MW Calendar Project NEEDS Help with Holiday Info

[SilverClaw]

Ok as some of you know I am starting to prepare a calendar with my husband, as away of making our contribution to helping MW, and so far the art submissions for the calendar are going great.

But What I need help with now is calendars usually have the holidays on them right? We have people from many different walks of life here at MW

So far I have Christian holidays
Pagan Sabbats/esbats

These two sets of holidays I am sure of – oh except if anyone could help me with sabbats etc for the Southern hemisphere that would be great cause I am not totally sure of those.

But what other groups do we have here that have holidays? Do people who follow Astaru (sp?) have set days of celebrations, or how about those who follow a Druids path? What about Jewish holidays? These are just some things that I have been thinking about, and any help that you all can give would be most appreciated.

Thanks
Bran

[redlady]

Perhaps you would want to list the orishas' feast days for those of the Voudoun path. Since some of them correspond to Christian saint's feast days the listings could be a "two-fer" so to speak. Another thought would be to note dates that might be of interest to those of the pagan bent. Not necessarily "serious" ones either, for example:the date of the broadcast of "Bewitched's" first episode, fun things like that.Just a thought......BTW, the calender is a GREAT idea _handclapp

[SilverClaw]

Do you mean like a trivia thing like "this day in history.." thing? That type of stuff would depend on how much room we have on the calendar page and what other stuff is listed for that month to..

Do you know where I could find reliable information with the dates for the orishas' feast days ?

thanks for the suggestions :D

[redlady]

:hmmmmm: I believe I have some of that referenced somewhere. I'll have to get to you, or maybe you could put a "shout out" to those further down that path than I am :imout:

[SilverClaw]

Oh if you can do that for me that would be great every bit of help is great! Please pm me with whatever your have!:thumbsup:

[Infinite Grey]

19th June Day of the Iggy :abanana:

[Morr]

I'd say Jewish holidays...
but you'd need a jewish person for that because the holidays dont go by the calander we all go with, but according to the Jewish calander - so each year the dates change on the regular calander...

hmmm..

give me the year/months you will include in the calander, and i will look up the exact dates of the Jewish Holidays for that year.

[SilverClaw]

What is with Iggy ? :D

Ok Morr I will do that later today right now I am trying to wind down to go to sleep !!

[Infinite Grey]

What is with Iggy ? :D

Too much coffee, 19th June is my Birthday :fprtyman4

[SilverClaw]

Ahhhhh that explains alot :D

[Infinite Grey]

Ahhhhh that explains alot :D

actually this is me without coffee... I'm a rare kind of idiot :whatgives

[SilverClaw]

but dare i say your a fun one :D

[redlady]

When you do the Jewish holidays, it would be neat if you put something like "begins at sundown" on the day before, since the Jewish day starts at sundown the day before. There are a lot of FUN Jewish holidays that never get any "press" ie Tu B'Shvat (New Year for Trees) or Purim, when you're allowed to get so drunk "you don't know if you're cursing Haman or blessing Mordecai". :abanana:

[piglet]

Which 18 months will the Calendar cover? I will look up some Holidays :)

[semi]

The orisha feast days in Santeria correlate to the saints that they syncretize with. Voodoo is not so easy because it's practiced differently from place to place. The Voodoo of Haiti is different from that of New Orleans which is different from that of NYC, etc. They're all fundamentally the same, but different enough to make a calendar of events not really possible.

[WynnJera]

for the pagan days of power ... may I submit some of my poems for possibe contention please ???? If so let me know and I shall send them along .....

[WynnJera]

http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/muertos.html

Here is a great link I think for info on November 1, All Saints Day, and November 2, All Souls Day .....

http://www.britain.tv/travel_egypt.shtml

this site has list of the holiday's in Egypt ...

http://www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/

Kwanzaa was established in 1966 to celebrate and reaffirm African American identity and culture. Currently, an estimated two million people take part in this seven-day harvest celebration each year .. a link above for more info ....

Veteran's Day Nov 11th

http://www.planetholiday.com/Travel_Guide/Thailand.asp#holidays

Thailand - Public Holidays

[WynnJera]

http://www.ou.org/chagim/default.htm
http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday0.htm

Jewish holiday's

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0921416.html

Epiphany Thurs., Jan. 6

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday, Mon., Jan. 17.

Groundhog Day, Weds., Feb. 2

Imbolc Feb. 2

Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras), Feb. 8.

Ash Wednesday, Feb. 9.

Chinese New Year, Weds., Feb. 9

Muharram, Thurs., Feb. 10.

St. Valentine's Day, Mon., Feb. 14.

Family Day Feb. 21 ( Can )

St. Patrick's Day, Thurs., March 17

Spring Equinox March 20

Palm Sunday, March 20

Purim (Feast of Lots), Fri., March 25

Good Friday, March 25.

Easter Sunday, March 27

Mawlid an-Nabi, Thurs., April 21

Passover (Pesach), Sun., April 24

Orthodox Easter (Pascha), Sun., May 1

Beltaine May 1

Ascension Day, Thurs., May 5.

Cinco de Mayo May 5

Mother's Day, Sun., May 8.

Pentecost (Whitsunday), May 15.

Victoria Day, ( Can )May 23

Memorial Day, Mon., May 30.

Shavuot (Hebrew Pentecost), Mon., June 13.

Flag Day, Tues., June 14

Father's Day, Sun., June 19

Summer Solstice June 21

St. Jean-Baptiste Day (Quebec) June 24

Canada Day, ( Can )July 1

Independence Day, Mon., July 4

Lammas Aug 1

Labor Day, Mon., Sept. 5

Labour Day, Canada Sep. 5

Grandparent's Day Canada Sep. 11

Fall Equinox Sep. 22

Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year), Tues., Oct. 4

First Day of Ramadan, Weds., Oct. 5

Columbus Day, Mon., Oct. 10

Thanksgiving Day, Canada Oct. 10

Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement), Thurs., Oct. 13

Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles), Tues., Oct. 18.

Shemini Atzeret (Assembly of the Eighth Day), Tues., Oct. 25.

Halloween, Mon., Oct. 31. Eve of All Saints' Day, formerly called All Hallows and Hallowmass

All Saints' Day, Tues., Nov. 1

Veterans Day, Fri., Nov. 11

Remembrance Day, Canada Nov. 11

Thanksgiving, Thurs., Nov. 24. ( US )

First Sunday of Advent, Nov. 27

Winter Solstice Dec. 21

Christmas (Feast of the Nativity), Sun., Dec. 25

Boxing Day, Canada Dec. 26

Hanukkah (Festival of Lights), Mon., Dec. 26

Kwanzaa, Mon., Dec. 26.

New Year's Eve Dec. 31

[WynnJera]

http://www.southtravels.com/asia/pakistan/holidays.html

Pakistan Holiday link ....

http://www.cftech.com/BrainBank/OTHERREFERENCE/TIMEANDDATES/MajForHol.html

a link for Major Foreign Holidays ... lot's of info here

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0777467.html

Sikh Festival Dates, 2004 and 2005

Hindu Festival Dates 2004 and 2005

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0777465.html

[WynnJera]

http://www.urbandharma.org/udharma3/holidays.html

http://www.buddhistgateway.com/library/holidays/

Buddhist Festivals and Holidays

[SilverClaw]

WynnJera holy woman many man many thanks to you for those links :fpraise: :fpraise: :fpraise:

[WynnJera]

WynnJera holy woman many man many thanks to you for those links :fpraise: :fpraise: :fpraise:

Not a problem .. just let me know if you are interested in some Pagan holiday poems for the calender as well ... as I have a few ... :thumbsup: ... glad I can help :huddle:

[SilverClaw]

ok I will let you know and thanks again :D

[Raidenmaru]

In terms of old-religion/pluralist/"pagan" holidays, there is a caldendar on tryskelion.com with historical information and the days for various dieties.

[SilverClaw]

Thanks!

[Kadynas]

You know the thought just occured to me... is this going to be a wall calendar or a day-planner type thing? And what months are you starting with/ending with? If I missed this info somewhere, just point me in the right direction. :lol:

[SilverClaw]

Wall calendar and as for the actual start and end of the calendar I will let you know when I know :D

[RubyRose]

With Southern Hemisphere Sabbat dates ... do you want generic info or astrologically correct info ... I have both ...

Generic
~Feb 2: Lughnassadh
~Mar 21: Mabon
~April 30: Samhain
~June 21: Yule
~July 31: Imbolc
~Sept 21: Ostara
~Oct 31: Beltain
~Dec 22: Litha

Astrological (correct only for 2005)
Beltane: 15 degrees Scorpio = 8 November 2005
Litha: 0 degrees Capricorn = 22 December 2005
Lughnassadh: 15 degrees Aquarius = 4 Feb 2005
Mabon: 0 degrees Aries = 21 March 2005
Samhain: 15 degrees Taurus = 6 May 2005
Yule: 0 degrees Cancer = 22 June 2005
Imbolc: 15 degrees Leo = 8 August 2005
Ostara: 0 degrees Libra = 23 September 2005

Bendithion,
RubyRose

[Rhaevyn]

I've been doing a meditation/celebration/activity of the day on my website, and these are a few of the on-line resources I go by:

http://www.tryskelion.com/calendar.html

This Day in History (http://www.historychannel.com/tdih/tdih.jsp?category=leadstory)

Hellenic Month Established per Athens (http://www.numachi.com/~ccount/hmepa/) (See also their Compiled list of Festivals and Sacrifices (http://www.numachi.com/%7Eccount/hmepa/Notes.html))

I also cross-reference several calendars and almanacs, but I'm sure you're doing that already. On days I can't find anything significant enough to come up with something to make an activity or meditation out of, I do a quote of the day to meditate upon. ;)

[SilverClaw]

Oh wow thanks alot eeryone id o apprecaite the time and posting :D