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121Christian views on alcohol — Jesus making wine from water in The Marriage at Cana, a 14th century fresco from the Visoki Dečani monastery. Christian views on alcohol are varied. Throughout the first 1,800 years of church history, Christians consumed alcoholic beverages as …
122National Holiday (Quebec) — Quebec s National Holiday Fête nationale du Québec Fête nationale parade, Montreal, June 24, 2006 Also called La Saint Jean, Fête de la Saint Jean Baptiste Obse …
123Sir Gawain and the Green Knight — is a late 14th century Middle English alliterative romance outlining an adventure of Sir Gawain, a knight of King Arthur s Round Table. In the tale, Sir Gawain accepts a challenge from a mysterious warrior who is completely green, from his… …
124Thai Pongal — For the dish, see Pongal (dish). Thai Pongal Observed by Tamils Type Festival, Tamilnadu, India, Northern Province, Sri Lanka …
125African Rite — In the history of Christianity, the African Rite refers to a now defunct Catholic, Western liturgical rite, and is considered a development or possibly a local use of the primitive Roman Rite. It used the Latin language. The African Rite may be… …
126Kalevala (synopses) — The Kalevala is considered the national epic of Finland. It was compiled and edited by Elias Lönnrot while he was a district health officer in (then under the governance of Russia) eastern Finland. The poem consists of 50 runos or cantos and… …
127SCROLL OF ESTHER — (Heb. מְגִלַּת אֶסְתֵּר, Megillat Ester), the festal scroll of purim , the only one of the Five Scrolls to bear the title megillah as part of its traditional name (see scrolls , the Five). The Scroll of Esther tells the story of the salvation of… …
128Forensic entomology — is the application and study of insect and other arthropod biology to criminal matters. Forensic entomology is primarily associated with death investigations however it may also be used to detect drugs and poisons, determine the location of an… …
