Girls in Latin American countries celebrate their Fiesta Quinceanera on their fifteenth birthday. It is a larger celebration than any other birthday because it marks the end of childhood and the beginning of young womanhood. Some countries observe the occasion with much more religious overtones than others. Here we will explore the components of a Quinceanera and some of the dissimilarities between countries. . . . → Read More: What is a Quinceanera?
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Christmas time and Christmas traditions: there is more to be said for this season than the birth of one individual over 2000 years ago. The Christmas season is one of celebration, a time of gifts, merriment, and delicious foods seen only during these festive times. “Let’s dance and sing, and make good cheer, For Christmas comes . . . → Read More: Tis The Season – Solstice Celebration in Roman Times This world we live upon is vast yet is growing in its interconnectivity even more each day. Many cultures today are a mix of new world and old, religion and science, and faith as well as progressive exploration. Today I find myself in Lake Las Vegas, Nevada for the CEO Space forum. This . . . → Read More: One World: Crossing Cultures, Connecting Religions and Beliefs Today we find more unity of the world through our multi-cultural communities. We see events in the world as they happen, and offer aid in times of disaster. We also see acts both on an individual, cultural, and government level that diminish and isolate, creating chasms between its people. The Christmas season – . . . → Read More: One World – Restoring the Meaning of the Christmas Season Nowadays Thanksgiving is celebrated in so many ways, with parades, football, and traditional dinners. Some of the traditions of Thanksgiving days gone by have fallen to the wayside. A posting in the New York Evening Post back in 1891 gave an accounting of how Thanksgiving was celebrated. What was described as the “Old country Thanksgiving” was . . . → Read More: More Thanksgiving Traditions – Games and Pigeon Pie Thanksgiving is a longstanding american tradition. The first north american thanksgiving was in 1578, conducted by an English minister by the name of Wolfall along the shores of Newfoundland. He was joined by the expedition that brought the first English colony to the americas. The record log noted this observance: “Here we highly praised . . . → Read More: The Meaning of Thanksgiving – Traditions Old and New by Clare Liu The GuZang Festival is a great occasion for the Miao people to worship their ancestors. They sacrifice bulls, beat drums, and hold other exciting ceremonies. In the Chinese language, the word Gu means a bull, while Zang means viscera of an animal. The festival only happens once every 13 years, at end of September . . . → Read More: Sacrifice For Ancestors: The Guzang Festival |
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