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Junior Worldmark encyclopedia of world holidays / Robert H. Griffin and Ann H. Shurgin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Griffin, Robert H., 1951- Author.
- Series:
- Gale eBooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Holidays--Encyclopedias, Juvenile.
- Holidays.
- Festivals--Encyclopedias, Juvenile.
- Festivals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (4 volumes) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Detroit, Mich. : UXL, 2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Alphabetically arranged entries provide descriptions of celebrations around the world of some thirty holidays and festivals, including national and cultural holidays, such as Independence day and New Year's Day, which are commemorated on different days for different reasons in a number of countries.
- Contents:
- v. 1. Buddha's birthday, Carnival, Christmas
- v. 2. Easter, Halloween and festivals of the dead
- v. 3. Hanukkah, Independence Day, Kwanzaa
- v. 4. New Year, Ramadan and Id Al-Fitr, Thanksgiving and harvest festivals.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9780787693084
- 0787693081
- OCLC:
- 62164414
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