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Saturnalia is an ancient Roman festival and holiday in honour of the god Saturn, held on 17 December in the Julian calendar and later expanded with festivities until 19 December. By the 1st century BC, the celebration had been extended until 23 December, for a total of seven days of festivities. [ 1 ]
In third-century Rome, its citizens celebrated the winter solstice, the mid-December festival Saturnalia for the god of Saturn and the birthday of the sun god, Sol Invictus, on December 25, per ...
Pagan Pride Day, held annually at many locations; Pagan Spirit Gathering, ongoing since 1980; Pan Pagan Festival, ongoing since 1976; Natale di Roma, a festival linked to the foundation of Rome, gained popularity over the last 20 years [2] Spring Mysteries Festival, ongoing since 1986; Sirius Rising, ongoing since 1994; Starwood Festival ...
The Wheel of the Year in the Northern Hemisphere.Some Pagans in the Southern Hemisphere advance these dates six months to coincide with their own seasons.. The Wheel of the Year is an annual cycle of seasonal festivals, observed by a range of modern pagans, marking the year's chief solar events (solstices and equinoxes) and the midpoints between them.
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The following century, from AD 274, the Roman festival Dies Natalis Solis Invicti (birthday of Sol Invictus, the 'Invincible Sun') was held on 25 December. [77] The earliest evidence of Jesus's birth being marked on 25 December is the Chronograph of 354, also called the Calendar of Filocalus.
The Napa edition of the Blue Note Jazz Festival Napa began in 2022, with a mix of hip-hop and R&B that's hosted headliners Nas, Mary J. Blige, Chance the Rapper and Maxwell.
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