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Hindu procession during an utsava. Utsava (Sanskrit: उत्सव, lit. 'special occasion'), [1] also referred to as Utsavam, generally means a festival or celebration or any joyous occasion, mostly associated with Hinduism.
For Christians, celebrating that God came into the world in the form of man to atone for the sins of humanity is more important than knowing Jesus's exact birth date. The customs associated with Christmas in various countries have a mix of pre-Christian , Christian, and secular themes and origins.
Thesaurus Linguae Latinae. A modern english thesaurus. A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms ...
In India (and Nepal), a death anniversary is known as shraadh (Shraaddha "श्राद्ध" in Nepali). The first death anniversary is called a barsy, from the word baras, meaning year in Hindi.
Like many places around the world, some Croatian families celebrate Christmas with an Advent wreath made of straw or evergreen. The wreath has four colored candles that symbolize hope, peace, joy ...
Yule is a winter festival historically observed by the Germanic peoples that was incorporated into Christmas during the Christianisation of the Germanic peoples.In present times adherents of some new religious movements (such as Modern Germanic paganism) celebrate Yule independently of the Christian festival.
Others, such as harvest festivals, celebrate seasonal change. Events of historical significance, such as important military victories or other nation-building events also provide the impetus for a festival. An early example is the festival established by Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Ramesses III celebrating his victory over the Libyans. [21]
Russian postcard celebrating Angel Day (Russian: День Ангела, romanized: Den' Angela), often used as a synonym of "name day" Russians celebrate name days (Russian: именины, romanized: imeniny) separately from birthdays. Some calendars note name days, but usually one must refer to a special name-day calendar.