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| | American Indian Spirituality and Sacred Rites: No Holidays Here, but a
Description of Different Indigenous' Peoples' Ideas About Ritual and the
Spiritual World--November is a Month Honoring Native Americans. See the
Links at the FRONTIER LIFE link for a
summer Holiday celebrated on the Great Plains.
http://impurplehawk.com/naspirit.html
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| | M.I. Zahid's Glossary of Terms for the Holy Month of Ramadin.
http://sunnah.org/ibadaat/fasting/Ramadan_terms.html
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| | Chanukah (This Torahtots site plays music, too, if you have plug-ins
for music!) (Chanukah or the "Festival of Lights" begins at sundown
on December 10-17th this year; it is usually close to Christmas and the
Winter Solstice, and celebrates the scant supply of oil that provided
light for eight days in the Temple! Like the Solstice and Christmas,
it celebrates light in darkness.)
http://www.torahtots.com/holidays/chanuka/chanstr.htm
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| | Eid 'ul-Fitr (The MSA's Description of the Holiday at the End of the
Ramadan Fast--on December 16th this year--is joyous, much like
Christmas!)
http://www.colostate.edu/Orgs/MSA/events/EUF.html
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| | The Winter Yule Holiday (The Winter Solstice: celebrated on the day
with the fewest hours of daylight, this holiday from pre-Christian
times celebrates the birth of the new solar year, and is the source
of many of the customs of Christmas, including the tree and the Yule
logs. This page by Mike Nichols notes that Christian and Pagan customs have
merged in European Christianity, just as Indian and Christian customs merged
in the New World. While Nichols feels the Holiday really belongs to the
Pagans like him, that is an opinion, of course. Arthurian legends describe
the evergreen, a Pagan symbol of eternal life, and merge it into early Celtic
and German Christian celebrations.)
http://www.msu.edu/user/rohdemar/earth/sabbats/yule.html
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| | Selena Fox describes the Sacred Plants of the Yule Season! Yew symbollizes
death, fir rebirth, and birch new beginnings, marking the end of one solar
year and the beginning of another.
(Another Holiday os Saint Lucia's Day--
http://www.worldbook.com/fun/holidays/html/lucia.htm)
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/pholidays/YulePlants.html
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| | Christmas Calendar (Celebrate Christmas around the world--read the
cards and view the photos from the Bernadotte International School's
Christmas Calendar!)
http://www.algonet.se/~bernadot/christmas/calendar.html
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| | Kwanzaa (An African American Holiday that fills the days after
Christmas--from December 26th - January 1rst--Page by Tessa at "A
Girl's World")
http://www.agirlsworld.com/amy/pajama/winter/Kwanzaa.html
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| | New Year's Around the World (Though most countries at this site
celebrate New Year's Eve on December 31rst, and most celebrate New
Year's Day on January 1rst, you'll find countries that celebrate it
on other dates, too. Site by Yahoo.)
http://www.topics-mag.com/internatl/holidays/new-years-page1.htm
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| | El Dia de Los Reyes (Spanish speakers celebrate the day that the Wise
men arrived in Bethlehem with gifts--on January 5th and 6th. Site
from Inside Mexico.com!)
http://www.inside-mexico.com/ReyesMagos.htm
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| | Chinese New Year (Around early February usually, the Chinese welcome the
New Year with fireworks and parades! In 2007, the celebrations begin on
February 18th. This is a very colorful holiday! During the celebrations,
people often
greet one another with a wish for "More prosperity for all!" The last day
of the fifteen-day celebration is the lantern festival.)
http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/chinese_new_year.html
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