Pr Ntr Kmt World Religious Calendar Pagan Holy Days

World Religious Calendar 984
September 3
fixed holy days
These holy days are on the same day every year on the solar calendar.
Creation:
Creation: Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) holy day. The Great and Little Ennead come forth from the
chaotic waters of Nun.
Akwambo:
Path Clearing Festival: Akan holy day (central region of Ghana).Also known as Akwambo. The
Akan or Agona people honor and receive blessings from the deity of the sacred well. The entire
community gathers at their ancestral shrines. The chief pours libation to the ancestral spirits, thanking
them for protection during the previous year, and asking for more blessings, abundant rainfall, and a
good harvest in the upcoming year. At streams or riversides, sacrifices are offered. Alligators and fish
feast on mashed yams sprinkled on the waters.
The people smear their bodies with clay and parade through town sweeping the paths with twigs and
tree branches, accompanied by drumming, dancing, and firing of muskets. After sweeping the principle
routes, the people go to the durbar grounds and meet with the chief and the elders.
The youth keep a vigil through the night.
Lakon:
Maiden of the Four Directions: Hopi holy day. Also called Lakon. The Maidens of the Four
Directions are honored in a women’s healing ceremony.
The myth: The people search for the Corn Maidens. The Eagle, Falcon, and Raven cannot find them.
Paiyatuma plays music to attract the Corn maidens from the Summer-land to the south. The Corn
maidens come to the Place of the Middle. The Miaden-mother of the North brings yellow corn. The
Maiden-mother of the West brings blue corn. The Maiden-mother of the South brings red corn. The
Maiden-mother of the East brings white corn. The Corn Maidens bring black corn and seeds of all
colors. Then the people see the Maidens no more. Shutsukiya whistles as the frost wind does when the
corn is gathered. The chief wears a yellow cloud as yellow butterflies flutter before him and the yellow
corn grows unfailingly.
holy days 2007 and 2008
These holy days are on different day each year on the solar calendar.
Maidyozarem:
Maidyozarem: Zoroastran holy day. ‘Mid-spring’ 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.
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