Tag Archives: harvest festivals
HISTORIC MISCONCEPTION: AMERICA’S PILGRIMS
Religious freedom was not the only, or even the main reason, America’s pilgrim fathers wanted to go to the New World. https://tinyurl.com/yyf8mohd
HISTORIC CELEBRATION: SHAVUOT
Originally a Jewish harvest festival, Shavuot takes place fifty days after the second day of Passover. A one-day festival in Israel, and two days in other places, Shavuot now also serves to commemorate the gift of the Torah, or God’s Law, which was revealed to Moses and written down in the first five books of […]
HISTORIC CELEBRATION: AMERICAN THANKSGIVING
The first American Thanksgiving took place in the autumn of 1621, but it was not permanently established as a National holiday until 1941. For some interesting Thanksgiving facts, check out: http://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving/videos#bet-you-didnt-know-thanksgiving.
DOUBLE CELEBRATION: THANKSGIVING AND EID AL-ADHA
Happy Thanksgiving, Canada, and a Happy & Joyous Eid to all those celebrating the Festival of Sacrifice. It was in 1957 that the second Monday of October officially became Thanksgiving Day in Canada, but feasts and celebrations were held in abundance before that, and not just after the harvest. There were also thanksgiving celebrations for […]
Time Travelling With Kids 