Author : Cherie D. Abbey
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 39,49 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Festivals
ISBN : 9780780809949
Details more than 3,000 observances from all 50 states and more than 100 nations.
Author : Tanya Gulevich
Publisher :
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 44,84 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Reference
ISBN :
Briefly describes some 1,000 resources on world holidays, festivals, and calendars. Entries encompass dictionaries, guidebooks, folklore and ethnic studies, children's books, historical studies, scholarly analysis and philosophical discussions, and works about calendars and time reckoning systems. Dewey Decimal and Library of Congress numbers and ISBNs are given for most entries. Periodicals, associations, and Web sites are also listed. Useful for those working in libraries, education, and religious institutions. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Bernard Trawicky
Publisher : American Library Association
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 30,48 MB
Release : 2009-04-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0838910041
Completely revised and updated, with more than 3,000 listings honoring a variety of cultural traditions, this authoritative, painstakingly researched compendium is one of the most-used references in libraries and schools nationwide.
Author : Karen Bellenir
Publisher :
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 33,64 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Religion
ISBN :
Offers an overview of the time-keeping and holiday traditions of the world's major religions.
Author : Rose Arny
Publisher :
Page : 1578 pages
File Size : 28,15 MB
Release : 1998
Category : American literature
ISBN :
Author : Tanya Gulevich
Publisher :
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 29,87 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Reference
ISBN :
Entries range from Advent to mincemeat pies to Yule logs.
Author : Sue Ellen Thompson
Publisher :
Page : 920 pages
File Size : 25,12 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Religion
ISBN :
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 calendar, ethnic, religious, historic, folkloric, national, promotional, sporting, and ancient events, as observed in the United States and around the world.
Author : Edain McCoy
Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 28,35 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780738700823
From coloring eggs with natural plant dyes to spring cleaning rituals to spells for love and lust, this book helps readers connect with the spirit of the Ostara festival and incorporate its rituals and customs, both ancient and new, into their own Ostara celebrations. Illustrations.
Author : Sue Ellen Thompson
Publisher :
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 33,18 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Religion
ISBN :
Looks at the history and celebration of holidays across the world. Includes such holidays as April Fools' Day, Chinese New Year, Dewali, Double Fifth, Hajj, Hopi Snake Dance, Id al-Fitr, Juneteenth, Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday, Lent, Mother's day, Obon festival, the Olympic Games, Passover, Samhain, and Walpurgis night.
Author : Tanya Gulevich
Publisher :
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 49,53 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Reference
ISBN :
A guide to this season's joyous celebration and solemn worship, including folk customs, religious observances, history, legends, folklore, symbols, and related days from europe, the americas, and around the world.
