Pr Ntr Kmt World Religious Calendar Pagan Holy Days

World Religious Calendar 16
January 3
fixed holy days
These holy days are on the same day every year on the solar calendar.
Deer Dances:
Deer Dances: Pueblo (Native American) holy day. Pueblo Deer Dances, a women’s fertility
ceremony for the Deer Mothers, so that they may have many children.
Day of Mourning:
Day of Mourning: Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) holy day. The day of the mourning of the Neter
(Deity or Supreme Goddess).
Lenaia of Dionysus:
Leneia of Dionysus: Greek holy day. The Lenaia of Dionysus honored or Dionysus Lenaius, God
of fertility and wine. The name Lenaia comes from the Greek word lenai, which was a name for the
female worshipers of Dionysus (more commonly called the Maenads). This was one of the lesser
festivals in Athens and Ionia held in the month of Gamelion (approximately January). The festival
particularly honored the youthful aspect of Dionysus following his rebirth after having been murdered
by the Cyclopes (a possible source for the Jesus myth).
In Athens the festival was held in the Lenaion, a theatre possibly located in the Agora. By the 5th
century B.C.E., plays were performed as a competition. In 440 B.C.E., comidy contests were added,
typically five comedies (during the Peloponnesian War only three comedies were performed). Many of
Aristophanes’ famous plays were first performed as part of this competition. The Lenaia was abandoned
sometime after the 2nd century B.C.E.
In addition to the dramatic competition, there was a procession (pompe) and some kind of animal
sacrifice led by religious officials, including the archon basilieus and the epimeletai. There may have
been some connection to the Eleusian Mysteries.
Cassé Gâteau:
Cassé Gâteau: Voodou holy day (January 2-4). Breaking of the Cakes. Tradtitional three day
celebration in Haiti where Vodou practitioners make a communal offering of food (Mange Loa) to the
Loas.
Black Nazarene Fiesta:
Black Nazarene Fiesta: Philippino holy day. Black Nazarene Fiesta in Manila, the Philippines
(January 1-9).
St. Geneviève’s Day:
St. Geneviève’s Day: Christian holy day. French Christian saint (patroness of the city of
Paris).
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