BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Missouri State University/Calendar of Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Chicago BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20070311T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU TZNAME:CDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 DTSTART:20071104T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU TZNAME:CST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000.194626@calendar.missouristate.edu CREATED:20190107T184011Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190107T184011Z LOCATION:To Be Determined SUMMARY:Samhain DESCRIPTION:This calendar listing is intended to provide information about the named cultural/religious observation and is not intended as an actua l campus event. If a campus event is associated with this observance\, it will be listed separately on the master calendar.\n\n\n\n\n\nSamhain (pr onounced 'sow'inn') is a very important date in the Pagan calendar for it marks the Feast of the Dead. Many Pagans also celebrate it as the old Ce ltic New Year (although some mark this at Imbolc). It is also celebrated by non-Pagans who call this festival Halloween.\n\n\nSamhain has been cel ebrated in Britain for centuries and has its origin in Pagan Celtic tradi tions. It was the time of year when the veils between this world and the Otherworld were believed to be at their thinnest: when the spirits of the dead could most readily mingle with the living once again. Later\, when the festival was adopted by Christians\, they celebrated it as All Hallow s' Eve\, followed by All Saints Day\, though it still retained elements o f remembering and honouring the dead. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
This calendar listing is intended to provide information about the na
med cultural/religious observation and is not intended as an actual campu
s event. If a campus event is associated with this observance\, it will b
e listed separately on the master calendar.
Samha in (pronounced 'sow'inn') is a very important date in the Pagan calendar for it marks the Feast of the Dead. Many Pagans also celebrate it as the old Celtic New Year (although some mark this at Imbolc). It is also celeb rated by non-Pagans who call this festival Halloween.
\nSamhain has been celebrated in Britain for centuries and has its origin in Pagan Cel tic traditions. It was the time of year when the veils between this world and the Otherworld were believed to be at their thinnest: when the spiri ts of the dead could most readily mingle with the living once again. Late r\, when the festival was adopted by Christians\, they celebrated it as A ll Hallows' Eve\, followed by All Saints Day\, though it still retained e lements of remembering and honouring the dead.
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20191031 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20191101 SEQUENCE:0 URL: CATEGORIES:Public,Current Students,Faculty,Staff END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR