Festival of lights offers hope on darkest day of year
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- Festival of lights offers hope on darkest day of year
- Datebook: London Mustique and Providence
- International theatre festival from Dec. 22
- Bay Shore to host a winter festival
Festival of lights offers hope on darkest day of year
Deseret News UT
The best way he said is “through the path of faith — having faith that God knows what our needs are what our deficiencies are and just as God has been providing abundantly until now without a doubt God will continue doing so. “It’s at times of a crunch where it becomes incumbent for adults who are parents and leaders of children and communities that we not let despair panic overreaction or desperation kick in and take over and that we remain faithful in our beliefs. Story continues below Though the eight-day “festival of lights” as it is known coincides this year with the week of Christmas the emphasis is “totally not on material gifts” the rabbi said. While individual traditions around gift-giving during Hanukkah vary by family Rabbi Zippel said the holiday emphasis is on “the predominance of light over darkness of goodness over evil of selflessness over selfishness. “The material gifts are sort of a side issue but definitely not at the core of the holiday. Though many Jews consider Hanukkah a “minor holiday” the celebration in a typical Jewish home begins with lighting the menorah on Sunday night lighting two candles the following night three on the third night and so on through the eight-day celebration. More than simply tradition “it’s a message to our children that complacency when it comes to spiritual fulfillment is something that’s definitely not a good trait” he said.
Datebook: London Mustique and Providence
New York Times United States
VINCENT AND THE GRENADINESIt’s hard to imagine having the blues on a private Caribbean island but hearing the blues is what the Mustique Blues Festival Jan. Held at Basil’s Bar and Restaurant since 1995 this intimate festival is scheduled this year to include the singers Dana Gillespie Ian Siegal and Ronnie Jones. n Sundays the festival has a family- friendly sunset show and on Wednesdays there is a buffet.
International theatre festival from Dec. 22
Hindu India
22Thrissur (PTI): A ten-day long International Theatre Festival of Kerala would commence here on December 22 Kerala Sahithya Nataka Academi Chairman and prominent actor Murali said here on Saturday. The festival is jointly organised by the Cultural Department KSNA Murali told reporters here. Six drama troupes from Nepal Pakistan China Iran Bangladesh and Sri Lanka would be staging “Agniko Katha” “Bullha” “Lotus Lantern” “The monkey king” “The Intoxicated Noble Concubine” and “Lian Jin Feng” “Jacosta” “Rarang” and “Sinhabahu” respectively. In all about 120 foreign artists would be participating in the event he added. In addition four Indian plays like “Paari Padukalam “(tamil) “Aatmahathya” (marathi) “Duhsamay” (bengali) and “Mudrarakashasam” (malayalam) would also be staged as part of the festival.
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Bay Shore to host a winter festival
Newsday NY
The town received $23000 in corporate donations for the festival and used $16000 in parks department funds to help purchase a portable skating rink. The town also acquired a snow machine. Nolan said he hopes to take the rink on the road hosting “Winter by the Bay” in a different hamlet each year. Cablevision which owns Newsday is the festival’s primary sponsor. The Rinx of Hauppauge will provide skates and Zamboni shavings which will be piled into a sledding mound dubbed “Peppermint Hill.
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