Sentences with phrase «held pagan festivals»
Thus, ancient Greeks held pagan festivals to welcome Eostre and herald the onset of spring.
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Its roots: «The establishment of December 25 evolved not from biblical precedent,» says The Christmas Encyclopedia, «but from pagan Roman festivals held at year's end,» about the time of the winter solstice in the Northern Hemisphere.
And indeed the Africans dancing around their tribal fires in the opening credits are mirrored, in Ireland, by the annual pagan festival of Lughnasa, held up in the hills, also with bonfires.