Feast

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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Feast of the Assumption

Carving of Shiva and Parvati's marriage

A woman wearing a wide-brimmed hat cleans a tombstone with Chinese characters in a cemetery during Qingming Festival, holding a bucket beside her.

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Feast of the Assumption

Feast of the Assumption

Pilgrims carrying a statue of the Virgin Mary during a procession to celebrate the...

© BORIS HORVAT—AFP/Getty Images

Carving of Shiva and Parvati's marriage

Carving of Shiva and Parvati's marriage

The Marriage of Shiva and Parvati: The Wedding of the Charming One, plaque...

Photograph by art_traveller. Victoria and Albert Museum, London, IM70-1930

A woman wearing a wide-brimmed hat cleans a tombstone with Chinese characters in a cemetery during Qingming Festival, holding a bucket beside her.

Qingming Festival

A woman cleaning a tombstone on a grave in a cemetery in China.

© Max421/Dreamstime.com

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