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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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So cool!, interesting tradition, I'm from Spain, exactily from Jaen, in my places there are a few traditions but the most popular and funny for me is the pilgrimage ' virgen de la Estrella'. The people pilgrim like crew for pray, sing, dance and enjoy together, and share the tipical meal, spaces and special drink. it is a familar day/
Interesting traditions. I am from Spain, more especifically from Mallorca. These days we celebrate a beautiful tradition on the night before of 24th June. It is called "La noche de San Juan". It is the shortest night of the year and represents the beginning of summer. On this night, many people go to the beach with their friends and families. They prepare a large bonfire and stay around it waiting for midnight. When that moment arrives, everybody writes a secret wish and burns it in the bonfire. Then they go swimming in the see. It is a wonderful tradition and you can see many groups of people enjoying the celebration on the beach.
Well , firstly i present my country, I am from Algeria and we have a lot of traditions. I think the one wich I prefer is the Yenayer day`s on January 11 th . We celebirate the new year of Kabil of algeria Amazig and we say Assegas amegaz in kabil language we also do a lot of events like cokking , singing and putting a children in the midle of plate to give him the sweet and money.
I like it, i will look into the history. Thanks so much.
A rainy night is cozy and thankfully to my ancestors ,eating chicken curry at midnight is somewhat enjoyable for a reason. My life has been nearly 2 decades but I haven't really enjoy much traditions of my country (Myanmar).
I love the culture of Myanmar when we celebrate in Thingyan and Thadingyut. More likely I prefer Thadingyut because we play with explosive things and make bonfire that's called 'Hell fire'. Even though the tradition of my country are getting fade, I still love to see some people still value our festivals.
I'm not very good with traditions, but I love traditional holidays. Although I've never participated in Halloween, I've seen it a lot in the media. Dressing up in costumes with other kids, having fun, and asking strangers for candies...yeah, I see some drawbacks now
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