religious festival
1Religious festival — A religious festival is a time of special importance marked by adherents to that religion. Religious festivals are commonly celebrated on recurring cycles in a calendar year or lunar calendar. This means that, because ancient calendars were not… …
2religious festival — noun a festival having religious significance • Syn: ↑church festival • Hypernyms: ↑festival • Hyponyms: ↑Succoth, ↑Sukkoth, ↑Succos, ↑Feast of Booths …
3Festival — For other uses, see Festival (disambiguation). Festivity redirects here. For the ship, see MV Festivity. The Festival …
4RELIGIOUS LIFE AND COMMUNITIES — Jews UNDER OTTOMAN RULE The Jews of the pre Zionist old yishuv, both sephardim (from the Orient) and ashkenazim (of European origin), dedicated their lives to the fulfillment of religious precepts: the study of the torah and the meticulous… …
5Festival of Saint Agatha (Catania) — The Festival of Saint Agatha is the most important religious festival of Catania, Sicily. It commemorates the life of what is the city s patron saint, Agatha of Sicily. It takes place annually from 3 to 5 February and on 17 August. The earlier… …
6Festival of Lights — Festival of Light or Celebration of Light is a common name (or translation) for many disparate events and groups throughout the world. The events range from deeply religious and significant observances to cultural festivals to small local… …
7Religious violence in India — includes acts of violence by followers of one religious group against followers and institutions of another religious group, often in the form of rioting.[1] Religions such as Zoroastrianism and Judaism have survived peacefully with Hindus for… …
8Religious music — (also sacred music) is music performed or composed for religious use or through religious influence.A lot of music has been composed to complement religion, and many composers have derived some inspiration from their religions. Many forms of… …
9Religious antisemitism — is a form of antisemitism, which is the prejudice against, or hostility toward, the Jewish people based on hostility to Judaism and to Jews as a religious group. [See, for example: * Anti Semitism , Encyclopaedia Britannica , 2006. *Johnson, Paul …
10Religious satire — is a form of satire targeted at religion and religious practices.Examples of religious satire and satirists* [http://www.stallman.org/grav mass.html Merry Grav mass] by Richard Stallman * [http://www.sancairodicopenhagen.com/tbpmd.html The Banjo… …
