Articles about "festivals"
Winter Holidays - Ancient Festivals and Winter Holidays At the ...
At or around the Winter Solstice there have been festivals and holidays in ancient as well as modern times.
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/winterholidays/p/WinterHolidays.htm
Aristophanes - Old Comedy - Performances at Religious Festivals ...
Playwrights produced not only tragedy and satyr plays but comedies at the major festivals to Dionysus. Aristophanes is the only extant representative of Old ...
http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/weekly/aa052201a.htm
Thesmophoria - Greek Festival Thesmophoria
The Thesmophoria was an ancient fertility festival for women commemorating the loss of Demeter's daughter Persephone to Hades.
http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/grecoromanmyth1/a/aa102400a.htm
Feriae - Roman Holidays
The feriae included all days consecrated to any deity: consequently all days on which public festivals were celebrated were feriae or dies feriati. ...
http://ancienthistory.about.com/library/bl/bl_feriae.htm
Lycaea - About the Greek Festival Lycaea
Lycaea was an ancient Greek festival to honor Zeus.
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/religionmyth/g/011008Lycaea.htm
History of the Ancient Olympics - The Ancient Olympic Games
Unlike the secular, modern Olympics, the ancient Olympics were religious festivals. There was a gold and ivory statue of Zeus, by Pheidias, ...
http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/olympics/a/aa021798.htm
Intercalation - About Intercalation
... in order to make the lunar calendar fit with the solar calendar and to make what should have been seasonal festival days fit with the season. ...
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/time/g/1217Intercalate.htm
Holidays and Festivals - Lupercalia, winter solstice celebrations ...
Lupercalia, winter solstice celebrations, the Saturnalia, and other Roman and pagan holidays and festivals.
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/holidaysfestivals/Holidays_and_Festivals.htm
A Year of American Festivals - Local Cultural, Music and Film ...
Attending a festival is a great way to immerse yourself in local culture. You can find festivals all over the US, with themes ranging from art to food to ...
http://seniortravel.about.com/od/domesticvsinternational/tp/A-Year-of-American-Festivals.htm
Southwest Food Festivals - Food Festivals of the Southwest
Foods and food festivals of the Southwest are unique. With a blending of Anglo, Hispanic and Native American tastes, food festivals can be a great way to ...
http://gosw.about.com/od/southwestfoodanddrink/tp/foodfestivals.htm
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