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| Festival , Sabbat , Treguenda |
| Festival , sabbat treguenda and religious feast are different word which describe the same thing : a special day during the year which mark a changement .There is 8 festivals which represent the wheel of year .The wheel of the years marks the changement of earth like the season .For exemple , the winter soltice which mark the day of a short time of light.Each festival have a special meaning .Rare are the pagan who don't celebrate a festival , it's an important part of the belief.The first festival is halloween , yes I say the first because halloween mark the beginning of the year .For most pagan , the new year don't begin january first but october 31. This is a question of personal choice and depend of different facotr like the family. In this section , you will find the name , the date and a description of the festival , the meaning and tradition related to it.I put it in order and it begin with the new year.Remember that theses festival are base of what our ancestor probably believe.They depend of nature to have food that's why the changement of season was important .To do a clebration and probably a ritual was important , it was a manner to say thanks to the gods for a good harvest or to understand the changement of the season.In a few pagan traditions , some festival were more important than other , that's what we call a greater sabbat , other are call lesser sabbat. |
| Halloween , Samhain , Feast of dead , Shadowfest , Martinmas , october 31 Winter soltice , Yule , Yuletide , Alban artan , december 21 Candlemas , Feast of flame , Imbolc , Lupercus , Brigid's day february 1 or 2nd Ostara , Vernal equinox , Spring equinox , Alban eiler march 21 Beltane , Walpugis , Festival of tana , Bealtime, May day april 31 and may 1 Summer soltice , Litha june 21 Lughnasad , Lammas , Feast fo bread ,August eve , Harvest festival august 1 or 2nd Automn equinox , Mabon , Harvest festival , september 21 |