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Sed Festival Relief
Stone slab, probably an artist's practice piece, depicting a Sed festival scene. Appearing twice, the king wears the Red Crown of Lower Egypt and the special festival robe. He holds the crook and flail. Before him, the seated baboon is the...
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Greek Religious Festival
Artist's impression of how a Greek religious festival may have looked like.
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Tablet Describing the Akitu Festival
Fragment of a Babylonian clay tablet, with 16 lines of inscription describing rites in Babylon relating to the Akitu festival. Fragment of the right half, copy of a text containing regulations for making offerings. From the Library of Ashurbanipal...
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Burning Incense, Hungry Ghosts Festival
As part of the Hungry Ghosts Festival, incense is burned in front of homes in remembrance of one's ancestors and to give a pleasing scent to the spirits as they walk by.
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Imbolc Festival
The Green Man fighting Jack Frost at a Neopagan Imbolc Festival, Marsden, England, 2007.
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Ghost Festival, China
The Hungry Ghost festival continues to be celebrated in China on the fifteenth night of the seventh month, when it is thought that the dead can cross over into the land of the living because the veil that separates the two worlds is thinnest...
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Altar, Hungry Ghosts Festival
Celebrations of the Ghost Festival include public altars and parades where food is thrown into the air. The ghosts are thought to be hungry and so food is provided for them in homes and also in public places. Altars of fresh fruit and sweet...
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Ancient Greek dance by the Caryatids @ 6th Bollywood & Multicultural Dance Festival
Caryatids Ancient Greek Dance Company of Dora Stratou Theater Dancers: Ms. Anah Sari Ms. Svetlana Volkova Ms. Nataliya Dovhopol Ms. Katerina Tsagka Ms. Rossella Rubini The Bollywood and Multicultural Dance Festival is Greece's...
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History of the Chinese Hungry Ghost Festival
The Hungry Ghost Festival, also known as the Ghost Festival is celebrated either on the night of the 14th or the 15th day (depending on where you live in China), of the seventh month of the lunar year, known in the West as August. In other...
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The Jolly Roman Festival of Saturnalia
Did you know that the festive greeting Io Saturnalia to the Romans was much like Merry Christmas, or Happy Holidays is to us today? This video is all about the earliest predecessor to Christmas, the Roman festival of Saturnalia. The Ancient...
