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The Kumbh Mela celebration in India is the largest religious gathering in the world, one in which millions participate. Similarly, the Hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca, is the largest annual gathering of Muslims. Holidays and observances such as these mark the lives of observant individuals in nations around the world. Now one can study them all in one comprehensive resource.
Religious Celebrations is an alphabetically organized encyclopedia that covers more than 800 celebratory occasions from all of the world’s major religious communities as well as many of the minor faith traditions. The encyclopedia provides a complete reference tool for examining the myriad ways people worldwide celebrate their religious lives across religious boundaries, providing information on numerous celebratory activities never before covered in a reference work.
Offering the most comprehensive coverage of religious holidays ever assembled, this two-volume book covers festivals, commemorations, holidays, and annual religious gatherings all over the world, with special attention paid to the celebrations in larger countries. Entries written by distinguished researchers and specialists on different religious communities capture the unique intensity of each event, be it fasting or feasting, frenzied activity or the universal cessation of work, a huge gathering of the faithful en masse or a small family-centered event. The work spotlights celebrations that currently exist without overlooking now-abandoned celebrations that still impact the modern world.
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