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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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Here in spain we have al lot of beatiful trdition but my favourite is San fermin. In this tradition you run before bulls and you have to get to an anfitreatum I like this so much because all the day there are "ferias" (traduce it) and you can win a PS5
The tradition I liked the most here in Egypt is "Sham El-Nesim," a Pharaonic festival. They used to eat salty fish on this day because it helped preserve fish for a long time, since there weren't fridges. It's also a healthy food, and Egyptians still celebrate this day.
Hello, thank you for sharing your traditional and customary practices, especially those related to respecting older people, such as trimming their nails and washing their hair. Do you celebrate the water festival like in Thailand? Thanks
Hello,This is the my first time read type of the text.I think,all of them are so great.I am from Turkiye and we celebrated kurban bayram this week.kurban bayram is mean if your condition is good,you will dedicate a oblation because the god want yours.I couldn't explain it well but you should research.we had so much fun this week.
It was the both scary and funny know about the bonfire tradition. I'm Argentine, and I've been living in Brazil for 6 years, and here they have a tradition called "Festa junina". It's a celebration about corn harvest. They cook everything with it! either sweets and salty recipes. They also drink a hot wine called "quentão" (I never tried it, I don't like wine). The best part of this celebration is the fact people never stop celebrate! The name "junina" is for June, but they have parties until August!
It was great to read about other traditional countries. I'm from Sudan, a Muslim country. According to the Arabic calendar, we celebrate twice a year: once in the month of Shawwal, after Ramadan, and again in Dhu al-Hijjah, when people perform the Hajj .
I love this kind of stories, I really enjoy to read, hear and know about the origin of a celebration, tradition or myth, it always comes with historical context and sometimes with a lesson. I like history and paranormal stories so I've been reading a lot of stories around the world and it's so cool to lern about differents traditions.
I really liked the post about Guy Fawkes Night it sounds very interesting and also a little scary. The story behind it is intense and I didn’t know all those details before,the part about building and burning a figure of Guy Fawkes is surprising.
I’m from Mexico and here we have traditions where we celebrate saints with big parties,we use a lot of fireworks too, so in that way it feels a bit similar. The atmosphere is very festive and full of music and mexican food that is so delicious like mole,pozole and tamales.I think traditions like this are important because they help people remember history and bring people together.
Do people in England still celebrate it a lot today? And do children enjoy it, or is it more for adults?
Hello Ann Torres,
I think a lot of the traditions have become less popular, such as making a guy and going round houses with it. However, people still enjoy making bonfires and setting off fireworks, eating toffee and toffee apples and so on. In fact, many people call it 'Bonfire Night' nowadays and the association with Guy Fawkes is not so strong.
Peter
The LearnEnglish Team