May 6 Akshaya-tritiya (Immortal Third)

Posted by ksozenbe in Jainism on 29. Apr, 2011 | Comments Off

Akshaya-tritiya   (Jainism) Akshaya-tritiya (Immortal Third) celebrates the day when Lord Rishabba broke his first year-long fast by drinking sugar cane juice.

May 1 Yom HaShoah

Posted by ksozenbe in Judaism on 29. Apr, 2011 | Comments Off

Yom HaShoah   (Judaism) Yom HaShoah is held in memory of the six million Jews who died as victims of Nazi atrocities (World War II).

May 1 Beltane

Posted by ksozenbe in Wiccan on 29. Apr, 2011 | Comments Off

Beltane   (Wicca) Beltane (also called Beltain, May Eve {April 29} and May Day) celebrates the conjoining of the infinaite potential of the Goddess with the life-sparking energy of the God in a sacred marriage, the basis of all creation.  It is a time for balancing the feminine and masculine tides within the psyche as each celebrant [...]

April 30 to May 4 Ghambar Maidyozarem

Posted by ksozenbe in Zoroastrianism on 22. Apr, 2011 | Comments Off

Ghambar Maidyozarem   (Zoroastrianism) Ghambar Maidyozarem celebrated wthe cration of sky and the harvesting of the winter crop.