is magazine 8.1 - Autumn/Spring 2005 - International Schools ...
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<strong>is</strong> <strong>Autumn</strong> <strong>2005</strong><br />
<strong>Spring</strong><br />
Celebrations <strong>2005</strong><br />
Multicultural religious festivals that schools may w<strong>is</strong>h to celebrate.<br />
Date Festival Faith/Country<br />
September<br />
Sept/Oct Harvest Festival Chr<strong>is</strong>tian<br />
1 Night Journey of the Prophet Muslim<br />
7 Ganesh Chaturthi birthday celebrations Hindu<br />
11 Ethiopian New Year’s Day Rastafarian<br />
19 Night of Forgiveness prayer and fasting Muslim<br />
20 – 26 Shobun No Hi graves v<strong>is</strong>ited Japanese<br />
21 <strong>Autumn</strong> Equinox Pagan<br />
October<br />
4 – 5 Rosh Hashanah Jew<strong>is</strong>h New Year Jew<strong>is</strong>h<br />
4 – 3 Nov Ramadan month of fasting Muslim<br />
10 -18 Navaratri/Durga festival of 9 nights Hindu<br />
11 Chung Yuan festival of hungry ghosts Chinese<br />
13 Yom Kippur day of attonement Jew<strong>is</strong>h<br />
18 Pavarana last day of the rains Buddh<strong>is</strong>t<br />
18 – 26 Sukkot Harvest festival Jew<strong>is</strong>h<br />
20 Anniversary of the birth of the Bab Baha’i<br />
23 – 30 Inter Faith week of Prayer for Peace Inter-faith<br />
31 Samhain/Halloween Pagan<br />
November<br />
1 All Saint’s Day Chr<strong>is</strong>tian<br />
1 Divali Hindu New Year Hindu<br />
1 Divali Sikh Sikh<br />
2 All Souls’Day remembrance of the dead Chr<strong>is</strong>tian<br />
3 Eid ul Fitr end of Ramadan Muslim<br />
12 Anniversary of birth of Bahua’llah Baha’i<br />
13 Remembrance Sunday National<br />
15 Birthday of Guru Nanak Sikh<br />
27 Advent Sunday, 4 Sundays before Chr<strong>is</strong>tmas Chr<strong>is</strong>tian<br />
30 St Andrew’s Day – Scotland National<br />
December<br />
21 Yule winter solstice Pagan<br />
24 Chr<strong>is</strong>tmas Eve Chr<strong>is</strong>tian<br />
25 Chr<strong>is</strong>tmas Day Chr<strong>is</strong>tian<br />
26 –Jan 2 Hanukah rededication of the Temple Jew<strong>is</strong>h<br />
31 Om<strong>is</strong>oko preparation for the new year Japanese<br />
31 Hogmanay New Year’s Eve Scotland<br />
Information taken from the ‘Shap Calendar of Religious Festivals’ (ISBN:0268 –2451)<br />
The calendar can be viewed on line at www.namss.org.uk/fests.htm<br />
Full information about festivals from the major world religions can be found in Festivals in World Religions,<br />
price £21.50 from:<br />
The Shap Working Party c/o The National Society’s RE Centre, 36 Causton Street, London SW1P 4AU, UK<br />
Celebrations<br />
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