Celebrations of Light

This celebration of light occurs on the 25th day of the month Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar.

• Christmas Day

• Hanukkah

• Rosh Hashanah

• Purim

The celebration called Yule, historically observed by Germanic peoples, occurs around which astronomical event?

• Spring equinox

• Halley's comet

• Winter solstice

• Solar eclipse

The five-day celebration of Diwali, occurring after the end of the harvest season and symbolizing the victory of light over darkness, is a major festival in which religion below?

• Buddhism

• Shinto

• Christianity

• Hinduism

St. Lucia's Day, during which young women wear a wreath of candles, is often celebrated in which country listed below?

• Sweden

• Suriname

• South Africa

• Samoa

The Filipino ornamental lantern, often star-shaped, that is displayed during the Christmas season and the Giant Lantern Festival is called a ...

• parasol

• parol

• petrol

• patrol

The festival of Obon, which includes using fire to guide ancestors back to the spirit world, is celebrated in which country?

• Cameroon

• Brazil

• Japan

• New Zealand

Las Posadas, celebrated chiefly in Latin America, involves a procession (led by a person bearing a candle) re-enacting Mary's search for shelter in the Christian Nativity story. For how many nights does this tradition last?

• 4

• 8

• 9

• 12

Loi Krathong is a festival in Thailand in which floating baskets called krathong are made to carry incense, food, and a candle. Where do celebrants usually float these krathong?

• rivers

• the ocean

• bowls of water

• rain barrels

What is the name of the celebration of African-American culture that starts on December 26th and includes the lighting of seven candles, each representing a principle of African heritage?

• Proclamation Day

• The Feast of St. Stephen

• Boxing Day

• Kwanzaa

The Freetown Lantern Parade is a festival of floats and lanterns in Sierra Leone that originally marked Eid ul-Fitr, the end of the Muslim month of...

• Rajab

• Shawwal

• Ramadan

• Safar