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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 there, I would love to share the best traditional celebration in our country, Egypt. It's about 6th October 1973, the day when all Egyptians felt proud and confident because of the greatest battle against Israel and the major victory it achieved. Egyptian forces crossed the Suez Canal and stormed the heavily fortified Bar-Lev line in a well-planned and surprise military operation on 6th October, which coincided with 10th Ramadan.
I like the São João (St. John) party in Brazil. It's very cool. A lot of traditional foods and music. It's one of the biggest parties in the country.
Hi, everyone. I'm Juan from Mexico. Last weekend we celebrated Day of the Dead. This is a tradition very important due we celebrate and remember all family, friends, and loved ones who dead. Many people visit us to see how we do it. We put an altar with pictures from all loved ones who are not now. Furthermore, we put all dishes that I liked them. We even put pictures about are pets.
If the narration of the bonfire is true, it was so horrible.
I think the same
Hi guys! Reading your comments was really amazing because I'm interesting in learning about different countries' culture.
I'll tell you about a special tradition in Costa Rica. We celebrate the Battle of Santa Rosa in March. It is a celebration about an important moment in our history. It was a battle against another country because they wanted to get our lands. Costa Rica had not army, but people joined to fight against those who wanted to governate us. Our country won the battle and we don't have army nowadays.
Hi there I've been reading some of the comments here and all interesting. And I would like to tell about our tradition which is on October called "Thadingyut".
Thadingyut is amazing tradition which is also know as Lightning Festival of Myanmar. Very crucial tradition for all Buddhism. Thadingyut festival is the celebration to welcome the Buddha’s descent from the heaven after he preached the Abhidhamma to his mother, Maya, who was reborn in the heaven.
Hi guys! I'm Giovany and I'm from Peru. This is my first comment in a forum. I'm motivated to learn English because I want to apply a Master's degree in abroad, so, I need to improve my English, and to gain confidence to have a good conversation.
If you have any advice about how to improve the English skills, u could help me. I need to obtained B2 level.
Maybe, my writing is bad, please, tell me! I can take it. I just have two months to achive it.
Hi there! I had really fun while reading about all of those different cultures and traditions. It shows the beauty of our differences and sometimes even our similarities. I find this astonishing and also amazing. Hello! My name is Rosie. I'm from Türkiye. From my childhood, I really miss the memories of me celebrating the Children's day on April 23rd Yes! We have a day to celebrate being a child. Not only for the children of our country, but also we celebrate the day for all the children around the world. The day is called National Sovereignty and Children's Day. Our first president Mustafa Kemal ATATÜRK declared the day of first opening of Grand National Assembly of Türkiye as a national holiday for adults and children to celebrate. Since then, we celebrate every year. For this day only, we memorized poems about sovereignty and being a child. We also practiced our national dances and prepared fun activities. Then on this day, we showed those activites we had prepared and the dances we had practiced to our families, our friends and to all of the adults. We read the poems we had memorised before. As a child I felt joy and most importantly I felt treasured. Now as a young adult, I treasure those memories and I find being a child valuable. That's why I respect our history and our country. We shouldn't forget that all grown-ups were once children. ''Peace at home, peace in the world.'' -Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
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