Uma característica fundamental de muitas religiões importantes são seus feriados e festivais. Os alunos podem usar um mapa de aranha para ilustrar e descrever os principais feriados de uma religião mundial. Este storyboard enfoca os feriados budistas.
Storyboard Tekst
During the Full Moon! During the Full Moon!
Calendário Lunar
BUDDHA DIA / V ESAK
May
BUDISTA ANO NOVO
Like most Asian traditions, Buddhists follow a lunar calendar. Every month in the lunar calendar begins when there is a new moon and each month lasts 29-30 days. Each Buddhist year is about 10 days shorter than the Western year. The important days of the month for Buddhists are days when there is a full moon or a new moon.
O principal festival do ano é o Dia do Buda, Wesak ou Vesak. É uma celebração do nascimento, iluminação e morte do Buda. As casas são decoradas com lanternas e bandeiras coloridas. Os budistas visitam seus templos locais para serviços e ensinamentos, e dão ofertas aos monges.
New Year is a time for meditation, self reflection, and finding ways to improve oneself. It also includes cleaning and decorating the home and giving gifts for good luck. Many Buddhists observe the Chinese New Year celebration, however others may celebrate on a different day. It is dependent on the country and the sect of Buddhism.
DHARMA DIA
July
FERIADOS BUDISTAS IMPORTANTES
Parinirvana DIA
February
Dharma Day is celebrated in by Theravada Buddhists on the full moon day of July. It marks the beginning of the Buddha's teaching. Soon after the Buddha's enlightenment, he went to find his disciples and tell them about his experience.
Parinirvana Day, or Nirvana Day, commemorates the day when the Buddha died and achieved Parinirvana (complete Nirvana). It is said that when Buddha was 81 years old, he knew that the time had come for him to die, so he lay down and died peacefully beneath the same Bodhi tree where he first reached enlightenment. It is observed in February.