Author: James von Geldern
Publisher: University of California Press
Keywords: society, culture, history, studies, festivals, bolshevik
Number of Pages: 316
Published: 1993-05-20
List price: $48.00
ISBN-10: 0520076907
ISBN-13: 9780520076907

In the early years of the USSR, socialist festivalsevents entailing enormous expense and the deployment of thousands of people were inaugurated by the Bolsheviks. Avant-garde canvases decorated the streets, workers marched, and elaborate mass spectacles were staged. Why, with a civil war raging and an economy in ruins, did the regime sponsor such spectacles? In this first comprehensive investigation of the way festivals helped build a new political culture, James von Geldern examines the mass spectacles that captured the Bolsheviks’ historical vision. Spectacle di

Author: Cath Senker
Publisher: PowerKids Press
Keywords: year, festivals, religious, muslim
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2007-09-30
List price: $23.95
ISBN-10: 1404237283
ISBN-13: 9781404237285

This book moves chronologically through the calendar year and looks at the typical events, customs and celebrations celebrated by Muslim children. Festivals such as Ashura and Lailat ul-Miraj, and personal customs such as Ramadan are explored through the use of religious articles, books, buildings, symbols and food. Look inside nine-year-old Nayaab’s diary to read what it’s like to be at each event. This book links to the following units in the DfES Scemes of Work: What does it mean to belong? (Year 1, looking at religious symbols, clothes, buildings and festivals), Beliefs and pra

Author: Cath Senker
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Keywords: year, festivals, religious, muslim
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2004-08-01
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 0750240539
ISBN-13: 9780750240536

This book moves chronologically through the calendar year and looks at the typical events, customs, and celebrations celebrated by Muslim children. Festivals such as Ashura and Lailat ul-Miraj, and personal customs such as Ramadan are explored through the use of religious articles, books, buildings, symbols, and food. Look inside nine-year-old Nayaab’s diary to read what it’s like to be at each event.

Authors:David Rose, Gill Rose,
Publisher: Evans Brothers Ltd
Keywords: festivals, world, passover
Number of Pages: 32
Published: 2004-11-12
List price: $12.40
ISBN-10: 0237528614
ISBN-13: 9780237528614

World of Festivals retells the stories and legends which are central to the origins of each festival. Also examined are the historical, cultural and religious importance of each festival, studied through all the features associated with it, such as religious costume and ceremonies.

Authors:E. Rosenberg, Ehud Rosenberg,
Publisher: Feldheim Pub
Keywords: festivals, sabbath, cooking, laws
Number of Pages: 76
Published: 1986-05
List price: $11.99
ISBN-10: 1583300945
ISBN-13: 9781583300947

A quick guide to the laws of cooking in a unique, illustrated format, based on ’Shemirath Shabbath Kehilchathah. ’

Author: Maria Arango
Publisher: Lulu.com
Keywords: art, guide, festivals, selling, artist, festival
Number of Pages: 212
Published: 2007-02-08
List price: $22.90
ISBN-10: 1430319763
ISBN-13: 9781430319764

Making a living as an artist, the brave way! Entertaining and thorough account on how to launch a career as an art festival artist. A book for brave artists who embark on the treacherous and most wonderful adventure of selling artful creations in art festivals and generally directly to the public. What you will need, how to choose shows, sales at the booth, marketing and promotion, setting goals for continued success, display tips, tricks of the trade, staying healthy and much more.

Author: Wendy J. Raschke
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Keywords: olympics, studies, classics, wisconsin, antiquity, festivals, archaeology
Number of Pages: 328
Published: 2002-03-30
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0299113345
ISBN-13: 9780299113346

"The Olympic Games went on for more than a thousand years, and all over the Greek world there were more and less large and celebrated local athletic contests. . . . [This] collection of essays gives a good idea of that range."—Jasper Griffin, New York Review of Books