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Feast Day of Yemaya: Brazilian holy day. Feast Day of Yemaya, canelaria ceremony at the ocean’s
edge.
Wishing Night:
Wishing Night: Mexican holy day. Wishing Night.
New Year’s Eve:
New Year’s Eve: Western holiday. New Year’s Eve, traditionally celebrated by getting drunk on
champagne and watching a big mirrored ball drop in Times Square, New York City.
An old British magick tradition states that if you leave a loaf of bread and a penny on a table
overnight on New Year’s Eve, that you will have plenty of food throughout the coming year.
Feast Day of St. Nicholas:
Feast Day of St. Nicholas: Christian holy day. Feast Day of Saint Nicholas, bishop of Myra
(in Asia Minor) during the 4th century of the Common Era, patron saint of children.
Kwanzaa:
Kwanzaa: Swahili and Afro-American holy day. December 26-January 1 is Kwanzaa, a traditional
Swahili festival for the first fruits of the harvest, dedicated to the Seven African Powers. Longer
explanation at December 26th.
Navidades:
Navidades: Puerto Rican holy day. December 15-January 6 are the Navidades, for the Yule Child,
which is based on the older Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) Twins, Heru Sa Aset [Horus/Apollo] and Bast
[Artemis].
holy days 2007 and 2008
These holy days are on different day each year on the solar calendar.
Maidyarem:
Maidyarem: Zoroastran holy day. ‘mid-year’ or winter feast, one of the seven obligatory feasts of
Zoroastrianism and one of the six gahanbars (or gahambars). The gahanbars date back to the
pre-Zoroastrian agricultural people of the Iranian Plateau and mark the changing of the agricultural
seasons. The gahanbars were absorbed into Zoroastrianism as religious holy days and are celebrated
with feasting and fun.
Maidyarem celebrates Vohu Manah, the creator and protector of all animal life, one of the seven male
emanations of Ahura Mazda. There are also seven corresponding female emanations of the deity Ahura
Mazda.
In the Fasli (seaonsal) calendar, Maidyarem is celebrated from December 31 to January 4. In the
Shahanshahi (or Shenshai) calendar, Maidyarem is celebrated from June 1 to June 5 during the years
2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. In the Qadimi (ancient) calendar, Maidyarem is celebrated from May 2 to
May 6 during the years 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008.
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