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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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I’m so grateful for our country’s festivals. One of the festivals I really love is the Tazaung Taing Festival, also known as the Taunggyi Hot-Air Balloon Festival. There are two types of balloons: a candle-decorated balloon called Sein Na Pan, and a fireworks-display balloon called Nya Mee Gyi. The festival runs for 7 days, from 11 to 17 November, and you should definitely come and visit at least once in your lifetime.
Hello everyone!
I'd like to share a tradition we have in Mexico, it's called "Día de Muertos".
In English, it's called "Day of the Dead".
It's a beautiful tradition because we honor our departed. We buy beautiful flowers that are available in November and we go to the cemetery to spend the whole day next to our family or friend who has sadly passed away.
Hello I am from Bulgaria and I am looking for English speaking friends. My English is not so well that is why I would want to improve.
I'm from Myanmar, so I want to share a tradition from my country. The thing is called "Tazaungdaing" (တန်ဆောင်တိုင်), and it is a traditional festival we celebrate annually in November. When that time comes, the people celebrate with big hot air balloons and fireworks, and those are very beautiful because we can only see them at night.
Hi, I am Md.Jubayer Sahel.I live in Bangladesh.After reading all the post, I also want to share the tradition of my country. People of country celebrate Pohela Boishakh on the first day of new Bengali year.On this day, people wake up early in the morning,wear their tradition clothes and eat "Panta ilish" as breakfast.Then they went to DU campus to join the Pohela Boishakh rally which starts from Shahbagh.Besides, the enjoy the whole day by visiting Boishakhi Fair and playing traditional games and many more.This tradition is now become famous in worldwide.Nowadays Bengali people live in different countries celebrate it too. That's all I wanted to say.Thank you.
Hi, I'm Rizal, from Indonesia. Last month, we celebrated our freedom. It is about August 17 each year. Here, each individual was involved and went to someplace as a point and they played traditional games to remember how the our people in the past protecting themself from colonies.
So cool to read about everyone's home tradition. I’m from China, and I’d like to share the Dragon Boat Festival (Duanwu). We race dragon boats, eat zongzi (sticky rice dumplings), and hang herbs like mugwort. A famous story tells of Qu Yuan, a loyal poet who drowned himself to protest corruption. People paddled out to save him and later threw rice into the river to keep fish away—this became our races and zongzi.
So cool to read about everyone's home traditions and popular activities. A popular activity in my country (Lima, Peru) is to blow fireworks on the streets on New Year's Eve at midnight.
The best thing about this tradition is that the fireworks blow for at least 30 to 40 minutes after midnight.
Something interesting about it is that people have other related traditions that bring them "good luck". For example, some people like to eat 12 grapes, wear yellow underwear or go around the block with a suitcase at midnight.