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8 Religious Events Around The World

8 Religious Events Around The World

Mar 30, 2015   •   8List

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Curious about what other religions practice around the world? Here are some of the big ones!

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Yom Kippur is also known as the Day of Atonement, and is the most important day in the Jewish calendar. They day is mostly spent listening to services in synagogues, with followers fasting for 25-hour periods, praying for atonement and repenting for their sins.

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Eid-ul-Fitr honors the end of Ramadan, a holy Muslim month of fasting and prayer. Celebrations can last for up to three days, with followers saying prayers, forgiving slights, and committing acts of charity. Fasting is forbidden on this day.

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The three-day celebration is known in the West as covering Halloween, All Saint’s Day, and All Souls Day. On October 31st children build altars to honor and invite the spirits of Innocents (infants and children who have passed away), while the next two days celebrate adult spirits with ofrendas, or offerings, like their favorite candies, pan de muertos or bread of the dead, marigolds, and sugar skulls.

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Hajj is a Islam mandatory religious duty that followers must accomplish at least once in their lives. Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam, wherein Muslims make a pilgrimage to Mecca during the last month of the Islamic calendar as a symbol of their devotion and submission to Allah.

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Land Diving is a ritual performed on Pentecost Island in Vanuatu, where villagers build towers (representing a human figure) during the dry season. Men then tie vines to both ankles and freefall off decks at various heights, corresponding to their bravery. The ideal jump is one that ends as close as possible to the ground, sometimes with shoulders touching. They believe that jumping ensures a good harvest, and can rid a person of illness. Land Diving also serves as a rite of passage for young boys around age seven.

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Easter Sunday is celebrated three days after the death of Christ on Black Friday. It is the culmination of 40 days of prayer and fasting for Christians, with most followers celebrating by hearing mass. Most Western cultures also celebrate the resurrection of Christ with Easter egg hunts. The hunt was developed in modern times as an activity for children, while the chocolate eggs or eggs filled with candy evolved from the custom of staining eggs red in memory of the blood of Christ.

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Vesak Day is also known as the birthday of Gautama Buddha, the founder of Buddhism. While dates vary, his birthday is usually celebrated in May. Followers rise early and are encouraged to spend the day performing acts of kindness towards others. Killing is also discouraged, so most followers become vegans for a day (if they aren’t already). Some also offer flowers, candles, and incense sticks at altars.

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Holi is usually celebrated in Spring, and is known as the Festival of Colors or the Festival of Love, usually celebrated in India but in recent years has spread to other southeast Asian countries. The celebration begins the evening before with a bonfire, with the entire day after spent dousing each other with colored powder, water, frolic, and laughter. Everyone is fair game on Holi, with musicians travelling around the city playing music, and some even preparing balloons filled with colored water for the festivities. Families visit each other, friends reconcile, making it a true celebration of spring–reintroducing light, love, and laughter into the world after winter.


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