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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 everyone, it's really amazing to read about traditions of different countries. In my country where I was born we have a holiday Nooruz. Nooruz is like a New Year in Kyrgyzstan, we celebrate this holiday on 21st of March every year. Kyrgyz people cook on this day Sumolok (like chocolate paste, prepared from wheat in a cauldron over a fire), dancing their traditional Kyrgyz dance, playing games, jumping over the fire. This holiday units all people. There a lot of nationalities live in Kyrgyzstan. In another countries in Central Asia also celebrate this holiday with some diffenrences on date, and tradition. It is really wonderful to keep and pass our traditions from generation to generation.
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Great to know about different traditions of countries. I am from Bangladesh, and since I have been living in Saudi Arabia for 10 years i really miss my home traditions. So, we b Bengalis celebrate The Poila Boishakh on the first day of Bengali calendar. In this day people usually eat traditional food like Panta Vaat and elish Mas and wear traditional clothes too. I really miss this day .
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Hi everyone, I'm from Turkey and i have been living in UK for almost 2 years. Unintentionally i find myself to compare English traditions or habits of people with my home town traditions. One of the tradition I miss a lot is the close neighbour relationships during difficult times or even happy times. Neighbourhood is very precious in Turkish culture therefore neighbours support each other. While in England people are more reserved, and this saying is clearly showing it: "An English men's house is his castle"
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So interesting to read about everyone's country tradition they like best. I'm from Myanmar. As you all know, Myanmar has at least one traditional festival for each month. The one I love the most is Martyr's day on July 19th. We commemorate the memory of General Aung San and other national leaders who fell on 19th of July 1947.
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Great to know what the most popular tradition in other countries is. Since I live in Germany, I miss the most the Norouz fest which happens in Iran on March 22nd every year. The point of this fest is gathering the family in the parent’s house and celebrating the new year and wishing all the best for each other. Furthermore, we have a traditional table with 7 things that their names start with “S”. In other words, they are 7 symbols for health, growth, money, motivation, etc. Last but not least is delicious food and snacks, which makes most people overweight.
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Hi! I am a new member, too. There are festivals in each of the months in my country. Among them, the water festival is the one which celebrates first in the year. It celebrates in April. At the festival, we pour water on each other and make a lot of traditional foods which are delicious. Pouring water means to wash dirt from the last year. Fun!
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We have many traditional festivals per month in my country. One of them, I like ThinGyan festival which is held in the middle of April. It is the most famous festival in my country and we have long vacation for this festival. In this festival, we poured the water each other that means if we have bad faith, we wash them with this water. And then It is new year festival for my country. We start the next year with good luck. It means like that.
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Hello everyone, I'm new member.
So exicted to say my country traditional festival. It's Thidinkyut Festival, to welcome our Buddha with candles. Every house in my country catch fire to the candles and pays his desires. It is very beautiful and happy. I love it very much.
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Hello there,
I'm from Algeria, which has a variety of cultures and traditions. The tradition I like the most is..., actually we didn't give it a name yet. The night before the wedding, the groom and his close friends have diner and tea. With a lot of activities, for instance everyone should tell a joke. If no one laughs at one joke, there is a kind of funny punishment.
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Nathan JOSSE replied on 30 October, 2020 - 17:32 France
Hi everyone, I send you this message to talk about the regularity of the media in the world. In fact many media this develloped that can have advantages but also disadvantages like a fake news. Eventually we can create a channel a channel for each theme (sport,politics...) to find out what they want to learn.
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