[PDF] Holidays And Festivals Index eBook

Author : Helene Henderson
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Page : 908 pages
File Size : 39,89 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Reference
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A guide to some 3,000 holidays, festivals, celebrations, commemorative days, feasts, and fasts held in countries around the world, as found in 26 well-known and widely held dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference works on special days and observances. The main text is an alphabetical arrangement of events by name. Entries may include name of event, person or event named for or honored, location, ethnic or religious group, date established, date of observance, and sources with page numbers. Also included is a section explaining the different calendars of the world and tables of state and national public holidays. An annotated bibliography lists a wide range of books for all ages. Ethnic and geographic, name, religion, and chronological indexes follow the main index. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Helene Henderson
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Page : 952 pages
File Size : 25,92 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780780804227

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Contains descriptions of nearly 2,500 special days commemorated by people of various countries, cultures, and religions around the world; arranged alphabetically by name of holiday.

Author : Sue Ellen Thompson
Publisher :
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 22,12 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Reference
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Describes the background of each holiday and how it is celebrated.

Author : Sue Ellen Thompson
Publisher :
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 30,5 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Fasts and feasts
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A guide to hundreds of symbols associated with 224 popular holidays from around the world, covering foods, places, people, legends, and other aspects.

Author : Omnigraphics
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 37,60 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Festivals
ISBN : 9780780813625

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"A comprehensive dictionary that describes more than 3,300 holidays and festivals celebrated around the world. 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 : Tanya Gulevich
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Page : 504 pages
File Size : 14,26 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Reference
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Briefly describes some 1,000 resources on world holidays, festivals, and calendars. Entries encompass dictionaries, guidebooks, folklore and ethnic studies, children's books, historical studies, scholarly analysis and philosophical discussions, and works about calendars and time reckoning systems. Dewey Decimal and Library of Congress numbers and ISBNs are given for most entries. Periodicals, associations, and Web sites are also listed. Useful for those working in libraries, education, and religious institutions. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : World Book, Inc
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Page : 46 pages
File Size : 40,10 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Manners and customs
ISBN : 9780716650515

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Cumulative index and glossary that offers a compilation of the ten individual volume indexes and glossaries in this series, plus a list of additional print and electronic sources.

Author : Pearline Jaikumar
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Page : 1524 pages
File Size : 30,61 MB
Release : 2017-12
Category : Festivals
ISBN : 9780780816190

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Describes more than 3,500 holidays and festivals celebrated around the world. 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 : Mary Anne Pilger
Publisher : Libraries Unlimited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 32,13 MB
Release : 2005-09-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1591582369

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This updated and expanded fourth edition of a popular reference book for teachers and librarians to use in planning interesting extension projects, holiday events to promote diversity, and cross-cultural understanding indexes 725 new books and features over 1,000 indexed projects. Indexes build on the previous three volumes. The book is indexed by subject and author and features indexes to educational games, crafts, activities, and more. It will be particularly useful to educators for use in the social studies curriculum, but also valuable to daycare providers and parents. Booklist and Appraisals and others favorably reviewed previous editions. Complete bibliographic information is given for all books indexed. Grades K-8.

Author :
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Page : 1500 pages
File Size : 27,79 MB
Release : 2015
Category : Festivals
ISBN : 9781785395475

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"A comprehensive dictionary that describes more than 3,300 holidays and festivals celebrated around the world. 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"--