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Sounds of the Season: Sanskrit chanting in Diwali ceremony

Hindus locally and worldwide just finished celebrating Diwali, the colorful New Year Festival where prayers are made to the elephant god Lord Ganesha and to the Goddess Lakshmi for wealth and wisdom.

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Sounds of the Season: Thanksgiving Prayer

ListenListen here.In 1789, President George Washington deemed November 26th a day of “sincere and humble thanks,” though the practice of yearly gratitude had existed in some states since the 1600s. 

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Sounds of the Season: Carolers to sing at Dickens Christmas Festival

ListenListen to the Merry Madrigalers here.Caroling is synonymous with Christmas.  Yet the tradition actually began from the practice of singing songs during church processions in the Middle Ages. 

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Sounds of the Season: Hanging of the Greens

In Roman times, evergreens were a symbol of fertility, peace and joy.

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Sounds of the Season: The Dreidel Game

During the rule of Antiochus, Jews played a diversion similar to the modern dreidel game. 

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