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These, plus slaves, were ritually slain on the feast days of various gods, held eighteen times a year.
Éstos, más los esclavos, eran sacrificados ritualmente durante los festejos dedicados a los diversos dioses, que se celebraban dieciocho veces al año.
Yet there had been the May processions, yes, and the splendid feast days and the liturgical Latin still, and the daily masses in both churches to which you could go early in the morning and sit alone and in quiet until time for communion.
A pesar de ello se celebraban las procesiones de mayo, desde luego, y también los espléndidos festejos y la liturgia latina, así como las misas diarias en ambas iglesias, a las que podías asistir al despuntar la mañana y permanecer sentado en soledad hasta la hora de la comunión.
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It was explained that the release of prisoners was not tied to religious criteria, although religious feast days were often marked by releases: that is, Christians were released when their religious feasts were celebrated, and Christian and Muslim prisoners were released when Muslim feasts were celebrated.
Precisó que la puesta en libertad de los presos no dependía de criterios religiosos, sino que las fiestas religiosas muchas veces venían acompañadas de puestas en libertad, concretamente de cristianos en ocasión de sus celebraciones religiosas y de presos cristianos y musulmanes en ocasión de las fiestas musulmanas.
Religious feast days of all religions are gazetted holidays and senior leaders of the country participate in the celebrations of these feasts.
Las fiestas sagradas de todas las religiones son feriados oficiales y los principales dirigentes del país participan en las celebraciones de esas fiestas.
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