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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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What a nice day in poland, i am from ukraine and i am learning english language. Currently i am writing this comment just to complete the task and get to the animation. Today is Ukrainian Easter btw so i can relax a bit.
i don't have pretty much to say about my life and cool things that happen here because i go outside only if:
1. i have to touch grass
2. i have meeting with my friends
3. i have to go to class and that's it.
So yeah i kinda just sit in my room for 10 hours and come out only because i need something to do.
Quiet fun reading some interesting posts. Right, I am from Venezuela, but I'll have been living in Chile for 6 years now next month.
I am keen on how the people celebrate independence day and extend it for the whole of September.
Everybody was mad dancing, eating and wearing traditional customs these days and almost all the houses, offices and streets have decorations with the color of the Chilean flag. Basically, you could find fairs anywhere with shows with horses and bands. In fact, I totally recommend coming to Chile to join us in this spring commemoration.
I would like to share about Chinese new year festival. I am from Myanmar and I live in Yangon. In our country, there are so many races. I am not pure chinese. My dad is chinese and my mom is the mixing of chinese and myanmar.Now, I am going to tell u about our chinese new year festival, around the month of January and February . It is also known as "Spring Festival". Red represent the lucky color in chinese people. Each year is linked with a different animal and we decorate our home with cute animal cartoon. Children are happy during this festival because their relatives give them red envelopes with money inside. That is called Hong Bao. We wear new clothes on that day and visit to their relatives and my mom said that it makes relatives gathering. The one thing i like most is we must not do anything on that day that make us tired like housekeeping, studying and working. If u do it, u may get tired throughout the whole year .
Candles day is a beautiful day celebrate in Colombia. It occurs due to is a commemorative date about the Catholic tradition in wich the Archangel Gabriel announced to Mary that she had been chosen. Is a magical night with candles, color, and families gathered in where people officially start Christmas.
Colombia has many traditions, the tradition that I like more is the Carnaval of Barranquilla, that shows the happines that characterizes the Colombian people with the differents brightly colored costumes, dances and the activities that done while the carnaval is going on.
recently we had a flag day on 11 march which we celebrate it and have much funny. it's reminded us about our founder of KSA and keep them in our mind, so we appreciate their efforts to keep this country safe and peaceful.
What's country is that?
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Hi,everyone. Traditional occation, I'm from Jordan and the best traditional and there are a lot of many tradition and customs included Shake hand and the interest gusts a you are welcome in the country.
Different places throghout the globe have got different customs and traditions. Since I'm from Asia, we have got several sorts of festivals which derive from variety of traditions.
Water Festival can be found in many Asian countries celebrated in different ways. People douse each other with water in the country where I live, Myanmar. It is also a New Year festival of the country and it falls in April. In spite of the fact that it takes four days in a regular year, it takes five days in a leap year. This is the most favourite festival of the children, too. During these days, people make some seasonal snacks and donate to everyone. The old people go to the monasteries and take a sabath or meditation. It is believed that only good deed should be done at the beginning of the year so that most of the people avoid making any devil.
I'm now getting exciting because today is the 1st of April and the festival is drawing near!