Feast - Solstice, Equinox, Rituals

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Table of Contents

Introduction
Nature and significance
- Concepts of sacred times
- Times of seasonal changes
  - The significance of seasonal renewal in prehistoric times
  - The significance of seasonal renewal in ancient Egypt
  - The significance of seasonal renewal in ancient Mesopotamia
  - The significance of seasonal renewal in areas of other religions
- Other sacred times
  - Crucial stages of life
  - Times of commemoration and remembrance
Types and kinds of feasts and festivals
- National and local festivals
- Secular modernist festivals
- Carnivals and saturnalias
Conclusion
List of selected holidays and observances

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Before the development of agriculture, with its associations with solar and lunar calendars, ritual feasts were probably celebrated by hunters and gatherers of tubers and fruits. Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) peoples from about 30,000–10,000 bc as well as contemporary peoples such as the Aboriginals in Australia and New Guinea, have celebrated various rites in which feasts have assumed positions of significance. Seasonal variations—important in the maintenance of the food supply—were associated with the migrations and fertility of animals and the growth and decay of tubers and fruits upon which the clan or tribe depended for its very existence. Thus, out ...(100 of 6164 words)

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