...service to celebrate the savior’s resurrection and the renewal of life. Everyone looks forward to a succulent ham with all the trimmings. It will be a thrilling day. After all, it is one of the most important religious holidays of the year. Easter, right? No! This is a description of an ancient Babylonian family—2,000 years before Christ—honoring the resurrection of their god, Tammuz, who was brought back from the underworld by his mother/wife, Ishtar (after whom the festival was named). As Ishtar was actually pronounced “Easter” in most Semitic dialects, it could be said that the event portrayed here is, in a sense, Easter. Of course, the occasion could easily have been a Phrygian family honoring Attis and Cybele, or perhaps a Phoenician family worshipping Adonis and Astarte. Also fitting the description well would be a heretic Israelite family honoring the Canaanite Baal and Ashtoreth. Or this depiction could just as easily represent any number of other immoral, pagan fertility celebrations of death and resurrection—including the modern Easter celebration as it has come to us through the Anglo-Saxon fertility rites of the goddess Eostre or Ostara. These are all the same festivals, separated only by time and culture. If Easter is not found in the Bible, then where did it come from? The vast majority of ecclesiastical and secular...
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...The island known as Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, is the most remote of the Polynesian islands. The island known as Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, is the most remote of the Polynesian islands. The island known as Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, is the most remote of the Polynesian islands. The island known as Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, is the most remote of the Polynesian islands. The island known as Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, is the most remote of the Polynesian islands. The island known as Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, is the most remote of the Polynesian islands. The island known as Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, is the most remote of the Polynesian islands. The island known as Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, is the most remote of the Polynesian islands. The island known as Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, is the most remote of the Polynesian islands. The island known as Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, is the most remote of the Polynesian islands. The island known as Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, is the most remote of the Polynesian islands. The island known as Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, is the most remote of the Polynesian islands. The island known as Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, is the most remote of the Polynesian islands. The island known as Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, is the most remote of the Polynesian islands. The island known as Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, is the most remote of the Polynesian islands. The island known as Easter Island, or Rapa Nui, is the most remote of the Polynesian...
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...Rapa Nui, or Easter Island is a tiny speck of land secluded in the southeastern part of the Pacific Ocean. "Ancient voyaging from the central islands of eastern Polynesia would have normally gone against the prevailing trade winds, with the island forming only a small target, although westerly winds associated with periodic ENSO may have carried Polynesian colonists to the island (Anderson, Caveides and Walden, Finney)". Volcanoes constitute the three rims of Rapa Nui. In addition to the cones of three dominant volcanoes (Rano Kao, Poike, and Maunga Terevaka), Easter Island's landscape is also dotted with nearly 70 subsidiary cones. The most ancient stones are 500,000 year old alkali basalt/hawaiite lava flows constructing the Poike composite volcano at the island's eastern edge. Poike, which was formerly an island that eventually became joined to Terevaka by basalt flows emitted from Terevaka, has been seriously crumbled by the sea on each and every edge. The southwest flank of Rapa Nui was created by the Kao volcano. The Rano Kao lake inside the volcano's crater is one of Easter Island's only three pure chunks of crisp water. The water from the exceedingly submerged crater, which is approximately 3,000 feet in width, is carried to Easter Island's capital, Hanga Roa. The crater is roughly a mile in diameter and features a unique microclimate protected from winds. The lake has an abundance of climbing plants. The interior declivity was the spot of the most recent wild toromoro...
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...Ireland with dominance and made them to one of their many colonies. A lot of Yeats poetry was about the complicated present or uncertain future, as well as freedom form oppression and social division. We see in Yeats poetry “Easter, 1916” how he has captured the conflict of a nation with a social and political poem. It expresses Yeats’ feelings for the War of Irish Independence, through imagery, symbols and themes. – This should be a part of your analysis, as you are, in fact, analyzing. In The Rising, the Irish people aim at creating a home rule parliament, as a kind of an even regime. I august 1914 the war begins, the nationalist leaders by Ireland, John Redmond and hos colleagues in the Irish party, encouraged their supports to follow them in the war of effort. A lot of people join, more than 200.000 and upon 50.000 lost their life, but in effort to challenge the British imperium’s regime in Ireland. On Easter Monday 1916, they capture buildings, and declared an independent Irish Republic. The rebels stood in 6 days before they surrendered to the British army, because they were considerably superior them. After the restlessness, the leaders of the Rising were executed and so on the “dark time” for Ireland came. Easter, 1916: The poem, Easter, 1916, starts in a traditional tone, “I have met them at close of day, Coming with vivid faces, From counter or desk among grey, Eighteenth-century houses.” It shows how Yeats, before their death, had known many of the ones...
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...------------------------------------------------- Easter Sunday in United States ------------------------------------------------- Easter Sunday is an important day in the Christian church calendar because it celebrates Jesus Christ's resurrection, according to Christian belief. Many Christians celebrate Jesus Christ's resurrection on Easter Sunday. The Easter date depends on the ecclesiastical approximation of the March equinox. ------------------------------------------------- What do people do? Many churches hold special services on Easter Sunday, which celebrate the Jesus Christ's resurrection after his crucifixion. Many people also decorate eggs. These can be hard boiled eggs that can be eaten later, but may also be model eggs made of plastic, chocolate, candy or other materials. It is also common to organize Easter egg hunts. Eggs of some form are hidden, supposedly by a rabbit or hare. People, especially children, then search for them. In some areas, Easter egg hunts are a popular way for local businesses to promote themselves or may even be organized by churches. Easter Sunday is not a federal holiday but a number of stores are closed in many parts of the US and if they are open, they may have limited trading hours. In some cities, public transit systems usually run their regular Sunday schedule, but it is best to check with the local transport authorities if any changes will be implemented during Easter Sunday. Background In Pagan times, many groups of people...
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...Easter is celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ after being crucified three days beforehand (Hillerbrand). Easter can take place any Sunday between March 22, and April 25, since Easter is 40 days after the holiday Lent (Hillerbrand). Easter is the most important holiday to Christians, because the holiday essentially establishes the Christian religion. One of the primary beliefs of Christianity, which is shared between all Christians is that Jesus was crucified, then was resurrected three days later, basically defining Easter itself (“The basics of Christian beliefs”). The events leading up to Easter caused the crucifiction to take place, and are therefore also very important to Easter. Though Easter is now highly westernized due to...
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...1 On Easter Monday, April 24, 1916, a group of Irish nationalists also known as the Easter Rebellion proclaimed the establishment of the Irish Republic and, along with 1,600 followers, staged a rebellion against the British government in Ireland. The rebels seized prominent buildings in Dublin and clashed with British troops. Within a week, the insurrection had been suppressed and over 450 people including civilians had died. The leaders of the rebellion soon were executed. Initially, there was little support from the Irish people for the Easter Rising; however, public opinion later shifted and the executed leaders were hailed as martyrs, as this brave act would lead the way towards Irish independence. In 1921, a treaty was signed that in 1922 established the Irish Free State, which eventually became the modern-day Republic of Ireland. 2 With the Act of Union in 1800, Ireland (which had been under some form of English control since the 12th century) merged with Great Britain to form the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. As a result, Ireland lost its parliament in Dublin and was governed by a united parliament from Westminster in London. During the 19th century, groups of Irish nationalists opposed this arrangement in varying degrees. Some moderate nationalists advocated for home rule, under which Ireland would remain part of the United Kingdom but also have some form of self-government. Several home rule bills were defeated in Parliament in the late 1800s before...
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...The Easter Rising In Ireland 1916, there was an event known as The Easter Rising. The roots of the Rising lie in the ‘new nationalism’ which emerged in Ireland from the 1890s. Its most significant outcome was the rejuvenation of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB). This small, underground, revolutionary body planned and directed the insurrection in 1916. The truly dynamic element was a tiny minority within this organization; they were acting on the old republican principle: ‘England’s difficulty is Ireland’s opportunity’. In August 1915, this group formed the IRB Military Council. It was eventually composed of seven members – Thomas Clarke, Sean MacDermott, Patrick Pearse, Eamonn Ceannt, Joseph Plunkett, James Connolly, and Thomas MacDonagh. All seven approved and signed the Proclamation, and together they declared themselves to be the ‘Provisional Government’ of the Irish Republic when the Rising began. They were aided throughout by an Irish-American organization, Clan na Gael, which shared their aims and provided virtually the only channel of contact between the insurgents and Germany, from whom they hoped to receive military backing. The IRB was too small in number and covert in operation to precipitate a full-scale rising. For this purpose, it hoped to use the Irish Volunteer Force (IVF). This organization had been formed in 1913 by moderate nationalists, impressed by the impact of the Ulster Volunteer Force and frustrated by the delay in Britain granting...
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...The Devastation of Easter Island Easter Island was a remote island in the French Polynesia covered by trees and considered a paradise by its inhabitants. It came to ruin by deforestation. Deforestation took place as a result of a combination of events. First, by building Moai, in honor of their gods, the Polynesians removed trees. The Moai weighed approximately 27-250 tons. Palm trees were also used to build seafaring boats to transport the Moai. Some of these trees were over one hundred feet in height were cut down for this very purpose. Secondly, the deforestation led to elimination of food supply. Since the trees were no longer available for protection of the soil and the tradewinds that were prevalent on the island gave way to more erosion it was impossible to grow crops. This eliminated part of the food chain. Also, since canoes could no longer be built the fisherman were limited to fishing along the coral reef. The porpoises, part of their main food supply, disappeared from this coast. They eventually over fished this area so that only small fish, without nutritional value, were available. Thus, this part of the food chain was eliminated. The elimination of the major parts of the food chain led to the practice of cannibalism, the third factor in the devastation of Easter Island. As the tribal warfare broke out, many sought refuge in the coastal caves that were hidden. The refugees waited in hopes that food would wash into their areas. If food did not then the refugees...
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...Unsolved Mysteries: Easter Island Approximately 1200 years ago the Rapa Nui, or Easter Island people, arrived at one of the most isolated islands in the world. Almost as soon as they arrived they began carving massive stone heads without a known explanation ("Mysterious Places: Explore Easter Island in Words and Pictures."). When the Europeans arrived, there were very few people and almost no resources. However, there were numerous amounts of giant stone carvings. Nobody really knows why they are there and how they were made, but there are many modern theories to explain it. With these theories also come unanswerable questions to disprove them. 1. Facts Easter Island was formed by many huge volcanic explosions ("Easter Island -- World Heritage...
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...Easter Island By Graham Boldman Easter Island- one of the most isolated places in the world. In the southeastern Pacific ocean, this Polynesian island is home to its iconic 887 moai statues. If you go to the island today, you will see that there are not very many trees-and it may seem like it would be impossible to live on the island. The ancient Easter Islanders, the Rapa Nui people actually lived here for hundreds of years, and some still do. Although the population has greatly decreased and the island became more connected with the rest of the world, there are still some native Easter Islanders living there today. The Rapa Nui people lived on Easter Island from around 700-1850 A.D. Their food sources consisted mainly of porpoises, polynesian rat, and chicken for meat and protein. They also ate yams, sugar cane, sweet potatoes, bananas, taro root, and paper mulberry. Surprisingly, the ancient Easter Islanders did not eat very many fish due to the water around the island being uninhabitable to fish because of the coral surrounding the water. They loved sweets and as a result made many meals using sweet potatoes and sugar. This did not help their teeth however, and evidence of this is shown in the skeletons. Rapa Nui men traditionally wore loincloths....
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...Unsolved Mysteries: Easter Island In 1722 the first European that we know of found Easter Island and its people. The ancient people of the island where carving these great statues called “moai”. No one is sure how they moved these statues around the island and why they did exactly ( the History). We are aware of some facts about the moai, but the theories about why they where built and how they where moved are still remain uncertain. 1.) Facts The statues, the moai, found on Easter Island are some of the most magnificent ancient relics to ever be discovered ("Mysterious Places: Explore Easter Island in Words and Pictures."). The ancient people of Easter Island carved the moai out of soft volcanic tuff because it was very easy to carve into ("Mysterious Places: Explore Easter Island in Words and Pictures."). To make the moai they used hard volcanic rock implants to outline the shape of the moai into the rock wall, then chip away at the rock until there was a thin “keel” that held it in place ("Mysterious Places: Explore Easter Island in Words and Pictures."). The monuments have...
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...The mystery of Easter Island has puzzled humanity for years. Easter Island is the world’s most remote inhabited island (“The Mystery of Easter Island”), but a group of people managed to sail there and establish a society that created about 900 stone statues across the island ("Easter Island -- World Heritage Site -- National Geographic”). Over the years, scientists have discovered many facts about the people of Easter Island and their achievements, and have been able to create several plausible theories. However, none can fully explain the mystery that is Easter Island. 1. Facts Easter Island lies roughly 1,289 miles from the nearest inhabited island and 2,182 miles from the nearest continental point (“Easter Island”). The earliest settlers of Easter Island were Polynesian, though none know where exactly they sailed from (“Mysterious Places: Explore Easter Island in Words and...
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...EASTER ISLAND Stony sentry’s, carved years ago by Polynesian craftsmen, gaze over one of the most remote places in the world. With their land enlarged by overuse, islanders now draw on a revival of their culture to attract visitors. I intend to tell about this small island off the coast of Chile named Easter Island. Easter Island, submerged volcanic mountain range in the eastern Pacific Ocean, is located 500 miles South of the Tropic of Capricorn, and 2,200 miles West of Chile. This area is located were it is swept by strong trade winds. Because of his, the island remains warm through out the year. As you know, Easter Island is small. To be exact it has an area of 64 square miles about the size of Washington D.C. Easter Island’s population as grown a lot since diseases spread to most of the island in1877. Some of the remaining people left for South America, and the island was left 110 people. The population grew throughout the years in 1955 it was 990, in 1980 it was 1,842 and in 1989 it was 2,095. As many people have traditions, at parties and other celebrations, Easter Island has its own. They paint their bodies, the chant, they dance and the sing songs of their forbears. Each September, flocks of sooty terns come to nest on tiny islets about a mile off the shore. Since ancient times, there have been ceremonies to celebrate the birds’ arrival and to choose the birdman. The birdman competition is where each clan selected a representative to swim to the islets...
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...This essay will examine the centenary commemoration of the 1916 rising with particular focus placed on the RTE television series Rebellion.1 An analysis of this drama will allow this essay to examine the manner in which the anniversary of the rising contributes to contemporary Irish identity. The Easter Rising is a rebellion which took place between the 24th and 30th of April 1916 and resulted in 450 deaths including the execution of the fifteen leaders of the rebellion. The rising itself consisted of members of the Irish Citizens Army, the Irish Volunteers and the women's group, Cuman na mBan. The events which led up to the rising and the storming of the GPO began in 1913 with the denial of home rule and the Lockout which sought to protect...
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