Encyclopedia Of New Year S Holidays Worldwide

Author : William D. Crump
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2014-04-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781476607481

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Encyclopedia of New Yearäó»s Holidays Worldwide by William D. Crump Pdf

Among the world’s myriad cultures and their associated calendars, the idea of a “New Year” is relative and hardly specifies a universal celebration or even a universal point in time. Ways of celebrating the New Year range from the observances of religious rituals and superstitions to social gatherings featuring particular foods, music, dancing, noisemaking, fireworks and drinking. This first encyclopedia devoted exclusively to the New Year includes 320 entries that give a global perspective on the New Year, beyond its traditional Western associations with Christmas. National or regional entries detail the principal traditions and customs of 130 countries, while 27 entries discuss major calendar systems in current use or of significant historical interest. The remaining entries cover a wide variety of subjects including literary works, movies, and television specials; the customs of specific ethnic groups; universal customs such as toasting and drinking; football bowl games and parades; and the New Year celebrations at the White House and the Vatican.

Author : William D. Crump
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781476641966

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Encyclopedia of Easter Celebrations Worldwide by William D. Crump Pdf

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.

Author : William D. Crump
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-03-11
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781476636467

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Happy Holidays--Animated! by William D. Crump Pdf

Since the early 20th century, animated Christmas cartoons have brightened the holiday season around the world--first in theaters, then on television. From devotional portrayals of the Nativity to Santa battling villains and monsters, this encyclopedia catalogs more than 1,800 international Christmas-themed cartoons and others with year-end themes of Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and the New Year. Explore beloved television specials such as A Charlie Brown Christmas, theatrical shorts such as Santa's Workshop, holiday episodes from animated television series like American Dad! and The Simpsons, feature films like The Nutcracker Prince and obscure productions such as The Insects' Christmas, along with numerous adaptations and parodies of such classics as A Christmas Carol and Twas the Night before Christmas.

Author : Ellen Evert Hopman
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2023-09-12
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781644117811

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The Sacred Herbs of Yule and Christmas by Ellen Evert Hopman Pdf

An around-the-world tour of ancient Christmas celebrations, Pagan Solstice customs, and magical seasonal plants • Explores in depth the medicinal and magical properties of the many herbs, barks, and berries associated with the Christmas and Yuletide season • Looks at the origins of the Christmas tree and Santa Claus, as well as female gift bringers, holiday Spirits, and Yuletide animals • Shares crafts such as how to make a Yule Log, practices such as Winter Solstice divinations, and recipes for traditional foods and drinks For millennia cultures have taken time out to honor the darkest days of the year with lights, foods, and festivities. In ancient Egypt, people decorated their homes with greenery at the festival of the rebirth of the God Horus. The ancient Romans shared gifts, especially candles, at the midwinter festival of Saturnalia. In Scandinavian and Germanic cultures, the Yule Log was burned in the hearth, fruit orchards were wassailed, and sheaves of wheat were displayed to carry luck into the New Year. In Celtic cultures, mummers and guisers went door to door, and European mistletoe (Viscum album) was gathered by Druids as a medicinal and magical aid. Ellen Evert Hopman shares folklore, recipes, rituals, and crafts to enliven your Yuletide observance. She explores the origins of the Christmas tree and Santa Claus as well as holiday Spirits and Yuletide animals. She explains how to perform Winter Solstice divinations and make traditional foods and drinks such as Elizabethan gingerbread cookies and Wassail. And she looks in depth at the medicinal and magical properties of the many herbs, barks, and berries associated with the Christmas and Yuletide season such as Frankincense and Myrrh, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Hibiscus, Bayberry, and many more. This guide offers practical and magical ways to celebrate and honor the darkest days of the year.

Author : Robert H. Griffin,Ann H. Shurgin
Publisher : UXL
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0787639273

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Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Holidays by Robert H. Griffin,Ann H. Shurgin Pdf

In this guide, alphabetically-arranged entries provide descriptions of celebrations around the world of some 30 holidays and festivals, including national and cultural holidays, such as Independence Day and New Year's Day.

Author : Saptarshi Mallick
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781040038499

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Connecting Spaces by Saptarshi Mallick Pdf

This book examines how nineteenth-century Bengal witnessed women writers like Krishnabhabini Devi, Prasanyamoyee Devi, Swarnakumari Devi and Abala Bose interrogated social stereotypes. It presents the first translation of travel writings and letters by Abala Bose, and examines an Indian woman’s close observation as she toured India in colonial times and Europe, America and Japan at the height of British imperialism. Her travelogues in colonial India and imperial England relate to and interrogate the hegemonic role of Western ideologies and deconstruct stereotypes of women’s travelogues, thus contributing to the female consciousness and tradition of women’s writings. The volume will be of great interest to scholars and researchers of South Asian history, imperial and colonial history, and gender and women's studies.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 906 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Library science
ISBN : NWU:35556039239298

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Reference & User Services Quarterly by Anonim Pdf

Author : James Chambers
Publisher : Infobase Holdings, Inc
Page : 4510 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780780816589

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Holidays Around the World, 6th Ed. by James Chambers Pdf

A comprehensive reference guide that covers over 3,500 observances. Features both secular and religious events from many different cultures, countries, and ethnic groups. Includes contact information for events; multiple appendices with background information on world holidays; extensive bibliography; multiple indexes.

Author : John Hickok
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 752 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780810887312

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Serving Library Users from Asia by John Hickok Pdf

Asian populations are among some of the fastest growing cultural groups in the US. While books on serving other target groups in libraries have been published (e.g., disabled, Latino, seniors, etc.), few books on serving library users of Asian heritage have been written. Thus the timely need for this book. Rather than a generalized overview of Asians as a whole, this book has 24 separate chapters—each on 24 specific Asian countries/cultures of East, Southeast, and South Asia—with a wealth of resources for understanding, interacting with, outreaching to, and serving library users of each culture. Resources include cultural guides (both print and online), language helps (with sample library vocabulary), Asian booksellers, nationwide cultural groups, professional literature, and more. Resources and suggestions are given for all three types of libraries—public, school, and academic—making this book valuable for all librarians. The demographics of each Asian culture (numbers and distribution)—plus history of immigration and international student enrollment—is also featured. As a bonus, each chapter spotlights a US public, school, and academic library providing model outreach to Asian library users. Additionally, this book provides a detailed description and analysis of libraries in each of the 24 Asian countries. The history, development, facilities, conditions, technology, classification systems, and more—of public, school, and academic libraries—are all discussed, with detailed documentation. Country conditions influencing libraries and library use are also described: literacy levels, reading cultures, languages and writing systems, educational systems, and more. Based on the author’s 15 years of research and travels to Asia, this work is a must-have for all librarians.

Author : Robert H. Griffin,Ann H. Shurgin
Publisher : UXL
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0787639281

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Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Holidays by Robert H. Griffin,Ann H. Shurgin Pdf

Alphabetically arranged entries provide descriptions of celebrations around the world of some thirty holidays and festivals, including national and cultural holidays, such as Independence day and New Year's Day, which are commemorated on different days for different reasons in a number of countries.

Author : William D. Crump
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2022-12-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781476687902

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The Christmas Encyclopedia, 4th ed. by William D. Crump Pdf

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.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1170 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1919
Category : Almanacs, American
ISBN : NWU:35556021876958

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World Almanac and Encyclopedia by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Rex Bookstore, Inc.
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9712346013

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Speak Up 5' 2007 Ed. by Anonim Pdf

Author : Tanya Gulevich
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1014 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Christmas
ISBN : UCSC:32106017273225

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Encyclopedia of Christmas and New Year's Celebrations by Tanya Gulevich Pdf

Over 240 alphabetically arranged entries covering Christmas, New Year's, and related days of observance, including folk and religious customs, history, legends, and symbols from around the world.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Children's libraries
ISBN : PSU:000059646365

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School Library Journal by Anonim Pdf