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World Holiday, Festival, and Calendar Books

Author : Tanya Gulevich

Publisher :

Page : 504 pages

File Size : 15,97 MB

Release : 1998

Category : Reference

ISBN :

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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





Anniversaries and Holidays

Author : Bernard Trawicky

Publisher : American Library Association

Page : 330 pages

File Size : 18,85 MB

Release : 2009-04-16

Category : Language Arts & Disciplines

ISBN : 0838910041

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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.



Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations of the World Dictionary

Author : Helene Henderson

Publisher :

Page : 884 pages

File Size : 48,48 MB

Release : 1997

Category : Drama

ISBN :

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From the pilgrimage to Mecca to the Wizard of Oz Festival, the new edition of this classic compendium circles the globe describing more than 2,000 holidays, rituals, and other notable occasions. Special features include Millennium coverage, web sites on holidays, sections on U.S. states and territories and U.S. presidents (including major landmarks), domestic and international tourism contact information, new annotated bibliography, updated coverage of calendar systems, and more.



Forthcoming Books

Author : Rose Arny

Publisher :

Page : 1578 pages

File Size : 41,98 MB

Release : 1998

Category : American literature

ISBN :

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Religious Holidays and Calendars

Author : Karen Bellenir

Publisher :

Page : 334 pages

File Size : 14,12 MB

Release : 1998

Category : Religion

ISBN :

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Offers an overview of the time-keeping and holiday traditions of the world's major religions.



Holiday Symbols and Customs

Author : Sue Ellen Thompson

Publisher :

Page : 920 pages

File Size : 32,49 MB

Release : 2003

Category : Religion

ISBN :

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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, covering calendar, ethnic, religious, historic, folkloric, national, promotional, sporting, and ancient events, as observed in the United States and around the world.



Ostara

Author : Edain McCoy

Publisher : Llewellyn Worldwide

Page : 230 pages

File Size : 15,48 MB

Release : 2002

Category : Body, Mind & Spirit

ISBN : 9780738700823

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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.



Holiday Symbols

Author : Sue Ellen Thompson

Publisher :

Page : 584 pages

File Size : 19,85 MB

Release : 1998

Category : Religion

ISBN :

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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.



Encyclopedia of Easter, Carnival, and Lent

Author : Tanya Gulevich

Publisher :

Page : 760 pages

File Size : 27,96 MB

Release : 2002

Category : Reference

ISBN :

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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.