![]() ![]() ![]() Young readers will undoubtedly have a lot of fun making their own Chinese New Year Lanterns and Spring Kites, growing their own sabzeh (a pot of wheat or barley, associated with Nowruz), or cooking their own Easter eggs or Charoset (a dish associated with Passover). ![]() So too do the holidays of Passover and Easter (as well as the pagan Eostre for which the latter was named), not to mention the astonishing visual feat associated with the Mayan pyramid El Castillo, at Chichen Itza, where, on the day of the Spring Equinox, the afternoon sun creates the appearance of a snake moving down the pyramid.Īn informative overview of cultural practices associated with the Spring, A New Beginning also includes related crafts and recipes at the back. The Chinese New Year festival, which welcomes the spring and marks the beginning of a new year, two months after the Winter Solstice the Persian No Ruz (Nowruz), or New Year, which coincides with the equinox Holi, the Hindu Festival of Colors and the Russian Maslenitsa, or Pancake Week - all make an appearance. Wendy Pfeffer - who, with the publication of The Longest Day: Celebrating the Summer Solstice earlier this month, now has a book devoted to each of the four major dates in the solar year: the vernal and autumnal equinoxes, winter and summer solstices - explores the Spring Equinox in A New Beginning, highlighting some of the many cultural celebrations tied to this time of year. ![]()
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