Sentences with phrase «celebration of the spring festival»

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The Christian church however, changed the Pagan festival from a celebration of spring to a celebration of the resurrection of Jesus.

Much to the chagrin of traditional Christian clergy, the widespread celebration of Easter survives primarily in the form of Easter eggs and Easter bunnies, which point back to a very ancient spring festival long before the Jewish Passover and the Christian commemoration of the death and resurrection of Jesus.

But the festival appears to have had a pre-exodus history among pastoral folk as a spring celebration of the birth of the lambs with attendant rites for the consecration of the flocks and probably a communion meal shared by the shepherd group and the deity.

The core of the festival - no doubt known by some other name - may well have been much older than the thirteenth century B.C., originating among pastoral people as a spring celebration of the birth of the lambs, with appropriate attendant rites for the consecration and protection of the flocks, and probably a communion meal shared by the shepherd group and its deity.

The ancient Greeks paid annual homage to Cybele, the mother figure of their gods, the Romans dedicated an annual spring festival to the mother of their gods, and in 16th century England, a celebration called «Mothering Sunday» was inaugurated — a Sunday set aside for visiting one's mother.

In this new adidas Originals collection, Pharrell is inspired by the Hindu Holi festival, a spring celebration of peace, love and equality.

Spring means longer days and sunny skies in Southern Vermont, and for Mount Snow it also means weekends chock full of festivals, competitions, and celebrations for the whole family.

Mount Snow, VT. — March 15, 2017 — Spring means longer days and sunny skies in Southern Vermont, and for Mount Snow it also means weekends chock full of festivals, competitions, and celebrations for the whole family.

March 13, 2017 • The Brooklyn bhangra band come to the Tiny Desk in celebration of Holi, the Hindu festival of color that welcomes the coming of spring.

She plans to exact her revenge at her family's annual spring bash, the celebration of Holi, the festival of colors.

People attend Nowruz celebrations, the traditional Iranian festival of spring which starts at the exact moment of the vernal equinox, in Baku, Azerbaijan.

There's always something going on in Puerto del Rosario, from the popular carnival celebrations in spring to the city's traditional festival held in late September in honour of its patron saint.

Thankfully the first few days were still good enough to enjoy a bit of leftover spring celebration in Ueno Park, which was still teeming with people enjoying a relaxed picnic and food stalls offering all sorts of festival grub.

Around 1912, in his essay about Creation in the Plastic Arts, František Kupka who is fascinated by the sexual reproduction of flowers, worships «a real pollen festival in the gynoecium bathed in sunlight» and translates theses celebrations in the organic impulse of Cosmic Spring (1913 - 14).