Download or read book The Book of Hindu Festivals and Ceremonies written by Om Lata Bahadur and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Volume Highlights How The Main Festivals Of India Are Celebrated, Providing Adequate Background Information, Wherever Needed. The Spontaneous Gaiety And Joy Generated By These Festivals, Along With The Solemnity Of The Accompanying Bhajans, Prayer Ceremonies And Rituals, Are Captured In Graphic Detail. Also, The Special Dishes Associated With Some Of The Festivals As Well As The Recipes Add 'Flavour' To The Contents.
Download or read book African Religions written by Jacob K. Olupona and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book connects traditional religions to the thriving religious activity in Africa today.
Download or read book The Book of Hindu Festivals and Ceremonies written by Om Lata Bahadur and published by Mitchell Beazley. This book was released on 1994 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Native American Festivals Ceremonies written by Jenna Glatzer and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-09-29 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From pre-Columbian times to the present day, Native Americans have enjoyed celebrating holidays and other special occasions. Tribes celebrated festivals and ceremonies throughout the year. These included everything from significant events in a person's life, the changing of the seasons, the arrival of special people or places, and elements of nature. This book discusses the important festivals and ceremonies celebrated by tribes in specific regions, outlining the form of the festival and how each was celebrated.
Download or read book Routledge Encyclopedia of Religious Rites Rituals and Festivals written by Frank A. Salamone and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines religious beliefs expressed through ritualized behavior and festivals.
Download or read book Festivals and Ceremonies of the Roman Republic written by Howard Hayes Scullard and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rituals and Traditional Events in the Modern World written by Jennifer Laing and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-30 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many events have evolved over centuries, drawing on local customs and conditions. However, as the world becomes increasingly globalised, traditional events and the identities they support are increasingly being challenged and rituals may be lost. Reacting against this trend towards homogeneity, communities strive to preserve and even recreate their traditional events, which may require rituals to be resurrected or reinvented for a new audience. The aim of this book is to explore the role of traditional events and rituals in the modern world. The 16 chapters cover a range of case studies of the performance of ritual through events, including their historical antecedents and development over time, as well as their role in society, link with identities both seemingly fixed and fluid and their continued relevance. The cases examined are not museum pieces, but rather vibrant festivals and events that continue to persist. Drawing on the power of history and cultural tradition, they are manifestations of heritage, existing in three temporalities: celebrating the past, occurring in the present and aiming to continue into and influence the future. Iconic events including Chinese New Year, Hogmanay and the New Orleans Mardi Gras are examined and examples are drawn from a diverse range of countries such as South Korea, China, Laos, the United States, Scotland, Italy, India and Haiti. This volume provides a deep understanding upon the role of tradition and ritual within events, from a global perspective and will be valuable reading for students, researchers and academics interested in events, heritage and culture.
Download or read book Rituals of Celebration written by Jane Meredith and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2013 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To give her family and friends a deep experience of earth-based spirituality, Jane Meredith holds eight rituals per year, celebrating the solstices, equinoxes, and cross-quarter festivals. 'Rituals of Celebration' provides accounts of the most memorable rituals she's organised, as well as how-to instructions for creating the rituals.
Download or read book Rick Steves European Festivals written by Rick Steves and published by Rick Steves. This book was released on 2017-11-14 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's party time in Europe! Bestselling author Rick Steves explores the best festivals in Europe, from the Running of the Bulls in Spain to Carnival in Venice. There will be no museums! And no art galleries! Just Europeans having lots of fun. Across Europe, festival traditions go back centuries and are filled with time honored pageantry and ritual. Entire communities hurl themselves with abandon into the craziness. We'll careen all over Europe: the Palio horse races in Siena, the Highland games near Edinburgh, the colorful masquerade of Carnival in Venice, Slovenia, and Luzern, Easter festivities in Andalucía, Tuscany, and Greece, the springtime April Fair in Sevilla, Bastille Day in Paris, the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Oktoberfest in Munich, and Christmas markets and traditions in Nurnberg and Switzerland. With fascinating insights, rich history, and vivid photos, this great gift book captures the spirit of Europe's rich and fun-loving heritage. Hang on to your party hats!
Download or read book Jewish Family Celebrations written by Arlene Cardozo and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1985-02-15 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author describes her own family's customs and surveys the foods, songs, blessings, and other traditional ways of observing at home the Jewish holidays throughout the year.
Download or read book Ceremonies of the Seasons written by Jennifer Cole and published by Duncan Baird Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Ceremonies of the Seasons' is a celebration of the rituals that lie behind the calendar. It is the perfect book for all lovers of nature and rural traditions, as well as anyone intrigued by myth, symbolism and ceremony.
Download or read book Afro Catholic Festivals in the Americas written by Cécile Fromont and published by . This book was released on 2021-05 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores how, in the Americas, people of African birth or descent found spiritual and social empowerment in the orbit of the Church. Draws connections between Afro-Catholic festivals and their precedents in the early modern Christian kingdom of Kongo.
Download or read book Greek and Roman Festivals written by J. Rasmus Brandt and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-08-30 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Greek and Roman Festivals addresses the multi-faceted and complex nature of Greco-Roman festivals and analyses the connections that existed between them, as religious and social phenomena, and the historical dynamics that shaped them. It contains twelve articles which form an interdisciplinary perspective of classical scholarship on the topic.
Download or read book The Roman Festivals of the Period of the Republic written by William Warde Fowler and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sir Benjamin Stone s Pictures Festivals ceremonies and customs written by and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sir Benjamin Stone, Member of Parliament for the Birmingham constituency, was a keen 'amateur' photographer, with a passion for, as he put it, 'unfaked' photographs. In 1897 he was a prime mover behind the National Photographic Record Association, which aimed to gather together an archive of photographs documenting every facet of contemporary British life, printed as carbon prints or platinotypes for permanence. As well as being its primary motivator, activist and publicist, Stone was also the association's most prolific photographer. In 1906, only four years before the association was disbanded owing to its members' apathy, Stone published an example of the king of thing he wanted to achieve with the group: two volumes of his own work, the first on British customs, the second on the Houses of Parliament. ... These two volumes mark the end of the nineteenth-century documentary photobook in Britain--documentary photography in the typological mode. Stone's Festivals, Ceremonies and Customs reflects back on half a century of documentary practice that was never quite carried forward into the next century."--The Photobook : A History Volume I / Martin Parr and Gerry Badger. London: Phaidon, 2004.
Download or read book Ceremonies and Festivals written by Goretti Zoma and published by Dissertation.com. This book was released on 2003 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Due to western influence and advancement in technology and education, many aspects of authentic African culture are fast fading away. Some of the practices have changed over time and gradually loosing many of their initial elements. The tradition had been transmitted over time through oral tradition, but in modern times, oral tradition cannot be relied upon for a culture to be preserved for future generations. This reference book documents three main rites that are practiced by the Uvwie-Urhobo tribe in Nigeria. They include the rites of marriage, burial and chieftaincy. The what, why, how, and where questions regarding these rites are fully explained. The book also describes two main annual festivals celebrated by this group of people. The significance of each of the festival is noted. A description of the rite of female circumcision is included in this book, although it is thankfully no longer practiced. Unfortunately, it was a widely practiced tradition in Uvwie-Urhobo until the early1990s, when it was rightfully banned by the Nigerian Government. The chapter on female circumcision is included to record an unfortunate and painful tradition that once existed. There is a glossary of Uvwie-Urhobo terms used in the book. The glossary is followed by a brief information piece about Nigeria. It includes such topics as location, climate, economy, Government, etc.
Download or read book Festivals and Ceremonies written by Helen Watanabe-O'Kelly and published by Burns & Oates. This book was released on 2000 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an annotated source bibliography of over 2,800 European court festival works. It allows access to many rare accounts of court festivals. Extensive indexes provide ruler's name, court name, territory, type of entertainment performed, composers and artists. There are numerous cross-references.
