21.   Lacking anything like the sanctioned religious festivals of Catholic Europe, Protestant America invented a tradition for celebrating Christmas.

22.   Memories are the source of most religious festivals.

23.   She hit the road, appearing at churches and religious festivals.

24.   The entire society is infused with a reverence for the ark, especially during religious festivals like the Timkat celebration.

25.   The Muslim religious festival of Ramadan is also boosting demand, analysts said.

26.   The rally had the air of a religious festival, with chanting, singing, and many invocations of God and Allah.

27.   The origins of the Cirio, like those of many other Latin American religious festivals, are a mixture of fact and legend difficult to untangle.

28.   This is not a religious festival.

29.   Today they have become a holiday, a metaphor, like Mayan religious festivals.