembrance Day and www.st-patricks-day.com/index.asp - goddess of goodluck, wealth and benevo- information on flag etiquette. read about St Patrick and related aspects. lence, lamps are lit, houses are decorated www.kidsdomain.com/kids/links/ Salute__ www.saintpatricksdayparade.com/NY. with garlands and designs are drawn onthe to__Veterans.html - links to sites for kids, newyorkcity.htm -StPatrick'sDayParade, floorsin differentcoloured powders to which have been checked for appropriate NewYork. welcome guests. content. April Fool's Day Readmore aboutthe festivalof Divaliand www.betterworldlinks.org/book80/htm - The origin of April Fool's Day is not clear, other Hindu festivals: links to Hiroshima Day and related subjects. but may be connected to the changeover www.indiatravelite.com/indianfestivals - www.sadako.org/sadakostory.htm -the from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar in various festivals arranged by month. storyofSadakoandthe1000cranes. 1582. Prior to thatdate,NewYear was www.diwalimela.com/about-diwali/ Other holidays celebrated for eight days culminating on index.html - Divalicustoms and traditions, 1April. recipes andlinks to other Divalisites. There are various holidays and festivals http://wilstar.com/holidays/aprilfool.htm - http://members.tripod.com/ ì jennifer__ spread throughoutthe year. Perhaps you some suggested origins of April Fool's Day. polan/diwali.html -thestoryofDivali. justtakethem for granted, or perhaps you www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/april- Remembering the dead mightlike to find out aboutthe origins of fool/ - top100 April Fool's Day hoaxes of all these festivals. Listedbeloware some ofthe time. Manycountries, cultures and religions set mostcommonholidays and some ofthe web aside a day to remember the dead. Some of sites for information on origins and traditions. TheRunningoftheBulls these memorial days are quite solemn, IthoughtthatI'daddthisforthoseofyou New Years Day wholiketolivedangerously.TheRunningof whileothersusetheoccasiontocelebrate 1Januaryisgenerallycelebrated as the and remember the departed. the Bulls in Pamplona is part of the Fiesta of calendar NewYear. As we have seen, the San Fermin, whichis heldin July eachyear. All Souls'Day on 2 November, comme- date ofthe NewYear can differ between morated by Christians, is dedicated to the www.runtheplanet.com -typeinthekey- religious groups and even cultures. The word Pam plona,thenscrolldownandclick souls ofthe departed, especially those in Chinese NewYear occurs between purgatory. Origins link this feast day to an on the Running ofthe Bullslink. You will f ind 21 January and19 February.
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