Some Interfaith April Inspirations
Indiginous Peoples March and April Eagle Dances
The season of the Eagle Dances, when people of the Arizona Pueblo tribes dance to dramatize their communities’ relationship with the Sky-World.  This month is also known as Xsaak, the season when candlefish swarm and members of the Nisga’a tribes catch these fish, dry them, and render them into oil for lamps.

Jain ~ Mahavir Jayanti (Janma Kalyänak) ~ March 31
Jain festival honoring Lord Mahavira (Great Hero), the 24th Tirthankara (and last of this time cycle)on the founder's birthday. Shrines are visited. Teachings are reviewed and reflected upon. Jains remember their most important prophet by decorating their temples with flags, with prayers and fasting, and by making offerings of rice, fruit, milk, and other items.

Judaism Pesach [Passover] – April 1-9
An eight-day festival celebrating God’s deliverance of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. The story is told during a Seder meal at sundown, including readings from a book known as the Haggadah. Some Jews refrain from work on the first two and the last two days of this holiday.

Buddhist Theravadin New Year ~ April 2-5
The New Year festival for Theravadin Buddhists, celebrated for three days beginning on the first full moon day in April.

Christianity Maundy Thursday ~ April 2
The remembrance of Jesus’ last supper with his disciples and his institution of the
“love commandment” (the term “Maundy” comes from the Latin word for “commandment”) while he washed their feet as a servant.

ChristianityGood Friday ~ April 3
A commemoration of the passion of Jesus of Nazareth, i.e., his death by crucifixion. At sundown some churches begin the Easter vigil either this evening or on Holy Saturday (April 15). At sundown Eastern churches commemorate Jesus’ death by crucifixion, followed by an observance of the Great Sabbath, in which believers remember Christ’s burial and await his resurrection on
Holy Pascha, or Easter morning.

ChristianityEaster Sunday ~ April 5
The most holy of Christian sacred days, the oldest and most central festival in the Christian year and initiates the fifty-day period culminating in Pentecost. The day commemorates the resurrection of Jesus Christ from his death by crucifixion. Observances include worship services beginning at
sunrise, special music, feasting, and parades.

Qingming  – Chinese traditional Tomb Sweeping Day ~ April 5
A day to honor one’s ancestors and visit their grave sites,
as well as to welcome the coming of the spring season.

Baha`i ~ Jalál ~ April 9
The beginning of the second month in the Bahá’í calendar, “Jalál” means “glory.”

Hindu Sikh Vaisakhi (or Baisakhi) ~ April 14
On The first day of the solar year and an important harvest festival in northern India.The Vaisakhi harvest celebration in countries such as in India is an occasion of dancing, singing,music, wearing of festive garments and religious praise. The festival marks the start of the New Year in the Nanakshahi solar calendar and recognizes the Sikh religious faith.

Baha'i Ridvan ~ Evening April 20 ~ Evening May 2
A Baha'i commemoration of the twelve day period in 1863 when Baha'u'llah declared that he was God's messenger for this age. Commemorating the twelve days that Bahá’u’lláh spent in the garden of Ridván during his exile in Baghdad and when he proclaimed himself as the one announced by the Báb, which occurred in 1863 C.E.  On the first (4/21), ninth (4/29), and twelfth days (5/1) of this festival, work is suspended.  The festival begins at sundown.

Interfaith Earth Day ~ April 22
A secular day honoring the earth celebrated in the United States and other parts of the world. Festivities include gatherings with music, art, fun activities as well as
information and education about treating the planet with care and sustainable resource practices.

Christianity Saint George Day ~ April 23
Christian remembrance of a person who, in the 4th century, was a martyr
and became an ideal of martial valor and selflessness. Legend of killing a dragon
is connected with this patron saint of England.

Baha`i ~ Jamál ~ April 28
The beginning of the third month in the Bahá’í calendar, “Jamál” means “beauty.”

Baha'i 9th Day of Ridvan ~ April 29
A Baha'i commemoration of the twelve day period in 1863 when Baha'u'llah declared that he was God's messenger for this age.

Zoroastrianism Ghambar Maidyozarem
April 29-May 4
Celebrating the creation of sky and the harvesting of the winter crops.