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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 everyone, I'm from Colombia, and in my country there are many festivities throughout the year. This is because each region has its own culture, represented in traditional clothing, food, and dance. Some of the most well-known celebrations are "The Carnival of Blacks and Whites," "The Carnival of Barranquilla," and "The Festival of Cali," but the one I like the most is "The International Joropo Tournament," which is the biggest festivity in my region.
This tournament takes place in Villavicencio, a medium-sized city located on the plains, known as Los Llanos Orientales de Colombia, or simply Los Llanos. The celebration is held on the 29th and 30th of June each year, and it includes different types of competitions such as best traditional "Joropo" dancer, best players of traditional instruments like the capachos, arpa, and cuatro. However, the most important part of the event is the beauty pageant.
I love this event because it's all about culture, and one very important thing I didn’t mention earlier is that this festival is not only celebrated by Colombians — Venezuela also participates, since both countries share the same traditional music and some customs.
Hello , It ,s great hearing about others costums countries.I am from Spain and right now We are celebrating Easter.
Easter in Spain is a big celebration on the street because all most of the church over the country take away its Jesus and Mary ´s old scultures and organizate a big religius parade.People stand up for hours just to see this religius parade that it is so emotionant.It is a deep ritual about death and resurrection.
Hello guys, read about your countries' culture is being amazing.
Now, i'd like to share with you a bit about the mine. Well, i'm from Rio Grande do Sul, a state in the south of Brazil, and here we have lots of traditions, one of them (and for me, the best) is the day of Gaúcho (Someone who is from RS).
When this date came, we have the tradition of go to streets and ride horses, being a way to honor our state. While this happen we usually cook a barbecue meat and eat with family and friends, not being egocentric, but we have the best barbecue in the whole world.
Hey guys my name is koudous KOUMAYE-KONDON, I'm togolese 🇹🇬 and I'm new here, so let me tell you that is a pleasure for me to read and know about your tradition. So there are to many culture in my country but one of most popular tradition is "Adossa" which is celebrated every second week of junaury.
People wear traditional clothes and enjoy feast with dances (different dances)such as takaï dancers hand two sticks in both hands they dance turn around themselves and must hit Sticks of other dancers only men dance takaï,the second is dance with horses I forget the but I will chare it with you next Time,there are people on horses after race the horses dance.The best one is Adossa,he consists to take a sharpest knife and try to disembowel oneself but don't worry nothing happen because first of all they They apply Traditional herbal texture so I can that they body become untearable but I have never tried it may be because i'm afraid.it is what I like to share with you,you can find it on social media.i think I will learn a lot new things from I will also share with you new things bye.
Hello guys! I'm David, though it's not my native name. I'm from Myanmar. First of all, it's a pleasure learn new traditions from all over the world which're interesting.
And I would like to add a post of our own tradition which called "Thingyan". It's a water festival that takes place in mid-April. It usually lasts 5 or 4 days and in those days we douse everyone we meet except monks as a way of celebrating.
Thingyan marks the celebration of the Myanmar New Year. It is the biggest and most beloved festival in our country and most of the Southeast Asia countries have this kind of similar festival but this water festival was originated in Myanmar for nearly 1000 years.
Hi guys.
I'm from Brazil and here we have famous cultural parties like carnival. But my prefer is "São João" (It's a saint), it's when families eat tradicional foods together and talk the news. If you wanna you can go to the concert of some famous singers in Brazil and dance Forró (tradicional dance of Northeast Brazil ). If some day you come northeast Brasil going in 19 june and enjoy this party.
Hello everyone. I'd like to share my favorite tradition. People call it Day's death, origins from mexicas ancestors that until these days is a traditional party for the Mexican people. It started on October 30th with the saint's day and conclude on November 2nd. Basically, this tradition consists of visit your familiar's death at cemetery. Those days are special, you can feel the presence by your familiar's death.
I've been reading the other comments and there are some interesting traditions around the world so I'd like to share my tradition. I'm from Mexico and here every december 12th "día de la virgen de Guadalupe" is celebrated. It's one of the most important celebrations in my country, it conmemorates the apparition of our lady of Guadalupe to San Diego on the Tepeyac hill in 1531. Mass pilgrimages to the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City along with masses and traditional dances, and we sing the "mañanitas" to Our Lady of Guadalupe. All of these make part of the celebration here in the town where I live there's a fair with mechanical games, crafts, food and traditional sweets.
Sounds comfortable while I read out all stories, I'm from Ecuador, in Quito city. We have similar tradition to Bonfire Night by the way different meaning.
Basically, that occurred at midnight of Year's last day, we call this tradition: "Quemar el Año Viejo" means "To burn the Old Year". The idea behind it is to make a rag doll "un monigote" stuffed with paper balls of newspaper or magazines all of them filled up on old clothes and burn the rag doll.
Sometimes you can hit it with a wood stick while saying: "I wish for a better new year, where I will achieve my new goals, that the governments or authorities will be better work, that the country grow up, that your family will see better times ahead" So it works like a kind of cabala or amulet.
I´m Mary from Colón, Querétaro. And my favorite tradition is a Friday of Dolores. The best thing about Friday of Dolores are the ice cream and ice popsicles that people gives you, and the chamomile that adorns the streets.
The best thing about this traditions is that there are very few days to celebrate it.