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Spring equinox celebrations

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The Spring Equinox is associated with, or known as: Alban Eilir, Eostar, Eostre, Feast of Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Festival of Trees, Lady Day, NawRuz, No Ruz, Ostara, Ostra, Rites of Spring, and the Vernal Equinox.

The spring equinox:

There are two days each year when the daytime and nighttime hours are approximately equal -- each being 12 hours long. One occurs between March 19 and 21 and is called the Spring or Vernal Equinox. The other happens in September. These dates have strong ties to religious celebrations, both ancient and modern.

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A remarkable video:

Knowth.com videotaped an amazing video on the morning of 2005-MAR-23 inside of of Cairn T of the Loughcrew Megalithic Cairns. It is located about 50 miles northwest of Dublin in Ireland. They compressed a 50 minute transit across the backstone in the Cairn into a 40 second video. See: http://www.knowth.com/

Copyright © 2000 to 2007 by Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance
Originally written: 2000-FEB-23
Latest update: 2007-MAR-27
Author: B.A. Robinson