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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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Submitted by Sharif Tayyebi on Thu, 07/05/2020 - 22:09

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I prefer to write about a nice celebration which is common between nearly 9 countries of the world. We celebrate Nowrooz on 1st, Farwardin each year. People wear new clothes and meet their friends and families. In Kabul, people usually collect together in an special place which named Sakhi. The celebration has many tips which are as follows: Fist of all, a person reads the holy Quran for some minutes. Then usually a religious leader talks about situation of people life and hope all the best for all. Next, a person reads an announcement of presidential palace which explains the opinion of the President. After this formal part, some people start the main part of celebration. In this part, some exact people elevate the Jahinda that is a long wood. Jahinda must stand in exact place and only by one movement. In this progress, all people are cheering and shouting. Finally, people traditionally refer and anallyse the whole situation of new year by how moves the Jahinda. If it moves quickly, people conclude that the year will be very well and the Nation will live in peace and quiet. On the other hand, if it doesn't move quickly and easily, they often infer that next year won't be very well. It is obvious that things change by time. Now, the young generation don't believe on this kind of analysing, but the traditional of celebration is alive and it also expands and improves year by year. This year, we couldn't celebrate it because of COVID_19. I hope to celebrate it next year.

Submitted by marcopp on Tue, 05/05/2020 - 01:28

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Hi everyone, it's amazed reading all traditions that you have and how can we be relationated in this forum. In my country ( Perú ) we have lots of traditions, one of them is "Mr. of miracles" which is developed on october, this month people usually eat "turron" which is a kind of sweety meal. Also people get out with their family to the ceremony in the lima cathedral dressing purple clothes and praying and more things.

Submitted by Ei Sandi Soe on Mon, 04/05/2020 - 06:37

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Hi everyone! I am from Myanmar. Really nice reading and it always makes me amazing about different tradition in different countries. Here in Myanmar, have a lot of tradition. Among them, Thadingyut, also known as lighting tradition, is the most favorite one. Normally, held on the full moon day of the Burmese lunar month of Thandingyut, three day of light, the day before full moon, the full moon day and the days after. Illuminations are there to celebrate the anniversary of Buddha's return from the celestial abode where he had spent the lent teaching the celestial about his law.

Submitted by fatimah047 on Sun, 03/05/2020 - 17:30

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Hi there, It's fun to read about different traditions being practised all over the globe. I am from the Sub-continent. We celebrate many traditions here but i would like to particularly mention Jashn-e-Baharan sometimes referred to as Basant. It is a way of celebrating the spring season. A kite flying festival is being held and people gather on their roof tops to fly kites and cheer the ones participating. It is a very enthusiastic and colourful tradition :)

Submitted by begumoz on Sat, 02/05/2020 - 20:26

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Hi everyone, I would like to talk about you about one of our traditional days. Ramazan days are very holy days to us. We gather with relatives and friends having dinner. Everyone dress well and give ecah others gifts. We go to mosques to pray and celebrate these holy day during one month. It is special and greateful times for us.

Submitted by manemusayelyan on Sat, 02/05/2020 - 11:57

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Hi everyone from Armenia. It was so interesting and useful to read and get informed about your national traditions. I am from Armenia and frankly saying we are too traditional. As our story started about from 2500 BC I can say that every day has its own tradition coming from the depths of history. The most of traditions are conected with religion. One of my favorite festival is Vardavar. On this day people of social groups drench each othe with water.Although we are Christians, Vardavar's history dates back to pagan times. During the hole day, people are allowed to douse strangers wit water. There can't be enyone who is dry on this day.

Submitted by Tatiana Gimene… on Thu, 30/04/2020 - 22:32

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Hi everyone! i hope you are very good! is nice to read all your traditions... in my countr Traditions are mainly family meetings , when we prepare our classic meals, in some regions we share a drink called mate with the family, it is hot to drink and it can be sweet or bitter.. have a good one

Submitted by Costa on Wed, 29/04/2020 - 13:17

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Hello everyone! It is very interesting to discover a little more about different traditions from different countries, I am from Brazil, a very large multicultural country with full of traditions, but one that I particularly like is the Festa Junina, which is celebrated throughout June, with bonfires, hot drinks, delicious cakes and sweets and of course a lot of music and dance, where people dress like peasants with their hats and boots and dance the typical dances of each region. It is a lot of fun!

Submitted by fleur on Mon, 27/04/2020 - 22:41

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Hello everyone, it was so nice to read about all the unique traditions from different sides of the world. I am from Russia and we have a lot of amazing traditions. My favorite one is the ''Maslenitsa''. We celebrate it during the week preceding the Lent. This tradition has a rich history and I gonna tell you about it. Every day of Maslinetsa was devoted to special rituals. For example, on Monday people made the straw-stuffed and put this figure onto the snow-covered slope, on Tuesday people started all kinds of activities, like sleigh riding, puppet shows, and so on. The most interesting part, as for me, is cooking pancakes. ( as an old tradition it was on Wednesday, but now we cooking them all week ) Hope it was interesting for u :D