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It's great to know some of the traditional festivals in many countries. I'm from Vietnam, there are a lot of the festivals in my country such as: Tet holiday, the Mid-autumn festival,...but for me, the most important day is "The Liberation of Southern Vietnam". On April 30th, everyone will remember the historic figures who fought against the invaders who invaded our country. I think lots of people will go to the Independence palace to see what it's like and listen to the guide who talk about the history of this day. If you have time, go to the Independence palace and have a wonderful day!

Colombia is a beautiful country and the gastronomy are the best, like: Arepa, ajiaco, bandeja paisa etc, however, At christmas is the most important because our families we met every 24 or 25 holiday, we cooked, decorated and ate side by side and finally we watched firework in the sky when the year ends.

It's so proud to speak about my country and it's traditions. It's referred to as the mother of the world, It's Egypt.

It's  people are friendly and helpful. We have a lot of traditions including Eid al-Fitr and Sham el-Nessiem.

Each one of them has it's different way to be celebrated. And we also have a variety of tradition meals such as Kushari,Falafel and Fatta, I really like our food, Woow.. It's very deliciouse. In addition to tradition clothes. I can say that Egypt is unique and different from other countries in every way. Visitors come from various nations to see it's magical beauty. 

It is really interesting to read about different culture; they show the beauty of uniqueness and variation. I am from Morocco, a country known for its rich traditions and unique culture. One of the qualities that characterizes us as a people is our hospitality. One of our traditions is related to food; when we eat a dish that contains meat, we leave the meat until the end. That way, if someone visits us unexpectdly, they can still have the best part which is the meat.

Dear classmates,

I want to share with you my favourite weekend activity. After a busy week of studying, I really enjoy spending time with my family. On Saturdays, we usually cook something delicious together, like cookies or pancakes. We talk, laugh, and enjoy each other’s company.

On Sundays, I like to listen to music or watch football. My favourite team is FC Barcelona, and I always support them. It makes me feel excited and relaxed at the same time.

Weekends help me forget stress and give me energy for the new week. I think spending time with family is the best way to rest. What do you usually do on weekends?

Best wishes,

Gulim.

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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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Before I read about Bonfire Night, I didn't know that a tradition like that exist, I live in Mexico and here sounds a bit weird a tradition that celebrate a missed king killing attempt, I think that is like that because here in America We had several revolutions war, so It's normal here celebrate for battles won and the revolutionary dates of our history, maybe It could be the different between us and other countries like England, where Monarchy is still alive like politic system.

Some of our holydays in Mexico are for example Mexican revolution in November 20th or September 16th when We commemorate our independence from Spain, in those dates usually at school kids go dressed like a historical character, like Miguel Hidalgo, Emiliano Zapata, Josefa Ortiz de Dominguez or Adelita, also is common to eat traditional dishes and drinks. 

Hello everyone! İ read a lot of comments and there's so strange traditions. Our traditions strange too :) 

İ'm from turkey and we celebrating eid al-adha day every year. We cutting a lamb or cow and we sharing it in this day. İt's not only one we doing. We visiting each other. İt's the second most important thing. (The third one is MEAT. )  This day everyone is happy. Everyone Forgets their problems and becomes happy.

That's all what will i say. İf there's some grammar mistakes i'm sorry for that. Have a great day...

It's great to read about everyone's home traditions. I'm from Myanmar, also known as Burma and I have been living in Singapore for 7 years. Since I'm away from my home country, I miss my country's traditional festivals and foods. We celebrated many festivals around the year and the festival I like the most is water festival, also called as Thingyan which held in April. During the festival, some splash the water on each other and visit around the city the whole day. Some go to monasteries to perform the good deeds and donations. And we enjoy the traditional Thingyan dance at night. We believe the Thingyan's water clean away the dirty and bad things from us. The following day after Thingyan's last day is Myanmar new year and we start the new year with clean and good soul. During the festival, I have a lot of happy memories with my beloved family and friend in my childhood. Therefore, Thingyan is my favorite festival.

It is great to read about all the different home traditions. I´m from Mexico City and the tradition I like the most is Day of the Dead, which is celebrated the November 1st and 2nd. On those days, we set up something called and “altar” to remember family members who are no longer with us. It usually is decorated with colored paper decorations, cempasúchil flowers and food so that the souls of our relatives can eat something that they used to love. This tradition is very meaningful not only for people who live in Mexico but also for people living in other countries.