FESTIVALS AROUND THE WORLD

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WHY CELEBRATE?
People celebrate festivals for many
reasons. Many festivals are based around the seasons or religious activities. Some festivals celebrate children or the elders. Other festivals may celebrate the history of a certain place or people.

Thailand - Songkran
Large water fight
Whole country!

Long water fight

April 13th 15th the hottest days of the year

Traditional New Year Show respect to elders Water washes away bad luck

Thailand - Songkran

USA Mardi Gras

USA Mardi Gras

Carnival (party), parades, music,
dancing Masks and costumes
Purple (justice), green (faith), gold (power).

Give and wear bead necklaces First parade on Fat Tuesday (eat
lots of food before fasting) Always 46 days before Easter

Mexico Day of the Dead

Mexico Day of the Dead

Happy celebration 1 day for remembering children
(November 1)
White colored flowers and candles.

1 day for remembering adults

(November 2) Skeleton cookies Food for the dead

Canada Calgary Stampede

Canada Calgary Stampede

Rodeo (10 days) Western Canada heritage
Cowboys and ranchers

FREE breakfast! (businesses all over city)

Pancakes Bacon and sausage Eggs

Concerts

India - Diwali

India - Diwali
Lights
Lamps (diyas), fireworks

Gifts
Sweets/cards/gold

Hindu religious celebration Symbolism

Light = knowledge and beauty

Japan Obon

Japan Obon
Buddhist custom
This is meant to honor the spirits of ancestors.

Usually July 15 or August 15

People wear yukata, light cotton kimonos because of the summer heat. Bon odori is the style of dancing during the festival. Every region has a local dance and different music. The festival ends with toro nagashi. This is the floating of paper lanterns down rivers so spirits return to the land of the dead.

Spain La Tomatina

Spain La Tomatina
Bunyol, Spain
Began in 1944 as a fight during another festival. Young men picked tomatoes as weapons for the fight.

Last Wednesday in August

Starts at around 10 am. First event is to climb a greasy pole with ham on top. When the ham drops, that is the starting signal. Tomato throwing starts at around 11 am and goes on for one hour. Tomatoes must be crushed first so they dont hurt anyone.

Your Project 1
In teams, you will make a research on a festival of your interest. You will have (about) 3 classes* to complete your research and present it to the class. PRESENTATIONS: September 27 * Sept 6, 13 and 27

Procedure
1- Explore the Festivals with the help of the A CTIVITY 1 worksheet and make your TOP 5 (fi ll-in the document) 2- Compare your TOP 5 with your classmates . Choose 1 that you share in common with an other person.

3- Start your research: (put the information in a word document) ---no COPY and PASTE

- History of the festival (when did it start? Why

? Who created it? ) - What kind of activities are happening? - When and where does it take place? - How many visitors/participants? - Pictures and videos

4- Prepare your presentation:

- NoteBook presentation - PowerPoint presentation - PDF presentation - Diaporama (video with pictures and
descriptions) 5- Fill-in the document to hand-in for your evaluation.

Information on your presentation

Do not write all your text on your presen
tation. Use KEY WORDS. (I am not evaluating your ability to read a text!) Put ALL the information listed on page 19 of this presentation. Put A LOT of pictures (and 1 video?) MAX 3 minutes.

Evaluation
Your presentation (C1speaking
fluency and accuracy)

Your reaseach: the word document

(1/team) (C3writing) ( NO COPYING see the example) MAKE IT INTERESTING TO WATCH!