Ancient Celtic Festivals & How We Celebrate Them
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Ancient Celtic Festivals & How We Celebrate Them
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SKU: 9781594772566
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People love holiday celebrations, but most of us don't know why we wear masks on Halloween or watch for the groundhog on February 2. Ancient Celtic Festivals shows us that many of our modern traditions started in northern Europe with the festivals of the ancient Celts. The Celts were a farming people, so their festivals marked the important events of the agricultural year. Imbolc, in very early spring, celebrated the birth of new lambs. Lughnasa, in late summer, the first harvest of grain. Samhain, in late fall, the end of the growing season and the beginning of winter. If we look at our modern calendar, we'll find Groundhog Day falling where Imbolc did, Halloween where the Celts celebrated Samhain, and lots of other holiday correspondences. That's because descendants of the Celts were among the first Europeans to settle in the New World, bringing their holiday traditions with them.
Ancient Celtic Festivals will help us reconnect with the natural wheel of the year by getting us outdoors to gaze at the stars, notice where the sun comes up, and look for signs of spring. And special hands-on activity pages will invite us to weave a harvest wreath, stage a spring festival, or warm up the cold depths of winter with hot spiced cider to make celebrating the seasonal holidays more fun than ever.
paperback, 9x6, 56pages, ages 9-12.
Contents:
Introduction.
Part I Who Were the Celts?.
Part II The Ancient Celtic Festivals.
Part III Modern Ways to Celebrate the Ancient Festivals.
Part IV How Natural Science Explains Ancient Traditions.
Part V Where Do Traditions and Calendars Come From?
Click here to see a PDF of sample pages from this book!
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