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minus-squareTriumph@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down1·2 days agoTo be fair, the equinoxes and solstices are found in nature.
minus-squareSeleni@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 days agoBut also, to be technical about it, the holidays actually celebrating them are still a human invention.
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 hours agoMeh, invention seems something a tad more in tentional. I think nature sort of gave us the solstices, we used them for some reason or another, but then they were too far apart and that’s when we invented holidays.
minus-squareegrets@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoAnd by extension, Yule and Christmas, Ēosturmōnaþ and Easter, Samhain and Hallowe’en.
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up38·2 days agoLunar new years? The harvest?
minus-squaredumples@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down3·2 days agoI would say something lunar based would be natural. The harvest would depend on the plant. You can really harvest something most of the year
minus-squareTropicalDingdong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 days agoIf you are in the northern hemisphere, the vast majority of plants go dormant almost all around the same time.
minus-squaredumples@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 days agoWeird calendar to season mismatch.
minus-squareTriumph@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 days agoPerhaps not a holiday in the strictest sense, but definitely because of a natural occurrence
minus-squaredadarobot@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 days agowhat is the natural occurrence? the calendar is not part of nature. its basically a rounding error.
minus-squareTriumph@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoThe number of days do not align with a single revolution around the sun.
minus-squaredadarobot@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 days agoyeah actually you are right. my bad.
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoBut the calendar itself is artificial.
minus-squareCrazyslinkz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 days agoSolar or lunar eclipse?
minus-squaredumples@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·2 days agoAre those holidays?
To be fair, the equinoxes and solstices are found in nature.
But also, to be technical about it, the holidays actually celebrating them are still a human invention.
Meh, invention seems something a tad more in tentional. I think nature sort of gave us the solstices, we used them for some reason or another, but then they were too far apart and that’s when we invented holidays.
And by extension, Yule and Christmas, Ēosturmōnaþ and Easter, Samhain and Hallowe’en.
Really the only ones
Lunar new years?
The harvest?
I would say something lunar based would be natural.
The harvest would depend on the plant. You can really harvest something most of the year
If you are in the northern hemisphere, the vast majority of plants go dormant almost all around the same time.
Leap Day?
Weird calendar to season mismatch.
Perhaps not a holiday in the strictest sense, but definitely because of a natural occurrence
what is the natural occurrence? the calendar is not part of nature. its basically a rounding error.
The number of days do not align with a single revolution around the sun.
yeah actually you are right. my bad.
But the calendar itself is artificial.
Solar or lunar eclipse?
Are those holidays?
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