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VII. Read the text and write True or False after each statement.
Among many religions, a feast is a set of celebrations in honour of Gods or God. A
feast and a festival are historically interchangeable. Most religions have festivals that
recur annually and some, such as Passover, Easter and Eid al-Adha are moveable feasts
- that is, those that are determined either by lunar or agricultural cycles or the calen-
dar in use at the time. The Sed festival, for example, celebrated the thirtieth year of an
Egyptian pharaoh's rule and then every three (or four in one case) years after that.
In the Christian liturgical calendar, there are two principal feasts, properly known
as the Feast of the Nativity of our Lord (Christmas) and the Feast of the Resurrection,
(Easter). In the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Anglican liturgical calendars there
are a great number of lesser feasts throughout the year commemorating saints, sacred
events or doctrines.
Buddhist religious festivals, such as Esala Perahera are held in Sri Lanka and Thai-
land. Hindu festivals, such as Holi are very ancient. The Sikh community celebrates the
Vaisakhi festival marking the new year and birth of the Khalsa.
1. Most religions in the world have festivals every year.
2. The celebration day of some festivals is determined by
lunar calendar.
3. The Sed festival is always held after every four years.
4. Christmas and Easter are not the Christian principal feasts.
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