books.google.co.uk - Religious ritual is embedded with socio-political ideologies. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the ancient Babylonian akitu or New Year festival. The akitu festival is one of the oldest recorded religious festivals in the world, celebrated for several millennia throughout ancient Mesopotamia. Yet,...http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Ak%C4%ABtu_Festival.html?id=SV_BUjJAabUC&q=Helsinki&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Akītu Festival
