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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 am from Kazakhstan, and we have many interesting traditions. If I were to describe them all, I would probably bore you before I finished, so I will mention just one.
It is called "Tusau Kesу"- a ritual in which a child's legs are tied together with a rope and then cut. The person who cuts the rope is believed to influence the child's future, and we even have local jokes related to this tradition: if someone frequently stumbles, we jokingly call them "the person whose rope was never cut.
im salwa and i was born in indonesia. indonesia has many culture and tradition, it also have so many ethnic. i was born and living in Medan, Sumatera Utara. in my country there is a tradition before the ramadhan season come is called 'punggahan' where people eat together with their family to welcome ramadhan season. and then we will 'ziarah' it means we go to our family's grave and pray for them.
Hi, Salwa! I saw your comment and your pfp. It's Ningning, I love Ningning too so i leave a reply under yours. Im sun, by the way, nice to meet you. I was born in Bogor and living in Bogor too, West Java. In Bogor, there aren't so many traditions like yours. but my father was from West Sumatra, we have a tradition called "Upacara Tabuik" to commemorate the death of the Prophet Muhammad's Grandson. Once again nice to meet you (fellow Ningning lovers, LOL)
Hello guys! It's so impressed the traditions around the world. I'm from México, from the state of Puebla where there are many communities and each of them is celebrated every year "La fiesta del pueblo" (the town festival). It is consists that all the families that live there prepared a dish called "mole poblano", all the people can visit a stranger house and eat "mole poblano", you only need to give a bread called "pan de fiesta". After the meals the people go the fair where there are mechanics games, food and entertainment with traditional dance. In the night all families join at the center of the community to dance "cumbia" or "salsa".
Hi, it was very interesting to learn a little bit about other countries and their festivals or traditions.
I'm from Costa Rica. There are many festivities. The most important one is on September 15th because it's Costa Rica's independence day. It also means the independence of the entire Central America from Spain.
Here, we celebrated it mostly in schools and high schools. Each institution organizes events that include dances, patriotic parades, the hoisting of the flag, and performances by local students
one thing i like about my tradition is that thingyan myanmar i dont really know about my traditon that much so im so sorry if i missed it
I'm Justine konan from Ivori Coast. Here we have several peoples and me I'm from baoulé people. In my culture, we give the name of a child according to his day of birth. e.g Konan is my dad's name and he was born on a Wednesday. My midle name is Amoin because I was born on a Sunday.
What I like about the tradition in my country "Egypt" is when mothers give birth, after one week, they celebrate the babies in a traditional way: they put the baby in a basket, start to sing, and give the baby guardianship like listening to your mam and your dad..etc. then they give all the people a bag of popcorn and sweets.
I live in Cali, Colombia. Every year between December 25 and 30, the Cali Fair is held. This tradition began in 1957, one year after of a huge explosion destroyed half of the city. To remember the thousands of people who died, the city organized an event to recognize the victims and the joy that the city had in the face of this tragic event.
Hi, I'm Renato. I'm from Peru. Here, there is an explosive tradition peruvian love a lot. During octobre, many people wear clothes of color purple, because Señor de los Milagros that is a catholic costume from this part of the world. Also, we eat a delicious candy. It's call Turrón de Doña Pepa.