Download or read book Encyclopedia of Easter Celebrations Worldwide written by William D. Crump and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-02-22 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At Eastertime, the most important holiday in the Christian world, religious processions in many Latin American countries pass over ornate street "carpets" fashioned from colored sawdust, flowers and fruit. Children in Finland and Sweden dress as "Easter witches." In the Caribbean, those who swim on Good Friday risk bad luck. In the Philippines, some penitents volunteer to be crucified. In some European countries, Easter Monday is the day for dousing women with water. With 240 entries, this book explores these and scores of other unusual and sometimes bizarre international Holy Week customs, both sacred and secular, from pilgrimages to Jerusalem to classic seasonal films and television specials.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Easter Celebrations Worldwide written by William D. Crump and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2021-02-22 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At Eastertime, the most important holiday in the Christian world, religious processions in many Latin American countries pass over ornate street "carpets" fashioned from colored sawdust, flowers and fruit. Children in Finland and Sweden dress as "Easter witches." In the Caribbean, those who swim on Good Friday risk bad luck. In the Philippines, some penitents volunteer to be crucified. In some European countries, Easter Monday is the day for dousing women with water. With 240 entries, this book explores these and scores of other unusual and sometimes bizarre international Holy Week customs, both sacred and secular, from pilgrimages to Jerusalem to classic seasonal films and television specials.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Easter Carnival and Lent written by Tanya Gulevich and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 760 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book An Encyclopedia of Easter Traditions Tales and Trivia a to Z written by Dorothy Volo and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-03-11 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While holidays such as Valentine's Day, the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving are celebrated on a single day, Easter is a season. Beginning in the weeks prior to Ash Wednesday, the Easter season has number of specific days with unique customs leading up to Easter Sunday, and some that even follow into the next week. Easter is celebrated as both a secular and a religious day. It has customs that have their beginnings in early pagan rituals to welcome spring and the return of the growing season. It also is a deeply religious day that is celebrated as the most important day of the Christian calendar. Whatever a person's view of Easter is, it is a welcome season. It celebrates renewal and rebirth. It is a season of promise of a better time to come. An Encyclopedia of Easter: traditions, tales and trivia from A to Z provides information on traditions, tales and trivia related to this joyous holiday. The book is illustrated with over 90 vintage postcards and other ephemera from the author's collection. These full color illustrations are a delight unto themselves.
Download or read book The Christmas Encyclopedia 4th ed written by William D. Crump and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-12-22 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the manger of Jesus Christ to the 21st century, this encyclopedia explores more than 2,000 years of Christmas past and present through 966 entries packed with a wide variety of historical and pop-culture subjects. Entries detail customs and traditions from around the world as well as classic Christmas movies, TV series/specials and animated cartoons. Arranged alphabetically by entry name, the book includes the historical background of popular sacred and secular songs as well as accounts of beloved literary works with Christmas themes from such noted authors as Charles Dickens, Louisa May Alcott, Hans Christian Andersen, Pearl Buck, Henry Van Dyke and others. All things Christmas are available here in one comprehensive volume.
Download or read book An Encyclopedia of Easter written by Dorothy Volo and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-03-10 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While holidays such as Valentine's Day, the Fourth of July and Thanksgiving are celebrated on a single day, Easter is a season. Beginning in the weeks prior to Ash Wednesday, the Easter season has number of specific days with unique customs leading up to Easter Sunday, and some that even follow into the next week. Easter is celebrated as both a secular and a religious day. It has customs that have their beginnings in early pagan rituals to welcome spring and the return of the growing season. It also is a deeply religious day that is celebrated as the most important day of the Christian calendar. Whatever a person's view of Easter is, it is a welcome season. It celebrates renewal and rebirth. It is a season of promise of a better time to come. An Encyclopedia of Easter: traditions, tales and trivia from A to Z provides information on traditions, tales and trivia related to this joyous holiday. The book is illustrated with over 90 vintage postcards and other ephemera from the author's collection. These full color illustrations are a delight unto themselves.
Download or read book Reference and Information Services written by Kay Ann Cassell and published by American Library Association. This book was released on 2023-01-17 with total page 537 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the ongoing flood of misinformation to the swift changes occasioned by the pandemic, a myriad of factors is spurring our profession to rethink reference services. Luckily, this classic text is back in a newly overhauled edition that thoughtfully addresses the evolving reference landscape. Designed to complement every introductory library reference course, Cassell and Hiremath's book also serves as the perfect resource to guide current practitioners in their day-to-day work. It teaches failsafe methods for identifying important materials by matching specific types of questions to the best available sources, regardless of format. Guided by a national advisory board of educators and experts, this thoroughly updated text presents chapters covering fundamental concepts, major reference sources, and special topics while also offering fresh insights on timely issues, including a basic template for the skills required and expectations demanded of the reference librarian; the pandemic’s effect on reference services and how the ingenuity employed by libraries in providing remote and virtual reference is here to stay; a new chapter dedicated to health information, with a special focus on health equity and information sources; selecting and evaluating reference materials, with strategies for keeping up to date; a heightened emphasis on techniques for evaluating sources for misinformation and ways to give library users the tools to discern facts vs. “fake facts”; reference as programming, readers’ advisory services, developmentally appropriate material for children and young adults, and information literacy; evidence-based guidance on handling microaggressions in reference interactions, featuring discussions of cultural humility and competence alongside recommended resources on implicit bias; managing, assessing, and improving reference services; and the future of information and reference services, encapsulating existing models, materials, and services to project possible evolutions in the dynamic world of reference
Download or read book Religious Celebrations 2 volumes written by Bloomsbury Publishing and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-09-13 with total page 1077 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This two-volume work presents a comprehensive survey of all the ways people celebrate religious life around the globe. Religious Celebrations is an alphabetically organized encyclopedia that covers more than 800 celebratory occasions from all of the world's major religious communities as well as many of the minor faith traditions. The encyclopedia provides a complete reference tool for examining the myriad ways people worldwide celebrate their religious lives across religious boundaries, providing information on numerous celebratory activities never before covered in a reference work. Offering the most comprehensive coverage of religious holidays ever assembled, this two-volume book covers festivals, commemorations, holidays, and annual religious gatherings all over the world, with special attention paid to the celebrations in larger countries. Entries written by distinguished researchers and specialists on different religious communities capture the unique intensity of each event, be it fasting or feasting, frenzied activity or the universal cessation of work, a huge gathering of the faithful en masse or a small family-centered event. The work spotlights celebrations that currently exist without overlooking now-abandoned celebrations that still impact the modern world.
Download or read book Easter Traditions Around the World written by M. J. Cosson and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores some of the ways in which Easter's celebrated in various countries around the world.
Download or read book Easter Around the World written by Shannon Zemlicka and published by First Avenue Editions. This book was released on 2004-12-01 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces the holiday and describes how Christians celebrate in Mexico, Ethiopia, Sweden, Russia, the Philippines, Colombia, and Germany.
Download or read book The Encyclopaedia Britannica written by Hugh Chisholm and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 1016 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book World Religions written by Jeff Hay and published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2009-03-06 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This encyclopedia provides numerous entries covering world religions including gods and other holy figures, concepts, historical figures, places, rites, and festivals. Entries cover major and less prominent religions around the world, describing their histories, tenets, customs, and world views. Readers will view entries that describe the lives of fifty significant figures in the histories of various religions. Also presented are excerpts from eighteen religious writings, speeches, and sacred texts.
Download or read book Easter written by Catherine Chambers and published by Evans Brothers. This book was released on 2004-10 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World of Festivals retells the stories and legends which are central to the origins of each festival as well as the historical, cultural and religious importance. This title explores the rites and rituals of Easter.
Download or read book Encyclopedia of American Holidays and National Days written by Len Travers and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every holiday has a history, and this set sets out to describe them all. A chronologically organized reference guide to the history of American celebratory days, past, present, and emergent, it focuses on each holiday's cultural and political significance.
Download or read book Easter written by Grace Jones and published by Weigl Publishers. This book was released on 2018-08-01 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Easter is a spring festival celebrated by Christians in March or April of every year. Christians believe that it was on Easter Sunday many years ago that Jesus Christ came back to life. Learn more about the history and traditions of this fascinating celebration in the Festivals around the World series.
Download or read book Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Foods and Recipes of the World Germany to Japan written by Karen Hanson and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Profiles the food, recipes, and culture of sixty countries.
Download or read book Easter Around the World written by Enlighten Press and published by . This book was released on 2017-04-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Easter is the most important Christian festival and a holiday that is celebrated around the world. Let's find out more about Easter traditions.
