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Festivals (feriae) were an important part of Roman religious life during both the Republican and Imperial eras, and were one of the primary features of the Roman calendar. Feriae ("holidays" in the sense of "holy days") were either public (publicae) or private . State holidays were celebrated by the Roman people and received public funding.
The Pythian Games were the second most important of the Panhellenic Games and took place in late August of the third year of every Olympiad. [20] However, there is some debate about the start of the Pythian Festival amongst historians. Some historians believe Pausanias who dates the first Pythian festival to 586 BC.
For many religious people, morality and religion are the same or inseparable; for them either morality is part of religion or their religion is their morality. For others, especially for nonreligious people, morality and religion are distinct and separable; religion may be immoral or nonmoral, and morality may or should be nonreligious.
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Religious festivals in Haiti (1 C) Religious festivals in Honduras (1 C, 1 P) J. Religious festivals in Jamaica (2 P) M. Religious festivals in Mexico (4 C, 7 P) S.
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Religion may be defined as "a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs," [1] whereas ritual is "an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or ...
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