Held at Zuni pueblo (New Mexico). Celebrates the end of the old and the beginning of the New Year and blesses the houses of the Pueblo erected during the year.
Celebrates the creation of animals. Zoroastrians are encouraged to remember their practice of the equitable sharing of food during this observance.
A six-day curative rite in which false faces visit houses. Old fires are extinguished, and new fires are lit.
Signifying the end of the 12 days of Christmas, Epiphany celebrates the visit of the Three Kings to the infant Jesus as the occasion of the manifestation of the Christ to the gentiles. The day is especially important in Latino/a cultures and in Orthodox churches.
Commemorates the baptism of Jesus and the manifestation of the Trinity. The day is especially important in Latino/a cultures and in Orthodox churches. The Armenian Orthodox Church celebrates the nativity and theophany together.
Celebrates the anniversary of the birth (nativity) of Jesus. Dec. 25 is the date of this observance for Roman Catholic, Protestant, and many Orthodox Christian churches. In some Orthodox churches, Christmas falls on January 7.
Commemorates the ascension (al-Mi’raj) of the Prophet to heaven following his night journey (al-Isra’) from Mecca to Jerusalem and his return the same night.
Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Ji (1666–1708). The 10th and final Sikhmaster, he created the Khalsa, the “Brotherhood of the Pure,” and declared the Scriptures, the Adi ’Granth, to be the Sikh’s Guru from that time on.