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Traditional Festivals around the World

Traditional Festivals in Korea

The first day of the first month of the Lunar New Year, called New Year in Korean, which usually comes at the end of January or the beginning of February on the solar calendar, is traditionally the biggest festival. Families gather, wear their best clothes and hold an ancestor worship ceremony. After the ritual, a sumptuous family feast is enjoyed and the younger members of the family pay their respects to the elders. Although people continue to celebrate the Lunar New Year, New Year's Day in the solar calendar also has a two-day legal holiday.

Other important festivals include the Lantern Festival, the first full moon of the year on the lunar calendar, when farmers and fishermen avenge the harvest and play special games; the Dragon Boat Festival, the fifth day of the fifth month on the solar calendar, when peasants take a day off*** with entertainment; the Mid-Autumn Festival, the fifteenth day of the eighth month on the lunar calendar, which is a festival of abundance and thanksgiving; and the Bath Boil Festival, the eighth day of the fourth month on the lunar calendar, when believers hold special ceremonies in temples and hold a lantern festival.

Several family festivals are important to all Koreans and are always celebrated with a case, they are: the 100th day, which is the 100th day after the birth of a baby; the weekly birthday, the first birthday; the hwagae, the 60th birthday, which is considered especially important because on this day a person has already spent one year of his or her life; and also the gusae, which is the 70th birthday.

Singapore Lunar New Year's Eve

Lunar New Year's Eve is an important festival, there are many unique customs, such as families to clean, the door to paste the Spring Festival couplets, to post the word "blessed" upside down, New Year's Eve, the whole family should be together to eat a reunion dinner, the children have to keep watch in order to prolong the life of the children, to the midnight hours parents to worship the gods and ancestors, to the gods and ancestors, to the gods, to the gods and ancestors, and to the gods, to the gods. Parents have to worship the gods and ancestors, and at the beginning of the first day of the New Year, juniors have to bring oranges to the elders to pay tribute to the New Year, and the elders have to give the children "red packets" - the New Year's money. New Year's Day is a time to wear new clothes, say auspicious words, and eat things that are also very delicate, such as fish to symbolize a good year, rice cakes on behalf of the New Year's Eve, hairy vegetables on behalf of wealth, oranges on behalf of good luck. Generally Chinese people do not sweep the floor on the first day of the Lunar New Year, otherwise good luck will be swept away. During Chinese New Year, Chinese people like to go to Chinatown to purchase New Year's goods. During Chinese New Year, there are also lion and dragon dance teams formed by associations. The government also organizes events such as the "Spring by the River to Welcome the New Year" and the Makeup Parade to add to the festive atmosphere.

Singapore Vesak Day

On the 15th day of the fourth month of the lunar calendar, it is the anniversary of the birth, attainment of enlightenment and nirvana of Buddha Sakyamuni. The Buddhist General Association of Singapore (BGAS) holds a series of celebrations a few days before the festival, with various Buddhist groups and temples displaying lights and colors to symbolize the light of Buddha shining on earth for generations to come.

Iranians "jumping on fire" to welcome the New Year

Iranians celebrate the New Year around March 21 in the Gregorian calendar, and they regard fire as a symbol of good luck that can drive away evil spirits and usher in the God of Fortune. Therefore, on the night of New Year's Eve, families hold "fire jumping" activities. People want to dry the camel thorns at the door point three or seven piles of fire, known as "wishing fire", young and old to jump from the "wishing fire" on the jumping around like hurdles, in the mouth but also read the words: "yellow to you, red to me. " Pray for health and prosperity. Iranians on New Year's Eve like to eat seven dishes, the name of each dish to the letter "S" at the beginning, symbolizing the family all year round good luck.

Myanmar's Water Festival

The Burmese celebrate New Year's Eve in the middle of April on the solar calendar by splashing water, which is why New Year's Eve is also called Water Festival. Legend has it that one year, the king of Myanmar met the immortals at the palace entrance, and the dragon was so happy that he ordered people to mix spices and water and splash them on the bodies of civil and military officials, which indicated that the old was washed away and dirt was removed, and that the new was welcomed with good fortune. After this, people splashing water on each other has become a tradition to celebrate the old and welcome the new.

Malay Eid

The most important Malay festival is Eid al-Fitr, every year in September, the Muslims from sunrise to sunset to fast, abstain from food for a month to see the crescent moon before the start of Ramadan, the Muslims will be cleaned up at home, decorated, dressed in newly sewn traditional clothing, ready to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, and its bustling atmosphere and the Han Chinese New Year is not comparable to the atmosphere.

The Hindu festival of Dabbalsam

Dabbalsam is an Indian festival, also known as Tujia or the Festival of Lights, where families clean their houses and light lamps around them to welcome the new guardian gods and goddesses of fortune. Hindu Hindus will hold a grand celebration, with the car carrying the idol parade to celebrate, some members of the body burdened with iron frame, pricked with silver needles, to God to express gratitude and atonement. The center of the celebration is around Little India.

Malagasy don't eat meat before the year

Malagasy are not allowed to eat pork, mutton, beef, etc. for a week before the arrival of the New Year to show that the five animals are thriving. It is not until New Year's Eve dinner that some fowl, such as chickens, ducks and geese, are allowed. New Year's Day, couples should be presented to both parents of the cocktail, expressed on both sides of the elders of the respect and love; to siblings and close relatives good support to the chicken legs, expressed deep friendship, sincere and caring, in order to congratulate the New Year happy.

Munich Oktoberfest

The Munich Oktoberfest is a well-known and globally recognized traditional festival in Germany.

The Oktoberfest began in 1810 as a series of festivities to celebrate the centenary of the marriage of Prince Luther, Crown Prince of Bavaria, and Princess Doris of Saxony-Hildenhausen***. In Germany, October is the time of the barley and hops harvest, people in the hard work, but also happy to get together, drinking, singing, dancing, to express the joy of the heart. This tradition continues to this day. Many of the Oktoberfest's events still take place in the old style. On the morning of the first day of the festival, parades from Bavaria, other German states, as well as Austria, Switzerland, France, gathered together, people dressed in colorful national costumes and traditional costumes in Munich mayor and wine bosses ride in the rich and colorful carriages led by the mighty and majestic swarmed to the Delys meadow. At 12:00 noon, with a 12-gun salute, suddenly drums and music, colorful flags flying, people boiled. After a short speech by the Mayor of Munich, the first keg of beer was opened and the Oktoberfest began with boisterous cheers. Fresh beer is delivered to eager drinkers in large, one-ear glasses by traditionally costumed beer ladies. Many Bavarians in buckskin shorts, undershirts and other national costumes walk through the streets with beer mugs in their hands, shouting "cheers" to everyone, and the atmosphere is lively. in early October, Munich is already slightly cooler, and the streets are decorated with colorful lights. People sit back to back, drinking, singing and dancing to music, and even jumping up on tables to congratulate each other, making the large-mouthed, stemmed beer mugs, which can hold up to a liter of beer, make a pleasant clattering sound.

Beer Festival in addition to drinking beer, people also held a series of colorful entertainment activities, such as horse racing, shooting, juggling, a variety of amusement activities and theater performances, national concerts and so on.

But five days after the opening of Oktoberfest 2001, the festival has shown shortcomings everywhere.

The first three days of the festival saw 750,000 people patronize the festival***. That number actually sounds quite spectacular, but it's far worse than last year, with at least 50,000 fewer people. Whether it's the sale of alcohol or the shows and entertainment, it's going to have a significant impact. Of all the businesspeople looking to make a small profit on the occasion, the worst off would have to be those running children's car games, where sales are estimated to be down 90 percent on last year.

While fewer people are attending Oktoberfest, there has been an increase in the number of gluttonous drinkers waiting for someone to carry them. In three days, patrols spent much of their time waking up 104 drunks, sending 820 to the hospital and injuring 155 others because of their drunkenness. The police had a hard time, too, with drunkenness and theft, and 30 arrests had been made in three days. The government has had to come out and remind school and kindergarten students and children not to go to Oktoberfest.

Scots New Year's customs

The Scots in Britain are very confident that their luck will be good or bad in the coming year, and it all depends on the first person who walks into the house after midnight, known as the "first foot". If the first guest is a light yellow hair hair is a bad omen; if the first step into the threshold is a black-eyed, black hair, dark complexion, young, beautiful and strong guests, that is a good omen of good luck. Therefore, every year on New Year's Eve, the parents of the clients went out to roam around until midnight before hiring a person who painted his face black to lead the way home. On New Year's Day, people would "divine the egg" by putting the egg white in a box of water and looking at the shape of the egg white to determine the good or bad luck. When visiting someone's home on New Year's Day, one would bring a piece of coal and offer the host the following greeting: "Ah, your fireplace is burning brightly." The coal was then placed in the hearth and the fire was stoked with a firehook. The brighter the fire burned, the happier the host would be, for it signaled that the host's family had banished all demons and would be well off in the new year.

American children in Thanksgiving

The fourth Thursday of November in the United States is celebrated as Thanksgiving Day. Thanksgiving, as the name suggests, is the day of sense of cause. The early British who came to the American New World by ship, after months of bumpy struggles at sea, eventually landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in the cool of November. Many died during this period due to starvation and osmium and infectious diseases. Those who survived began sowing seeds. The following year, there was a good harvest and a "life-saving" food: turkey. Later, people decided to choose a day to thank God for his grace, and turkey was an indispensable food for the holiday, so let's start with turkey. The children have long been accustomed to the history of the festival, which is repeated every year, however, it is the school activities that keep them coming back for more. There are no uniform rules for the celebration of holidays in school. So it is up to the classroom teacher to inspire the students. Kindergarten children, some of them, dozens of days in advance, get back a turkey cut out of white paper, which is a homework assignment for the child and the whole family, using everyone's imagination, using any material, the only goal is to dress up the turkey. The turkeys were all dressed up, and there were a lot of different turkeys! The funniest thing was that one class imagined themselves as turkeys and wrote reasons not to let others eat them, while another class of children, who thought of themselves as turkeys, advertised how delicious they were.

One classroom teacher had her students draw invitations three weeks in advance for their parents to attend their class Thanksgiving "feast". Two weeks ago, each child brought home a list of food items to prepare, including fried chicken nuggets, potato chips, corn, applesauce, paper towels, paper plates, your ideas, etc., and asked the parents to volunteer to contribute food. Where is this an invitation from a child? It's clearly an adult doing the work and the child enjoying it.

On that day, all 20 parents were on board, the teacher was the commander, and the adults brought water and food to the children, who enjoyed themselves. The teacher suddenly asked the child, "Who's going to tidy up and clean up after dinner?" "Ourselves." The children shouted in unison. The "meal" takes less than 40 minutes, but it takes a few days of preparation and planning, and at the end of the day, the children follow the teacher's lead and "thank their parents, thank their classmates, and thank the school". After that, American schools have a long weekend on Thursday and Friday. In a year, American children have a lot of vacations, and, during each holiday, and even each weekend, the school does not leave students any homework.

The first day after Thanksgiving in the United States, Friday morning, is the cheapest day of the year for almost all stores, and it's a very significant day, especially before the big Christmas gift. Because it's limited to a few hours in the morning, and because there are only a limited number of items available, people stand in line at 4 or 5 a.m. in front of stores, despite the cold and the early start.

The readymade store opens at 5 a.m., and by 5:30 a.m., more than 100 people are already standing in front of the store waiting to get in. Because there were so many customers, the flow had to be limited. In order to get into the store, people had to wait for more than an hour to get in, and after that, they had to wait for more than an hour to pay for the toys, and the popular toys that they really wanted to buy had already been "snatched". The last toys purchased are not even close to the weekday prices. After Thanksgiving, but also a labor, but for the children, parents are willing to emotion.

Christmas for American college students

The holiday in the United States that is comparable to China's Spring Festival is Christmas. American college students spend Christmas at the beginning of the holiday season mainly with their families. The most important thing to do before the holiday is to buy Christmas gifts for family and best friends. By definition, Christmas gifts should be kept secret until everyone is sitting under the Christmas tree and the host playing Santa Claus, who is responsible for distributing the gifts, distributes them to all of you and opens them before you know what your gift is. And for the sake of economy, a lot of people nowadays try to find out what exactly the other person lacks when buying Christmas gifts, so that they can target their gifts. Apart from gift-giving, the main activities of the whole family are getting together for meals, going around to see Christmas decorations, going to the stores to buy discounted items, and thereafter they like to either take a car trip with their classmates to some other place or go to the stores to rent many movies they like to watch and share them with their classmates, or to read the leisure books they like to read or to watch a movie on TV. Many students also take this time to work more to earn pocket money.

Traditional festivals in Sweden

There are many traditional festivals in Sweden. The first of the major festivals is the Carnival, which takes place between April 30th and May 2nd. The night of April 30th is called Walpurgis Night, and it is said that on this night the forces of life and spring will triumph over death and winter. In celebration of the festival, turnip fires are lit every night - first on the hilltops, and then in response, turnip fires are lit in the valleys. These fires signal the start of the festivities, and they continue until dawn. In southern Sweden, there are also poetry and singing contests around the fires, with the winners receiving not only prizes but also kisses from the prettiest girls in the area.

Besides Walpurgis Night, there are a number of other festivals: Sunfest, for example, is a grand summer festival that takes place in June; Lobsterfest is a festival in August where lobster is enjoyed; and Goosefest is celebrated in the cool, cloudy month of November, and the traditional Xigu is a soup of goose blood on the day of the festival. The Swedes don't have Santa Claus at Christmas, but they do have a patron saint of Christmas. To welcome him, children set out a large Christmas cake for him to eat. In the countryside, people throw presents out of the open windows of their homes, along with scarecrows and straw-knitted animals, for good luck.

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Traditional Folk Festivals Around the World

Brazil's Carnival:

Brazil's Carnival, which takes place in late February each year, is known as the world's largest and most exuberant Carnival, and is most famous in Rio de Janeiro. During this period, the whole city comes out, men and women, young and old, all heavily made up, singing and dancing, to give vent to their feelings. The grand samba parade is the climax of the carnival. The colorful costumes, powerful music, hot samba dance and beautiful scenery of Brazilian beauties make people forget to come back.

Japan's Chopstick Festival:

To thank the chopsticks for their hard work in serving people with three meals a day, the "Chopstick Festival" is celebrated on August 4 every year. On this day, every family celebrates with great fervor to thank the chopsticks for serving them three meals a day. In rural areas, new chopsticks are used to show pleasure in sowing seeds, planting rice seedlings, harvesting, birthdays or wedding feasts.

Songkran Festival in Thailand:

April 13-15 every year is Thailand's Songkran Festival, also known as the Water Festival, is also the Thai New Year. When the festival comes, the country celebrates. People sprinkle perfume, burn incense, offer flowers for the Buddha, and hold a procession to protect the Buddha; young people dressed in festive costumes, singing and dancing; men and women, young and old, pouring water on each other to show their blessings. In addition, the festival also organizes kite competitions, boat races, temple fairs, cultural performances, beauty pageants and other colorful activities, making the festival atmosphere exceptionally strong.

Munich Oktoberfest, Germany:

On October 1810, the official celebration of the marriage of the crowned prince of Bavaria, Ludwig, and Princess Therese lasted for five days. People gathered on the Great Lawn outside Munich to sing, dance, watch horse races and drink beer. Since then, this popular event has been passed down to the present day, and the third Saturday in September through the first Sunday in October is fixed as Oktoberfest.

Spanish Tomato Carnival:

The Tomato Carnival began as a street fight. Since then, every August, people flock to the streets in bathing suits, scuba diving goggles and shower caps to throw ripe tomatoes at each other and celebrate the Tomato Carnival. At the end of the festivities, Buono residents join in the street cleaning with the slimy "tomato fighters".