I've never met any Christian who celebrated this woman's death. She's mostly set aside in Christianity except for maybe Catholics, and I don't think even they celebrate this? Time for Grok haha.
In Hinduism the death we celebrate is the death of the evil man, Ravana, who abducted the goddess Mother Sita and wanted to marry her. Lord Ram later killed the Ravana, and rescued Sita(his wife). We celebrate this day as Dussehra, that usually comes in month of October.
@ABCDEF7 the church bells ring very slow, in some places they take the picture of Virgin Mary decorated with flowers and they walk around the streets, people following, chanting. Then later everyone celebrates with gathering in families, foods, etc
Here we have the tradition that we celebrate also the name we are given. So for each name there is a day to celebrate. And during this day, all Marias are celebrated, also Despoina and Panagiota (less popular names) but half the population is named Maria ahah so every family has a celebration.
@Babal is connected to some ancient local Greek celebrations... Christianity had to adjust to different countries, depending on the local traditions I suppose..:)
@Babal yes of course, it's like Muslims in Malaysia differ from Muslims in Turkey that differ from Muslims in Arab world. It is natural and makes sense
@Boeing sounds wonderfully fresh and tasty. We have art on the green where many local artists bring their unique one of a kind art projects to sell or share with others. And the infinite wisdom of our municipality says if you don't mass produce your creations and sell them at super expensive prices, you aren't welcome to display your art
I love Libera ! I was Catholic and while the Virgin was revered and celebrated, I don’t recall ever celebrating her death…possibly the day was called something else here.
@0uijaFinger btw I took into consideration the story you brought about that cousin ? artist who got into programs around the world and am looking at some new stuff - thnx
