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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I've googled but I'm not sure i have the right answer.  I think it depends on the question.  Many of the answers have to do with an act - animal sacrifice, foot washing, etc.  But I think the question was about the oldest continually observed religious practice, which the OP then quantified as a holiday.

So I believe most guesses are off and the OP is looking for a specific celebration that has been continuously held.  [/quote]
OP here, and you were zeroing in. As you see from above, it is the Passover Seder, about 3,000 years old. Generation to generation for thousands of years. To me, that's impressive.[/quote]

Yes, google led me to believe it was the passover seder.  It is impressive, though to be honest it's also surprising to me that it's that young.  We really are young species on this planet, and we have changed a lot.

I found one site that reported the oldest known observance/worship was 70,000 years ago, the worship of a python by African bushmen (the previously oldest was 40K years ago, and I've already forgotten).  There is a wide span of 67,000 years where various religions were practiced and discarded as civilizations rose and fell.  Both speak to me - the 3,000 year generation to generation practice/observance, and the countless observances/rituals/religions that existed and are now gone over 67,000 years.  [/quote]
OP again. Your mention of how young a species we are reminds me of something I learned in elemetary school. If the earth were 24 hours old, beginning at midnight, life didn't start until 11:50 p.m., and humans at 11:59 p.m. Or something like that. Another thing to google![/quote]

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