Festival of Lights
English edit
Etymology edit
From the importance of candles or light during the celebrations.
Proper noun edit
- (Judaism) Hanukkah.
- 1996, Jewish Life and Thought among Greeks and Romans: Primary Readings:
- […] celebration of Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights[.]
- 2012, Chicken Soup for the Jewish Soul, →ISBN:
- One of our more Judaically advanced cellmates gave us insightful lessons about the laws and customs of the Festival of Lights.
- (Hinduism) Divali.
- 2000, Meenal Pandya, Here Comes Diwali: The Festival of Lights:
- 2001, Elizabeth A. Raum., Every Day a Holiday:
- Invite a practicing Hindu from your community to speak about the Festival of Lights.
- 2008, Dianne M. MacMillan, Diwali: Hindu Festival of Lights:
- (Myanmar) The Thadingyut Festival.
- 2005, The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre, volume 5: Asia/Pacific, →ISBN:
- The two most important holidays are the Burmese New Year or Water Festival (Thingyan) celebrated in April and the Festival of Lights (Thadingyut) celebrated in October.
See also edit
References edit
- "Festival of Lights" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.