MessageToEagle.com – Have you ever heard of a Handsel Monday festival? Most people haven’t. It’s an old Scottish tradition celebrated on the first Monday in the New Year. After
MessageToEagle.com – On December 31, people in Scotland celebrate Hogmanay. It’s a very old tradition and the celebrations continue into the first couple of days of January. Many local
Ellen Lloyd – MessageToEagle.com – Have you ever wondered what’s behind the ancient Christmas tradition and the true meaning of candy canes? Due to the J-shape, many people
MessageToEagle.com – Picturesque and exotic, with their crowns and camels, the three kings regularly appear on Christmas cards and in nativity scenes. But how much is original, and how
MessageToEagle.com – As Christmas draws near, the now typical jokes pile up on social media. Jesus is commended for having a “stable upbringing”. The three wise men fret: “We’re
Ellen Lloyd – MessageToEagle.com – There are many different kinds of winter solstice celebrations across the world. The Hopi Indians of Northern Arizona celebrate Soyal and welcome the Kachinas,
MessageToEagle.com – Though it may seem as if Halloween is a modern con trick designed to get us spending our hard-earned cash on an American celebration, this is not
MessageToEagle.com – It is said that some hundred years ago, people on Jamaica believed the powers of so-called “Shadow Killers”. These were witches, wizards who spread terror by practicing
MessageToEagle.com – Many early European settlers in America were convinced that Native Americans had no religion but the opposite was true. In fact, Native Americans were very religious, but
MessageToEagle.com – A Potlatch is an ancient North American Indian tradition of very generous gift giving. A Potlatch was much more than just an ordinary ceremony. Planning a Potlatch
A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – Under the city of Rome, there is a maze of long-forgotten ancient passages and temples; there are millennia-old underground burial chambers, which remember
MessageToEagle.com – The Egyptian elite was buried in a coffin placed inside another coffin – in ensembles of up to eight coffins. This was intended to ensure the
MessageToEagle.com – To improve one’s body is something modern people do all the time and it should not come as a surprise that the ancient did the same, only
MessageToEagle.com – Walpurgis Night, a traditional holiday celebrated on April 30 in northern Europe and Scandinavia. In Sweden typical holiday activities include the singing of traditional spring folk songs
MessageToEagle.com – The ancient Bayanihan tradition of the Filipino people is a true sign of good ‘community spirit’ and shows Filipinos’ concept of helping one another most especially in
MessageToEagle.com – Easter is the oldest and most important Christian holiday; it is a spring festival that celebrates Christ’s resurrection from the dead. As with other holidays, many customs
A. Sutherland – MessageToEagle.com – Ancient belief in a ‘Kitchen God’ is widespread in East Asia and China. The Vietnamese people have their own version of this beautiful story. Long,
Ellen Lloyd – MessageToEagle.com – What did ancient Greek costumes, masks and theatre look like? Theater played an important role in ancient Greece. History of the Greek theatre
MessageToEagle.com – His coming makes the children sick with anticipation and when he arrives in the dead of night, he spoils them rotten with candy and toys. If that’s
MessageToEagle.com – Wedding traditions come and go, but one wedding custom in particular dates all the way back to the 1100s – namely wedding gifts! Marrying for love
MessageToEagle.com – Hanging coffins are coffins which have been placed on cliffs and this very ancient funeral custom can be found in various locations, including China, Indonesia, and
MessageToEagle.com – Elfdalian (in Swedish: Älvdalska) is a very ancient relative of Swedish (maybe even more ‘Swedish’ than it is spoken today). Some call it a dialect but most
