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... festivals are the New Year festival Shōgatsu gyōji , and the Bon festival ; the former is per- formed in a Shinto manner , the latter in a Buddhist man- ner . But both are said to have originated from agricul- tural rites mixed with ...
... festivals are the New Year festival Shōgatsu gyōji , and the Bon festival ; the former is per- formed in a Shinto manner , the latter in a Buddhist man- ner . But both are said to have originated from agricul- tural rites mixed with ...
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... festival observances . Creative physical ac- tivity ceases on the sabbath as it did , according to Gene- sis , when the Creation was completed ; Jews leave their homes and reside in booths during the Sukkot festival as did their ...
... festival observances . Creative physical ac- tivity ceases on the sabbath as it did , according to Gene- sis , when the Creation was completed ; Jews leave their homes and reside in booths during the Sukkot festival as did their ...
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... festival marking the wheat harvest , Shavuot commemorates the revelation of the Torah at Sinai . Shavuot ( " weeks " ) takes its name from the seven weeks of grain harvest separating Passover and Shavuot . The festival is also called ...
... festival marking the wheat harvest , Shavuot commemorates the revelation of the Torah at Sinai . Shavuot ( " weeks " ) takes its name from the seven weeks of grain harvest separating Passover and Shavuot . The festival is also called ...
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