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Loosely translated as Wednesday Light, from the word sur, which means light in Persian, or more plausibly, consider sur to be a variant of sorkh (red) and take it to refer either to the fire itself or to the ruddiness (sorkhi), meaning good health or ripeness, supposedly obtained by jumping over it, is an ancient Iranian festival dating back to ...
Benedictine monks preparing to light the Christ candle prior to Easter Vigil mass, Morristown, New Jersey. Easter fires, also called Paschal fires, [1] are typically bonfires lit at Easter as part of liturgical and cultural celebrations.
See also References A amadou Main article: amadou A spongy, flammable substance prepared from bracket fungi. arson Main article: arson The crime of intentionally or maliciously lighting structures, wildland areas, cars or other property on fire. It is the deliberate setting of fires for personal, monetary or political gain. auto reignition Main article: Auto reignition A process used in gas ...
Holi is known as the Festival of Colors. It’s an important holiday for Indian and South Asian communities, celebrated by throwing colored powder, lighting bonfires and having water gun fights.
The Spanish word was derived from Latin luminare meaning a light source generally, or in a religious context, "a light, lamp, burned in the Jewish temple and in Christian churches". [12] In colonial New Mexico, both terms were used to refer to a small bonfire. Luminaria as a loanword in English was first attested in the 1930s. [1]
Israeli boys collect wood for a Lag BaOmer bonfire. A wood pile awaiting Lag BaOmer celebration. The most well-known custom of Lag BaOmer is the lighting of bonfires. The custom may originate in symbolizing the "spiritual light" brought in to the world by Simeon ben Yochai. [24]
Guy Fawkes masks have proved popular and some of the more quirky bonfire societies have replaced the Guy with effigies of celebrities in the news—including Lance Armstrong and Mario Balotelli—and even politicians. The emphasis has moved. The bonfire with a Guy on top—indeed the whole story of the Gunpowder Plot—has been marginalised.
Northern Ireland’s annual Twelfth of July festival began on Monday, July 11, with unionists lighting large bonfires laden with Irish flags, European Union (EU) flags, images of local nationalist ...