I can’t, I can’t.’ But I carried on.” The parade of Mamuthones is an annual winter tradition in the Italian village of ...

Wassailing has had a revival in recent years, according to English folklore website Tradfolk.co. The site's editor James ...

To analyse the growing interest in UK folklore and mythic history, Ivor Starkey treads the path of traditions of the past to ...

Honoring Saint Lucia (aka Saint Lucy), this festival incorporates pagan winter solstice traditions ... Thought to mark the end of the harvest season, the holiday also has roots in the Chinese ...

Other well known attempts were the three century long Roman persecution of Christianity, and the persecution of Muhammad and his followers by the majority of the pagan Arabs in Makkah. All three ...

There are archeological sites – Citânia de Briteiros, Citânia de Sanfins and Castro de São Lourenço, to name three within a ...

The wassail, which often happens on or just after the twelfth night after Christmas, sees Wassailers pour cider onto the roots of the apple trees which will bring this year’s harvest while ... The ...

Shinto New Year festival observed with prayers for inner renewal ... holiday on February 1 st. August 1 – 2 Lughnassad (Imbolc) – Wiccan/Pagan Wicca observance of the first harvest of the year ...

Haloa appears to have been a celebration of the “first fruits” of the harvest, which is unsurprising given its connection with Demeter. However, the festival also had a sexual ... As Christianity ...

zealous imperial authorities sought to impose the new faith on the empire's millions of inhabitants by co-opting their established pagan traditions — including the date when a new festival was ...

Magh Bihu, also referred to as Bhogali Bihu or Maghor Bihu is the most vibrant harvest festival celebrated in Assam and other ...

Each day of the festival will be dedicated to unique rituals and traditions that speak of the richness of the region's culture. Pongal marks the end of winter and the onset of harvest. It ...