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Non Christian Holidays 2010

Kenickie

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Seeing as there is a dearth of Christian holidays, a smattering of Jewish ones, there ought to be at least one non christian non jewish holiday thread, incorporating the other overlooked, but awesome holidays.

The first one coming up is the Islamic New Year, which is on Dec.7th.
رأس السنة الهجرية‎ (Ras as-Sana al-Hijreya) is the day that marks the beginning of a new Islamic calendar year, and is the day on which the year count is incremented. The first day of the year is observed on the first day of Muharram, the first month in the Islamic calendar.
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the Islamic calendar is Lunar based, so the dates of each holiday changes a little bit each year.

Muharram is remembered as such (Shi'i)

The event marks the anniversary of the Battle of Karbala when Imam Hussain ibn Ali, The grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, and a Shia Imam, was killed by the forces of the second Umayad caliph Yazid I. The event is marked by arranging 'majalis' (gatherings) to review Islamic teachings and to commemorate Imam Hussain's sacrifice. The mourning reaches its climax on the tenth day, known as Ashura, on which the forces of Yazid killed the 72 individuals who fought, including Imam Hussain and his family and supporters. The women and children left living were made prisoners and transported to Yazid's court in Damascus.
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the tenth day, Ashura, (17 Dec 2010)

The Day of Ashura عاشوراء is on the 10th day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar and marks the climax of the Remembrance of Muharram.

It is commemorated by Shia Muslims as a day of mourning for the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali, the grandson of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad at the Battle of Karbala on 10 Muharram in the year 61 AH (October 2, 680 CE[1]). According to Sunni Muslim tradition, Muhammad fasted on this day and asked other people to fast.[2][3]; Sunni Muslims also remember the day claiming that Moses fasted on that day to express gratitude to God for liberating the Israelites from Egypt.
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:)

When I was younger, my home town would have a huge Saturnalia festival, with bonfires and music and food and dancing, rain snow whatever. Everyone made tiny gifts - bracelets necklaces, the like, and would give them out to everyone, strangers, family friends, whoever! I think many of the people who put the festival on now are dead, but there is still a huge May Day celebration and other pagan festivals going on there. :)

tell us about non 'traditional' holidays you observe :)
 
^Where did you grow up, if I may ask? I dont know of any towns in the US that observe holidays like that, thats awesome. I love it when big groups of total strangers can get together and celebrate and do things like that together.
 
^Strange the south would have a community celebration of something other than a Christian Holiday......That is pretty awesome though. :)


We celebrate what I guess would be Pagan/Wiccan Holidays more than anything-
The Equinoxes, Solstices and Cross Quarter Holidays.
I might do something, I might just acknowledge the day by doing something as small as taking a walk in nature and giving thanks to the earth blah blah.
So the coming holiday is The Winter Solstice.
This year will be very different than others b/c my family will be here-
So I am not sure we will do anything other than maybe hang out and have a bonfire.
Though astrologically that day is quite interesting.
An Eclipse takes place hours before the Equinox.:)
 
it was really more like a commune, it was so small when my mother moved there, for some folk festival. The one religious guy (crazy southern baptist like) was chased out of town for being an anti semite and stuff and made him abandon his plan for a religious theme park. We still got the jesus though.

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