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So cool to read about everyone's home tradition they miss the most! I'm from England but I've been living in the States for five years and the thing I miss the most is Bonfire Night on November 5th.
The best thing about Bonfire Night is the fireworks, oh, and the bonfires! … and the history behind it. Basically, Guy Fawkes and his friends tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament and kill King James I. They nearly did it too – they hired a room under the House of Parliament and filled it with explosives. But someone told the royal palace. The authorities found Guy Fawkes in the room guarding the explosives, and he was sentenced to torture and death.
So it's a tradition that celebrates the fact that the king survived. It also means people don't forget what happens if you plot against your country. There's a kind of poem about it that starts 'Remember, remember the fifth of November, gunpowder, treason and plot.' That's why we build a 'guy' – a life-size model of Guy Fawkes – and burn it on the bonfire. Pretty dark and horrible when you think about it!
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Hi guys! It's fantastic to read about everyone's home traditions they remember the most. I was born and raised in Vietnam for about 20 years. I am most impressed by the Lunar Year, which takes place from the first day of the first month of the Lunar calendar for at least three days. It is a joyful family reunion holiday because every family member will return home and participate in enjoyable activities such as making Trung cakes, watching fireworks, visiting relatives and their friends, taking beautiful photos, and eating traditional tasty dishes. Therefore, Vietnamese people consider it one of the most important festivals of the year.
I am Indian lives in Dubai. There are so many traditional celebration every month in India. Also huge amount of holidays except weekends. Simply More religion more holidays. One of the Indian festival called Deewali have a story similar to UK's bonfire celebration.
Hi all! My family is from a spanish district, where they have a very funny (?) tradition. On February, I really don't remember the exact date now, the people from the village paints their faces with black paint and wear traditional clothes of their own folklore. They organize a dance at the main square of the town and then, they sell some thin cordons in different colours. The tradition says that if you wear it around your neck, you won't suffer about throatache. Incredible, isn't it?
Hi guys!! I like meeting new cultures so it is really enjoyable for me to read all these traditions. I'm from Turkey, I want to mention about traditional Turkish Tea a kind of black tea. You can find this tea almost every place as a sign of welcome.
What a pleasure to read all this variety of worldwide traditions. In my country, Morocco, on 12 Rbie-Alaoual, we celebrate the birth of the Prophet Mohammed (may God bless Him). Basically, the celebration takes one day when the family starts with a traditional soup (A’sida) for breakfast. Then, they visit each other. However, as a disciple, the celebration takes seven days at the Zawiya Al Karkaria. Disciples from Morocco, Tunisy, Tunisia, Algeria, France, Spain, and all over the world gather in the Zawiya to celebrate this special day. The disciples sing, share their poems, and do dhikr to show their love towards their Prophet. The Prophet’s birth anniversary is a precious day for the disciples as they meet Sidi Sheikh Mohammed Faouzi Al Karkary God sacrificed His secret to renew the pledge of allegiance.
Hello All! It was amazing to reed other's countries traditions, I was smiling every time that I read a history :) So I'm from Morocco, and I think that the most beautiful tradition is the weeding's celebrating, In Morocco the bride wears, in addition of the white weeding dress, 6 types of traditional clothes that we call CAFTAN and TAKCHITA, every TAKCHITA has a different color and a different theme, during this party, a lot of delicious meals are served, also a several types of cakes, biscuits and drinks. I really like this wonderful celebration, where all people are happy.
Hello everyone, I'm from Colombia. I love that we can share different cultural celebrations of our country. In my case, the Colombian's tradition that I enjoy most, is the 7th of December "velitas". Every family meet in the night and go out with candles. So everyone light a candle, while wish something. Each color means different aspects of life. At the end we eat and enjoy together.
hi guys! I'm from Turkey. I'm really enjoyed reading all this comment about your country tradition. In my country we celebrate Hıdırellez on May 5th. its a little bit of Muslim thing cause we believe in that day prophet Hızır and Elijah meet in the Earth. when day
get together we believe all the wishes come true.
what can we do in that day? My mom and ı every year We write our wishes on a piece of paper and bury them under the rose tree in the garden at night. and that's it. ı hope all the wishes that you want may come true.
Hi everyone! I'm from Vietnam. It's so excited to read about everyone's country traditions. So I would like to share my national tradition that I like the most is Luna Holiday. It begins in the first day according the luna calendar and lasts 7-10 days. During these days, there are a lots of interesting activities and festival around my country. Most of us, from young to old people whatever of gender, will wear the traditional costume to visit the local pagoda to pray for health and happiness... I like this Holiday the most because our family is reunited after a long time. We have the quality bonding time and the unforgettable memories together ^^
Hi! Everyone! I’m Amber from Taiwan. It’s so interesting to read about a tradition from other country. I would like to share a tradition celebration in my country is “Mid-Autumn Festival”. It’s a tradition for many Asian countries but it is from China which is about a legends, Chang’e flies to the moon. It’s the best thing about Mid-Autumn Festival in Taiwan is enjoying a lot of delicious food such as moon-cakes, and getting together with family to barbecue. I usually gain weight during Mid-Autumn Festival Holiday. I think I should do more excercises and go on a diet to lose weight on coming weeks.