Comments on: Holidays http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2007/01/holidays Ben Hyde Thu, 16 Oct 2008 06:56:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Ned Gulley http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2007/01/holidays#comment-43887 Ned Gulley Wed, 07 Feb 2007 04:06:43 +0000 http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2007/01/holidays/#comment-43887 Japan has a massive holiday collision around May Day. The pile-up is so dramatic it's called Golden Week. Employers just throw in the towel and send people home for the week. April 29: Hirohito's birthday (Shōwa Day) May 1: May Day May 3: Constitution Memorial Day May 4: Nature Day May 5: Children's Day Japan has a massive holiday collision around May Day. The pile-up is so dramatic it’s called Golden Week. Employers just throw in the towel and send people home for the week.

April 29: Hirohito’s birthday (Shōwa Day)
May 1: May Day
May 3: Constitution Memorial Day
May 4: Nature Day
May 5: Children’s Day

]]> By: mtraven http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2007/01/holidays#comment-41851 mtraven Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:00:12 +0000 http://enthusiasm.cozy.org/archives/2007/01/holidays/#comment-41851 The US tried to steal May Day back from the commies by declaring it "Law Day" back in the 50s. But the September Labor day dates back much earlier, according to the internets. It is interesting that the best explanation of religion is in its role in group formation and coordination (see the work of David Wilson and Scott Atran), and that the Abrahamic faiths take as one of their commandments observing a weekly holiday; the injunction to observe the Sabbath is as important as the one against murder. The US tried to steal May Day back from the commies by declaring it “Law Day” back in the 50s. But the September Labor day dates back much earlier, according to the internets.

It is interesting that the best explanation of religion is in its role in group formation and coordination (see the work of David Wilson and Scott Atran), and that the Abrahamic faiths take as one of their commandments observing a weekly holiday; the injunction to observe the Sabbath is as important as the one against murder.

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