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Festivals 1:1
Load the file Festival 1.
Use the Search tool to find the following festivals and sort
them into two groups.
Holi
Mothering Sunday
Valentines Day
Wesak
Rosh Hashanah
Hogmanay
Navratri
Remembrance Day
Religious Festivals
Secular Festivals
NB ‘Secular’ means ‘non-religious’
Use the Search tool again to find out the religion of the people who celebrate
the festivals.
1. Meelad ul Nadil is celebrated by __________________________________
2. Hanukah is celebrated by
3. Palm Sunday is celebrated by
4. Jaman Ashtami is celebrated by
5. Baisakhi is celebrated by
6. Which festival celebrates the tie between brothers and sisters?
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Load the file Festival 1
Use the Search tool to help you complete this crossword.
Across clues
Down clues
Send a greeting to the one you love on this The Buddhist festival of enlightenment and 10. A celebration of the birth of Krishna.
Tricks and foolery abound on this day.
11. According to Christian belief, Jesus rose
9 and 15 Across. A day for mothers everywhere.
14. This festival is celebrated by Muslims at the
12. This Christian festival is always celebrated
15. See 9 Down.
13. Rama and Sita are remembered on this day.
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Open the file Festival 1 and use the List view to find the answers to the
following questions:
Which festivals are not religious celebrations? 1 _____________________________ _____________________________
Which festivals commemorate an event in the life of Jesus? ______________ ______________ ______________ ______________ How many festivals are celebrated with special food? _______________ 4 fireworks as part of the celebration? ______________________________
Which festivals celebrate the birth of an individual important to a faith? Festival
Complete the chart by filling in the names of the festivals for 6 each of the religious groups named.
Christian
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Load the file Festivals 2. Use the Search tool to answer the following:
Who was Guru Nanak? __________________________________________ 2 people climb to a high place? _________________________________
Why do they do this? ____________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ Which festival marks the end of Succott? ___________________________ When in 1994 did Muslim people remember the night their 4 Prophet rose up to heaven, and what is the festival called?
_______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ 5 ascent of another great leader into heaven? _________________________
Which festivals are linked to a period of fasting? 6 ___________________ ___________________ ___________________
These festivals all have something in common. What is it? 7 The Lantern Festival Vaisakhi Hijri Rosh Hashanah
_______________________________________________________________ What other festival belongs with this group? ________________________ Which festivals have a link to a particular season of the year? Festivals 2:2
Look at the List view for Festivals 2.
Each of these dates has 2 different festivals associated with it.
1 What are they?
_______________________ _______________________ 27/01/1994
_______________________ _______________________ 15/02/1994
_______________________ _______________________ 14/03/1994
Each of these festivals shares the same date in 1994 with another festival.
2 What is the date and the festival?
Baisakhi
_____________ _____________________________________ Holi
_____________ _____________________________________ Candlemas _____________ _____________________________________
Are there any other festivals that share the same date in 1994? 3 _______________________________________________________________
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_______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ Click on the Graph icon.
4 Select PLACE.
Now select the bar graph style.
PLOT the graph.
How many of the celebrations are held in a church? _________________ How many celebrations are held in a temple? _______________________ How many celebrations are held in a place other than a religious building? ___________________________ Festivals 2:3
Open the List view for Festivals 2.
Sort the sheets by religion.
the number of festivalswhich occur for eachof the named groups interested in and find outhow many festivals are heldfor that faith in each month.
Calendar
FEBRUARY
SEPTEMBER
NOVEMBER
DECEMBER
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R O S H H A S H A N A H
V A L E N T I N E
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Religious Festivals — Holi,
J A M A N A S H T A M I
Secular Festivals —
E A S T E R S U N D A Y
E I D U L F I T R
1. Muslims
3. Christians
4. Hindus
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6. Raksha Bandham
1. Founder of the Sikh religion.
2. Chong Yang. In memory of Huan Ching who
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3. Simchat Torah.
1. Hogmanay, Bonfire Night,
4. Jan 9th 1994. Lailat-Un-Miraj.
5. Ascension.
2. Christmas, Easter Sunday,
6. Ramadan, Ash Wednesday, Gunia,
7. New Year. New Year’s Eve.
8. Spring — Tu B’Shevat, Setsubuns, Holi, Hola
Festival
Summer — Geshi; Autumn — Higan;
Winter — Lohri and Groundhog Day.
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1. Lailat Ul Bara’at and Tu B’Shevat;
Eid Ul Fitr and Shree Krishne Jamanashtami.
2. 13/04/1994, Vaisakhi;
6. Christian — Shrove
Harvest Thanksgiving,Christmas, Easter Sunday, 3. Setsubuns and Festival of the Kitchen God;
Mahavira Jayanti and St George’s Day;Diwali and Vira-Nirvana Hindu — Diwali, Holi,
First Sunday in Advent and Chanukah; Fourth Sunday in Advent and Karrtika-Purnima.
Raksha Bandham;
Jewish — Succott, Purim,
4. 19, 22, 17.
Pesach, Hanukah, Rosh
Hashanah;
Muslim — Eid Ul Fitr,
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Sikh — Diwali, Holi, Guru

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