This calendar is not an exhaustive list either of religious or ... Confucian / Daoist / Buddhist February 1 Imbolc A Wiccan and pagan holiday sometimes referred to as Candlemas or Oimelc, symbolizing ...

The Carnival season, or Mardi Gras season, officially begins on Epiphany, Jan. 6, and lasts through Fat Tuesday.

rooted in pagan festivals that celebrated the arrival of spring. In the 4th century, these festivals were adapted by Christians and incorporated into the liturgical calendar as a period of ...

Spring equinox rituals and traditions from around the world, from a mass water fight in Thailand to sun worship at Mayan ...

We are sometimes led to believe the usual Easter traditions are based around a pagan celebration and even though it is one of the holiest times on the Christian calendar ... illogical to avoid a ...

Easter markets, school holidays, tax-return deadline, burning witches, school registrations, and more key events to mark in ...

Following the Julian calendar, the Eastern Orthodox Easter will be on Sunday ... The eighth-century historian Bede wrote that Easter, the English word for the holiday, came from the Anglo-Saxon ...

The roots of Fat Tuesday or Pancake Tuesday, also known as Mardi Gras, trace back to ancient pagan celebrations focused on fertility ... Over time, Fat Tuesday became intertwined with the Christian ...