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
Lycaea - About the Greek Festival Lycaea
Lycaea was an ancient Greek festival to honor Zeus.
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/religionmyth/g/011008Lycaea.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
What Was Greek Religion?
In Athens, more than half the days of the year were (religious) festivals. Seemingly (to us) secular events, like athletic festivals (e.g., the Olympics), ...
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/religionmyth/f/032808Gkreligio.htm
Ancient History of the 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
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
Solstice Celebrations
The festival of the Kalends is celebrated everywhere as far as the limits of the Roman Empire extend... The impulse to spend seizes everyone. ...
http://ancienthistory.about.com/od/holidaysfestivals/a/solsticeceleb.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
Peru Travel Guide by Season
However, this is also the month of Inti Raymi, the famous festival of the sun god and also ... Apus Peru offer cultural tours to the Paucartambo festival. ...
http://gosouthamerica.about.com/od/pertripplan/qt/peruseasonguide.htm
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