This page groups holidays by how far back their own place in the calendar reaches. Wikipedia notes that on Roman calendars "festivals that appear in large capital letters (such as the Lupercalia and Parilia) are thought to have been the most ancient holidays, becoming part of the calendar before 509 BC." Browsing by origin era lets a visitor compare how old one holiday is against another.
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What Defines This GroupingDays and seasons a tradition sets apart for abstention from food, drink or other pleasures as an obligation of its calendar. What is given up, and for how long, differs sharply - a daylight fast kept for a lunar month, a single day from sunset to sunset, a season of restricted diet - and a fast is not always penitential: some are mourning and some are preparation. 2 Status
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The Fasts
This group holds fasts, the days and seasons of abstinence from food, drink or other comforts, kept as acts of penitence, purification, mourning or spiritual discipline. Fasting is a widespread religious practice, from the month of Ramadan in Islam to the fast days of Judaism and Christian Lent.
The browser will find the fasts the atlas gathers. The entries describe each fast's occasion, rules and meaning, noting the tradition that keeps it.
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1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
2. Encyclopedia of Religion
Mircea Eliade (ed.); Lindsay Jones (ed., 2nd ed.), Macmillan Reference, 2005s.v. FastingView the Source Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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