Learn About Solstice Holidays at the USU Museum of Anthropology

The Saturday activity series continues at Utah State University’s Museum of Anthropology. Guests are invited to learn about holidays that are held around the time of the winter solstice.   

Activities take place Saturday, Dec. 22, and visitors will learn about why many cultures celebrate holidays around the shortest day of the year. 

“Most cultures recognize rebirth,” said USU anthropology museum intern Melissa Allen. “Some of the holidays celebrated around the solstice are Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Years Pongal and many festivals of light.”

 

Guests at the museum will have the opportunity to make a kinara out of clay. A kinara is a candle holder used in Kwanzaa celebrations that closely resembles menorahs used in Jewish traditions.

Visitors are invited to drop in any time during the museum’s new 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday hours.

The USU Museum of Anthropology is on the Utah State University campus in the south turret of the historic Old Main building, room 252. Free parking is available in the adjacent lot, south of the building.

For more information, call Sara Lundberg (435) 797-7545, or visit the museum Web site.

 

Contact: Sara Lundberg, 435-797-7545