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April 2006 features
Spring Holidays
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Helpful Reference Books
Discover all sorts of traditional and wacky spring holidays!
Chase's Calendar of Events
Ref 394.26 Cha
A day-by day directory of special days, weeks and months with national
and international holidays, festivals worldwide, historical
anniversaries, astrological phenomena, sporting events and celebrity
birthday. The
Folklore of World Holidays
Ref 394.26 Fol
Everyday is a holiday somewhere in the world. This book gathers
together more than 1,200 fascinating beliefs, legends, superstitions,
proverbs, dances, games, pageants, fairs, processions, and other lore
associated with over 375 holidays in over 150 countries, excluding the
U.S. and Canada. Holidays,
Festivals, and Celebrations of the World Dictionary: Detailing More
Than 2,000 Observances from all 50 States and More Than 100 Nations
Ref 394.26 Hol
A compendious reference guide to popular, ethnic, religious,
national and ancient holidays, festivals, celebrations,
commemorations, holy days, feasts, and fasts; supplemented by special
sections on calendar systems, the Millennium, admission days and facts
about the states and territories, presidents of the U.S., tourism
information sources, and web sites on holidays; special indexes of
chronological, ethnic, geographic, historical religious, ancient,
folkloric, calendar, promotional and sport holidays, state and
national legal holidays, general and subject indexes. On
This Date-- : a Day-By-Day Listing of Holidays, Birthdays, and
Historic Events and Special Days, Weeks, and Months
Ref 394.26 On
Comprised of select entries from Chase's Calendar of Events, this
handy, fact-filled reference is packed with more than 2,000 events,
milestones and trivia. With items arranged in calendar-date
order, you find historic events, birth anniversaries of interesting
people, listings of United Nations special days, premiere dates for
major television shows, and much more. Traditional
Festivals: a Multicultural Encyclopedia
Ref 394.2603 Roy
For most of history, the life of human societies has unfounded within
a strict succession of festival observances that reaffirm hopes and
fears, founding myths and redemptive visions. This book travels
around the world and across the centuries to explore the major feasts
of all world religions, as well as the high points of the sacred
calendars of ancient civilizations and representative samples of
seasonal rites and celebrations of lesser known cultures. The
Folklore of American Holidays
Ref 394.26973 Fol
A compilation of more than 500 beliefs, legends, superstitions,
proverbs, riddles, poems, songs, dances, games, plays, pageants,
fairs, foods, and processions associated with over 120 American
calendar customs and festivals.
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