Holiday Symbols and Customs

by Thompson, Sue Ellen

• ISBN13: 9780780805019
• ISBN10: 0780805011
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-04-01
• Publisher: Omnigraphics Inc

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
Aboakyer Festival	1	(2)
Advent	3	(4)
All Souls' Day	7	(5)
America's Cup	12	(3)
Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Feast of the	15	(3)
Aoi Matsuri	18	(1)
Apache Girls' Sunrise Ceremony	19	(2)
April Fools' Day	21	(3)
Arbor Day	24	(2)
Arctic Winter Games	26	(3)
Ascension Day	29	(5)
Ashura	34	(4)
Ash Wednesday	38	(2)
Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Feast of the	40	(4)
Athabascan Stickdance	44	(3)
Awoojoh	47	(1)
Awuru Odo Festival	48	(2)
Aztec New Fire Ceremony	50	(4)
Bastille Day	54	(2)
Bella Coola Midwinter Rites	56	(3)
Beltane	59	(3)
Blessing of the Waters	62	(3)
Boston Marathon	65	(2)
Bouphonia	67	(2)
Braemar Highland Gathering	69	(3)
Burial of the Sardine	72	(3)
Candlemas	75	(3)
Carnival	78	(4)
Chinese New Year	82	(6)
Ch'ing Ming	88	(4)
Christmas	92	(13)
Christmas Eve	105	(7)
Chrysanthemum Festival	112	(3)
Chung Yeung	115	(3)
Chusok	118	(2)
Columbus Day	120	(3)
Compitalia	123	(3)
Coptic New Year	126	(2)
Corpus Christi, Feast of	128	(5)
Crow Fair	133	(4)
Daytona 500	137	(2)
Dewali	139	(4)
Dionysia	143	(3)
Distaff Day	146	(2)
Dosmoche	148	(2)
Double Fifth	150	(6)
Durga Puja	156	(3)
Eagle Dance	159	(3)
Earth Day	162	(2)
Easter	164	(8)
Egungun Festival	172	(2)
Ember Days	174	(3)
Epiphany, Feast of the	177	(7)
Esala Perahera	184	(2)
Exaltation of the Cross, Feast of the	186	(5)
Father's Day	191	(3)
Feast of Fools	194	(2)
Feast of the Dead	196	(3)
Flag Day	199	(3)
Floralia	202	(1)
Flute Ceremony	203	(3)
Fourth of July	206	(9)
Gai Jatra	215	(3)
Galungan	218	(3)
Ganesh Chaturthi	221	(3)
Ganna	224	(2)
Gauri Festival	226	(3)
Gion Matsuri	229	(2)
Good Friday	231	(5)
Green Corn Dance	236	(2)
Guru Nanak's Birthday	238	(3)
Guy Fawkes Day	241	(3)
Hajj	244	(6)
Halashashti	250	(1)
Halloween	251	(8)
Hanami	259	(3)
Hanukkah	262	(3)
Hari-Kuyo	265	(2)
Harvest Home Festival	267	(3)
Hemis Festival	270	(3)
Henley Royal Regatta	273	(3)
Higan	276	(2)
Hina Matsuri	278	(3)
Hogmanay	281	(3)
Hola Mohalla	284	(2)
Holi	286	(3)
Holy Innocents' Day	289	(3)
Homowo	292	(3)
Hopi Snake Dance	295	(5)
Hungry Ghosts Festival	300	(3)
Id al-Adha	303	(2)
Id al-Fitr	305	(3)
Imbolc	308	(2)
Incwala	310	(2)
Indianapolis 500	312	(2)
Indra Jatra	314	(3)
Inti Raymi Festival	317	(3)
Ironman Triathlon World Championship	320	(3)
Iroquois Midwinter Ceremony	323	(5)
Janmashtami	328	(2)
John Canoe Festival	330	(3)
Juneteenth	333	(3)
Kamakura Matsuri	336	(2)
Kartika Snan	338	(2)
Kataklysmos Day	340	(2)
Kentucky Derby	342	(2)
King, Jr.'s Birthday, Martin Luther	344	(2)
Kodomo-No-Hi	346	(3)
Kristallnacht	349	(3)
Kumbh Mela	352	(2)
Kupalo Festival	354	(2)
Kwakiutl Midwinter Ceremonies	356	(2)
Kwanzaa	358	(6)
Lag Ba-Omer	364	(4)
Lammas	368	(1)
Lantern Festival	369	(5)
Laylat al-Miraj	374	(2)
Laylat al-Qadr	376	(3)
Lazarus Saturday	379	(2)
Leap Year Day	381	(2)
Lemuralia	383	(2)
Lent	385	(3)
Li Ch'un	388	(3)
Lincoln's Birthday	391	(3)
Loi Krathong	394	(2)
Losar	396	(3)
Lotus, Birthday of the	399	(2)
Lughnasa	401	(3)
Luilak	404	(2)
Lupercalia	406	(4)
Magha Puja	410	(2)
Mahavira Jayanti	412	(3)
Martenitza	415	(2)
Martinmas	417	(3)
Maskal	420	(2)
Masters Golf Tournament	422	(2)
Maundy Thursday	424	(4)
Mawlid al-Nabi	428	(3)
May Day	431	(4)
Memorial Day	435	(3)
Michaelmas	438	(3)
Mid-Autumn Festival	441	(4)
Mid-Lent Sunday	445	(3)
Midsummer Day	448	(4)
Miss America Pageant	452	(6)
Miwok Big Time	458	(3)
Moors and Christians Fiesta	461	(4)
Mother's Day	465	(3)
Naadam	468	(4)
Naga Panchami	472	(2)
Navajo Mountain Chant	474	(4)
Navajo Night Chant	478	(4)
Nawruz	482	(4)
New Yam Festival	486	(2)
New Year's Day	488	(4)
New Year's Eve	492	(3)
Niman Katchina	495	(3)
Nyepi	498	(3)
Obon Festival	501	(3)
Obzinky	504	(1)
October Horse Sacrifice	505	(2)
Odwira	507	(3)
Ogun Festival	510	(2)
Olympic Games	512	(2)
Onam	514	(3)
Oshogatsu	517	(8)
Our Lady of Guadalupe, Fiesta of	525	(5)
Palio, Festival of the	530	(4)
Palm Sunday	534	(3)
Parilia	537	(2)
Paro Tsechu	539	(2)
Paryushana	541	(2)
Passover	543	(6)
Pentecost	549	(4)
Pitra Paksa Festival	553	(3)
Plough Monday	556	(3)
Pongal	559	(3)
Pooram	562	(2)
Posadas, Las	564	(2)
Poson	566	(3)
Powamu Festival	569	(3)
Procession of the Swallow	572	(1)
Purim	573	(5)
Pushkar Mela	578	(4)
Raksha Bandhan	582	(2)
Ramadan	584	(3)
Ram Navami	587	(3)
Rath Yatra	590	(2)
Reek Sunday	592	(2)
Rocket Festival	594	(2)
Rogation Days	596	(3)
Rosh Hashanah	599	(4)
Royal Ascot	603	(4)
Royal National Eisteddfod	607	(5)
St. Anthony of Padua, Feast of	612	(3)
St. Barbara's Day	615	(2)
St. Blaise's Day	617	(3)
St. Bridget's Day	620	(2)
St. Catherine's Day	622	(3)
St. Christopher's Day	625	(2)
St. David's Day	627	(2)
St. Elmo's Day	629	(2)
St. Francis of Assisi, Feast of	631	(2)
St. George's Day	633	(4)
St. James the Apostle, Feast of	637	(3)
St. Joseph's Day	640	(3)
St. Lucy's Day	643	(2)
St. Mennas's Day	645	(2)
St. Patrick's Day	647	(6)
St. Stephen's Day	653	(3)
St. Swithin's Day	656	(2)
St. Sylvester's Day	658	(2)
St. Thomas the Apostle's Day	660	(3)
St. Urho's Day	663	(3)
Samhain	666	(2)
San Fermin Festival	668	(3)
Saturnalia	671	(2)
Sennin Gyoretsu	673	(3)
Setsubun	676	(2)
Shab-i-Barat	678	(1)
Shalako Ceremony	679	(3)
Shavuot	682	(4)
Shichi-Go-San	686	(2)
Shick-Shack Day	688	(2)
Shivaratri	690	(2)
Shrove Tuesday	692	(3)
Simhat Torah	695	(4)
Sol	699	(4)
Songkran	703	(1)
Sovereign's Official Birthday	704	(3)
Soyaluna	707	(3)
Sukkot	710	(5)
Summer Solstice	715	(5)
Sun Dance	720	(2)
Super Bowl Sunday	722	(4)
Tanabata	726	(4)
Tano Festival	730	(4)
Teej	734	(3)
Terminalia	737	(1)
Tet	738	(3)
Thaipusam	741	(2)
Thanksgiving	743	(7)
Thesmophoria	750	(1)
Tihar	751	(5)
Timkat	756	(3)
Tisha be-Av	759	(2)
Tod Kathin	761	(3)
Tori-no-ichi	764	(2)
Tour de France	766	(2)
Tu Bishvat	768	(3)
Twelfth Night	771	(3)
Ute Bear Dance	774	(4)
Vaisakh	778	(3)
Valentine's Day	781	(5)
Vasaloppet	786	(2)
Vasant Panchami	788	(2)
Vata Savitri	790	(2)
Vegetarian Festival	792	(4)
Vernal Equinox	796	(2)
Vesak	798	(3)
Veterans' Day	801	(3)
Walpurgis Night	804	(2)
Wampanoag Powwow	806	(2)
Washington's Birthday	808	(2)
Waso	810	(3)
Westminster Dog Show	813	(3)
Wianki Festival of Wreaths	816	(2)
Wimbledon	818	(3)
Wind Festival	821	(1)
Winter Solstice	822	(3)
World Eskimo-Indian Olympics	825	(3)
Wuwuchim	828	(4)
Yaqui Easter Ceremony	832	(5)
Yom Kippur	837	(6)
Index	843