This page groups holidays by what adherents actually do to keep them. Wikipedia notes that in ancient Rome "public business was suspended for the performance of religious rites on the feriae." Browsing by observance type lets a visitor compare how differently two holidays are actually kept.
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Overview
What Defines This GroupingThe days a tradition ranks above all others in its year. The English phrase is a Jewish usage for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur and the days between them; applying it to Easter, Pascha and Vesak is this classification's extension of the phrase and not those traditions' own term for their greatest days. 2 Learn More
The high holy days
This group gathers high holy days, the most sacred and solemn days of a tradition's calendar, set above ordinary festivals in importance. The term is most familiar from Judaism, where the High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur open the year in awe and repentance.
The browser will find the high holy days the atlas gathers. The entries describe each day's occasion, observance and meaning, noting the tradition to which it belongs.
Observance Type
Sources
1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
2. The Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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