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April
1-7 /
Holy Week
Holy
Week in Christianity
is the last week of Lent
and the week before Easter.
It includes the religious
holidays of Palm
Sunday, Maundy
Thursday (Holy Thursday)
and Good
Friday, and lasts from
Palm Sunday (or in the
Eastern, Lazarus
Saturday) until but not
including Easter
Sunday, as Easter Sunday
is the first day of the new
season of The
Great Fifty Days. It
commemorates the last week
of the earthly life of Jesus
Christ culminating in
his crucifixion on Good
Friday and his resurrection
on Easter Sunday.
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May
18 /
First Communion Mass
First
Communion is traditionally
an important festive
occasion for Roman Catholic
families. Also, Holy
Communion is the second
sacrament of the seven.
Traditions
surrounding First Communion
usually include large family
gatherings and parties to
celebrate the event and
special clothing is usually
worn. The clothing is often
white to symbolize purity.
Girls often wear fancy
dresses and a veil
attached to a headdress, as
well as either long or short
white gloves.
In other communities girls
commonly wear dresses passed
down to them from sisters or
mothers, or even simply
their school uniforms plus
the veiled headdress and
gloves.
In
many Latin
America countries, boys
wear military-style dress
uniforms with gold
braid aiguilettes.
In Switzerland
and Luxembourg,
both boys and girls wear
plain white robes with brown
wooden crosses
around their necks.
In
Scotland,
boys traditionally wear kilts
and other traditional
Scottish dress which
accompany the kilt.
Gifts
of a religious nature are
usually given, such as rosaries,
prayer
books, in addition to
religious statues and icons.
Gifts of cash are also
common.
Many
families have formal
professional photographs
taken in addition to candid snapshots
in order to commemorate the
event.
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May
28 /
Memorial Day
Memorial
Day is a United States
federal holiday observed on
the last Monday of May (May
28 in 2012). Formerly known
as Decoration Day, it
commemorates U.S. soldiers
who died while in the
military service. First
enacted to honor Union
soldiers of the American
Civil War - it was extended
after World War I to honor
Americans who have died in
all wars. In the United
States, Memorial Day marks
the start of the summer
vacation season, and Labor
Day marks its end.
Begun
as a ritual of remembrance
and reconciliation after the
Civil War, by the early 20th
century, Memorial Day was an
occasion for more general
expressions of memory, as
ordinary people visited the
graves of their deceased
relatives, whether they had
served in the military or
not. It also became a long
weekend increasingly devoted
to shopping, family
get-togethers, fireworks,
trips to the beach, and
national media events such
as the Indianapolis 500 auto
race, held since 1911 on
Memorial Day.
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Harvest
Festival,
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Fireworks,
Book
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