Load the file Festival 1. Use the Search tool to find the following festivals and sort them into two groups.

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1 Festivals : oad the file Festival. 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.. Meelad ul Nadil is celebrated by. 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? 6

2 Festivals : oad the file Festival Use the Search tool to help you complete this crossword. Across clues 3. The Jewish New Year festival. 6. Send a greeting to the one you love on this day. 7. The name of this Jewish festival means Passover. 8. Not a religious festival but a night to remember Mr Fawkes. 0. A celebration of the birth of Krishna.. According to Christian belief, Jesus rose from the dead on this day. 4. This festival is celebrated by Muslims at the end of Ramadan. 5. See 9 Down. Down clues. This day marks the beginning of the Sikh New Year.. The Buddhist festival of enlightenment and death. 3. Those who died in two World Wars are thought about on this day. 4. At the end of winter a Hindu or a Sikh would celebrate this. 5. Tricks and foolery abound on this day. 9 and 5 Across. A day for mothers everywhere.. This Christian festival is always celebrated on a Tuesday with pancakes. 3. Rama and Sita are remembered on this day. 7

3 Festivals :3 pen the file Festival and use the ist view to find the answers to the following questions: Which festivals are not religious celebrations? Which festivals commemorate an event in the life of Jesus? How many festivals are celebrated with special food? How many festivals include fireworks as part of the celebration? _ Which festivals celebrate the birth of an individual important to a faith? Name Festival 6 Complete the chart by filling in the names of the festivals for each of the religious groups named. Christian Hindu Jew Muslim Sikh 8

4 Festivals : oad the file Festivals. Use the Search tool to answer the following: Who was Guru Nanak? n which festival day do Chinese people climb to a high place? Why do they do this? 3 4 Which festival marks the end of Succott? When in 994 did Muslim people remember the night their Prophet rose up to heaven, and what is the festival called? What other festival remembers the ascent of another great leader into heaven? Which festivals are linked to a period of fasting? These festivals all have something in common. What is it? The antern Festival Vaisakhi Hijri Rosh Hashanah 8 What other festival belongs with this group? Which festivals have a link to a particular season of the year? Spring Summer Autumn Winter 9

5 Festivals : ook at the ist view for Festivals. Each of these dates has different festivals associated with it. What are they? 7/0/994 5/0/994 4/03/994 Each of these festivals shares the same date in 994 with another festival. What is the date and the festival? Baisakhi Holi Candlemas 3 Are there any other festivals that share the same date in 994? 4 Click on the Graph icon. Select PACE. Now select the bar graph style. PT 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? 0

6 Festivals :3 pen the ist view for Festivals. Record in this circle the number of festivals which occur for each of the named groups for 994. Sort the sheets by religion. HNDU SKH THER JEWSH BUDDHST 994 CHNESE Choose a faith you are interested in and find out how many festivals are held for that faith in each month. CHRSTAN MUSM JAPANESE Fill in the calendar below. 994 Calendar JANUARY FEBRUARY MARCH APR MAY JUNE JUY AUGUST SEPTEMBER CTBER NVEMBER DECEMBER

7 Answers Festivals : Religious Festivals Holi, Mothering Sunday, Wesak, Rosh Hashanah, Navratri. Secular Festivals Valentines Day, Hogmanay, Remembrance Day.. Muslims. Jews 3. Christians 4. Hindus 5. Sikhs 6. Raksha Bandham Festivals :3. Hogmanay, Bonfire Night, Valentines Day, All Fools Day, Remembrance Day.. Christmas, Easter Sunday, Good Friday, Palm Sunday Name Haile Selassie Prophet Mohammed Guru Nanak s Birthday Krishna Jesus Festival Birthday of Haile Selassie Meelad ul Nadil Guru Nanak s Birthday Jaman Ashtami Christmas 6. Christian Shrove Tuesday, Palm Sunday, Harvest Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter Sunday, Good Friday, Mothering Sunday, St David s Day; Hindu Diwali, Holi, Navratri, Jaman Ashtami, Raksha Bandham; Jewish Succott, Purim, Pesach, Hanukah, Rosh Hashanah; Muslim Eid Ul Fitr, Meelad Ul Nadil, Eid Ul Adha; Sikh Diwali, Holi, Guru Nanak s birthday, Baisakhi. Festivals : B W RSHHASHAN V A E N T N E S M S A P E S A C H A K M K H BNF RE SU G M JAMA C T E A S T ERS H H E D U F T R R NDAY Festivals : Festivals : R A NAS HTAM V E UNDAY W A A H F S D A Y. Founder of the Sikh religion.. Chong Yang. n memory of Huan Ching who did this and avoided death. 3. Simchat Torah. 4. Jan 9th 994. ailat-un-miraj. 5. Ascension. 6. Ramadan, Ash Wednesday, Gunia, Paryushana Parva, Yom Kippur. 7. New Year. New Year s Eve. 8. Spring Tu B Shevat, Setsubuns, Holi, Hola Mohalla, Higan, Makara-Sankranki; Summer Geshi; Autumn Higan; Winter ohri and Groundhog Day.. ailat Ul Bara at and Tu B Shevat; Parinirvana and Shrove Tuesday; Eid Ul Fitr and Shree Krishne Jamanashtami.. 3/04/994, Vaisakhi; 6/03/994, Pesach; 0/0/994, Groundhog Day. 3. Setsubuns and Festival of the Kitchen God; Good Friday and April Fools Day; Mahavira Jayanti and St George s Day; Diwali and Vira-Nirvana First Sunday in Advent and Chanukah; Fourth Sunday in Advent and Karrtika-Purnima. 4. 9,, 7. Festivals :3 ther 3 Jewish 9 Chinese 7 Japanese 9 Muslim 0 Christian 3 Buddhist 6 Hindu 7 Sikh 7