I spend a lot of time focusing on bizarre and strange days of observation that we could do without… and that’s all fun and good, however, there are a lot of OTHER holidays of great significance to people all over the world that I’ve been ignoring.
For the most part American’s have no idea what a lot of these other religious and cultural holidays are really about… and back when I took a comparative religion class in college, I discovered a lot of curious similarities between my Catholic/Christian upbringing and cultures that seemed so different on the surface.
So, periodically, I’m going to profile a religious and/or cultural day of significance… and don’t focus so much on the practice of the holidays… because culturally, the practice is going to look and feel very different. I want you to focus on the similarities of the themes we are celebrating… because half a world away might not be a different as you think.
1 comment:
Hi,
Nice you mentioned the festival in your blog. Your President is also celebrating it with us here in India.
A very Happy Diwali to you and your family :)
Cheers,
Nitika
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