Carnival
Brazilian evangelical Christians disrupt pre-Lenten partying with ‘Gospel Carnival’
By Eduardo Campos Lima — February 19, 2024
SÃO PAOLO (RNS) — Once content to avoid Carnival's excesses, evangelicals, who make up about 30% of Brazil's population, have a new strategy, working to short-circuit the festival with displays of Christian faith.
Purim spiels: Skits and satire have brought merriment to an ancient Jewish holiday in America
By Zev Eleff — March 14, 2022
(The Conversation) — The Jewish holiday of Purim, being celebrated on March 17 this year, has an interesting tradition of satirizing life in yeshivas.
Once the excess before a Lenten fast, today’s Carnevale is rite for many traditions
By Tara Isabella Burton — February 25, 2020
(RNS) — In an age of spiritual uncertainty, more and more of us are finding our spiritual 'tribes' within existing religious traditions, be they pagan nature worship or medieval Catholicism.
Jews and Muslims invited to celebrate Carnival in Germany
By Tom Heneghan — February 13, 2018
(RNS) — The age-old Christian background to the festivities is mostly forgotten, but religion came up in a new way this year as organizers faced an interesting question. Can Jews and Muslims join in the merrymaking?
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