organized alphabetically by country. The third volumefeatures overview articles that provide detailed information about majorholidays celebrated around the world, as well as articles on majorworld religions. Country entries include: general information, includinglocation, population, government, languages, religions, and nationalholidays; a brief introduction to the country's origins, geography, economy, current lifestyle and culture, and cuisine; subsections onnational holidays, religious holidays, regional holidays, and rites ofpassage; subentries on holidays, including the date it is celebrated;who celebrates it; and a description of the origins, symbols, and ritualsassociated with the celebration/commemoration; and further reading

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