Pancha Ganapati starts today (Dec 21)... why are you offending all our Hindu forum members by not giving them a banner?

OK, maybe vegetarianism tends to limit their participation at AR...

I work with a vegeterian who hunts deer. I don't think he lurks here but you never know. Although there tends to be a lot of vegetarians among the Hindus that I've worked with, they are allowed to eat meat as long as it isn't beef.

PS Don, I'm offended on behalf of all Hindus... in proxy

You asked for it, Here's a partial list (Jan-Mar) of holidays from the "major religions"
JANUARY 2006
1
Mary, Mother of God - Catholic Christian
Feast Day of St Basil - Orthodox Christian
Shogatsu/Gantan-sai (New Years) - Shinto
5
Twelfth Night - Christian
Guru Gobindh Singh birthday - Sikh
6
Epiphany - Christian
Feast of the Epiphany (Theophany) - Orthodox Christian
Dia de los Reyes (Three Kings Day) - Christian
7
Feast of the Nativity - Orthodox Christian
8
Baptism of the Lord Jesus - Christian
Waqf al Arafa - Islam
Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic Christian
10
Eid al Adha - Islam
13
Maghi - Sikh
14
Mahayana Buddhist New Year - Buddhist
Makar Sankranti ** - Hindu
15
World Religion Day - Baha'i
17
Blessing of the Animals - Hispanic Catholic Christian
18-25
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity - Christian
25
Conversion of St. Paul - Christian
29
Chinese New Year - Confucian/Daoist/Buddhist
31
Hijra - New Year - Islam


FEBRUARY 2006
2
Vasant Panchami ** - Hindu
Candlemas - Presentation of Christ in the Temple - Christian
Imbolc * - Wicca/Neo Pagan northern hemisphere
Lughnassadh * - Wicca/Neo Pagan southern hemisphere
3
St. Blaze Day - Christian
Setsebun (beginning of spring) - Shinto
5
Four Chaplains Sunday - Interfaith
9
Ashura - Islam
12
Triodion - Orthodox Christian
13
Tu B'shvat * - Jewish
14
St. Valentine's Day - Christian
15
Nirvana Day ** - Buddhist
26
Meat Fare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
Transfiguration Sunday - Christian
Maha Shivaratri ** - Hindu
28
Shrove Tuesday - Christian
Definitions

MARCH 2006
1
Ash Wednesday - Christian
Lent begins - ends April 8 - Christian
St. David of Wales - Christian
5
Cheesefare Sunday - Orthodox Christian
6
Lent begins (Clean Monday) - Orthodox Christian
12
Orthodox Sunday - Orthodox Christian
14
Purim * - Jewish
Magha Puja Day ** - Buddhist
Holi ** - Hindu
15
Hola Mohalla - Sikh
17
St Patrick's Day - Christian
21
Norooz (New Year) - Persian/Zoroastrian
Naw-Rúz (New Year)- Baha'i
Ostara * - Wicca/Neo Pagan northern hemisphere
Mabon * - Wicca/Neo Pagan southern hemisphere
25
Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary - Christian
26
Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranthushtra) Zoroastrian
30
Hindi New Year ** - Hindu
Ramayana begins (to April 6) ** -Hindu

Here are the rest for 2006. I expect, no demand, that we have banners for all of these also.

http://www.interfaithcalendar.org/2006.htm

Frank, Don loves making banners... he's a happy man now!

And if he doesn't make banners for all I'm offended in advance. Gotta run, I'm puttin up the Festivus Pole...

Looks like I'm not the only one who had an unproductive day at work yesterday. I think that I'll leave my festivus pole up all year long and decorate it with post it notes documenting the ways everyone has disapointed me. What day do we get our festivus banner anyway?

Not sure, but I'll wrestle ya for a date...

Apparently it's the 23rd no need to wrestle. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festivus

quote:

Originally posted by Brad:
Frank, Don loves making banners... he's a happy man now!

I've decided to only put up banners that create controversy.

No Christmas, No Hannukah.

So, let's see Kwanza should be the next.

(JUST KIDDING@!!!!!!!! before the hate posts start).

Thanks for the list.

Lost of options there.

Don

Hey Don... my birthday falls on the Summer Solstice (June 21)... how bout a two-fer...

I dunno Don, Kwanza may be a fun one ...

I don't have a problem with Kwanza in theory ... but I do take some issues with the guy who started it all. I don't remember his name, but wasn't he convicted on racism, and even torture charges?