Festivals & Customs form various Religious Flashcards
What is the main festival celebrated by the Hindus?
Diwali
What does the word Diwali mean?
Row of Lights
What do the Hindus do during this festival?
They put up rows of lights in their homes and temples
What is the symbolism behind Diwali?
The lamps give out rays of light
The light drives out darkness
Good drives out evil
Name 4 special activities Hindus do during Diwali?
- They try to make friends again with who they quarrelled
- They give each other presents
- They share meals
- They sing and dance
Which religion celebrates Ramadan?
The Muslims
What do you call the religion of the Muslims?
Islam
What do the Muslims call God?
Allah
Who is the special teacher that the Muslims follow?
Muhammed
What happens during Ramadan?
Adults fast
What does it mean to fast during Ramadan?
When adults do not eat from sunrise to sunset
What do you call the celebration at the end of Ramadan?
Eid-ul-Fitr
The short name is Eid
What is the name of the holy book of the Muslims?
the Qur’ an
What are some of the activities that Muslims do on Eid?
Visit friends and relatives Wear their best clothes Give to the poor Eats special food Children get presents and sweets They send Eid cards to friends
When is a Jewish boys circumcised?
8 days after he is born
Who performs the circumcision?
a Mohel
What is the boy given at his circumcision?
A Hebrew name
When will he use this name?
At his bar mitzvah
At his wedding
On his gravestone
What happens to a boy when he turns 13?
Be becomes BAR MITZVAH
What does Bar Mitzvah mean?
Son of the Commandment
When is the Bar Mitzvah?
On the 1st Sabbath after his 13th birthday
How is the Bar Mitzvah celebrated?
He reads from the scroll of the Torah in a synagogue for the first time
They they have a party
What happens to girls when they turn 12?
She is considered BAT MITZVAH
Meaning : Daughter of the Commandment
There is a party
What is the Jewish New Year called?
Rosh Hashana
Do they Jews have a party to celebrate it?
No it is a serious time
What do they do during Rosh Hashanah?
They think about how they have lived
When is Rosh Hashanah celebrated?
End of Sept or beginning Oct
Rosh Hashanah is the first day of…..?
The Ten Days of Atonement
What is one of the foods that the Jews eat at Rosh Hashanah?
Apple dipped in hone
What is Yom Kippur?
The last day of the Tend days of Atonement
What does Yom Kippur mean?
Day of Atonement
What happens in the synagogue on Yom Kippur?
The curtains in front of the Ark are replaced with white material
What is the Ark?
A special cupboard where the Torah is kept
What is the Torah?
The Jewish Holy Book
What do you call the preacher in the Jewish religion?
The Rabbi
Why do the Jews blow on the shofar during Yom Kippur?
To call on God to be merciful
True or false?
At the end of Yom Kippur families get together and have a big party
False
They have a light meal to break the fast
True or false?
When Muslims get married they just decide it amongst themselves?
False
Their families must agree
What is the name of the “church” where Muslims go to pray?
A Mosque
What does the groom do at the Muslim wedding?
Hands over a marriage gift wrapped in linen cloth to te bride’s father and her uncles
What is a Muslim marriage called?
Nikah
What language is spoken during th Nikah?
Arabic
True or false?
The groom gives the bride a ring?
True
What does Atonement mean?
To make good what you did wrong
