Macmillan Le Paty (fa ~- = Check it out ba Es Festival Food =< page 6 _ ere) page 10 Do you know? page 14 Projects page 15 Ae MACMILLANHello, Welcome to Festivals! Festivals are part of our lives. We have personal festivals, like birthdays. And we have big festivals, like Carnival and Christmas and New Year. Then there are national festivals, like Independence Day and Republic Day, In some towns, there are special, local festivals to celebrate local events. There are also the religious festivals: Christmas, Lent and Easter in the Christian World, Ramadan and Eid for Muslims, Diwali for Hindus, Hanukkah for Jews, Buddha’s Birthday in Asia... Now there are moder festivals, like Women's Day and World Environment Day, too. The list goes on and on, Many festivals have their own food and celebrations, Some festivals occur in different forms in different countries, And some change their dates, like Valentine's Day (14th February in Europe and North America, June in Brazil) Let’s try to understand these differences. In this way, we can find out about people in different places and cultures. Why are they different? Perhaps, through their festivals, we can under. stand other people better: In ‘Festivals’, we have information and pictures about festivals in different places. ‘There are also opportunities to reflect, to compare, and to do research. FESTIVAL EYE suggests things that you can find out. There are also some fun projects on festivals. Now, over to you! Check it out Let's begin with the New Year Chinese New Year Scottish New Year Festival food Your Carnival... My Carnival... Whose Carnival? Carnival in August! Life and death ‘Family’ festivals Festival raps, songs and rhymes Do you know? Projects Topics chatrooms You can find the key vocabulary for every article in the WORD FILE on that page. The pictures will also help you to guess the meaning in context. There is a summary of useful vocabulary on the Check it out page. Finally, you can use a dictionary to consolidate the new vocabulary. There is a list of useful website addresses on page 2 Remember that websites change. Be selective!celebrate commemorate decorate dress up enjoy remember wear welcome beautiful colourful exciting fantastic happy local national noisy political religious sad traditional January New Year’s Day Chinese New Year" February Carnival Mardi Gras* Pancake Day” Eid* Lent* ate on ancestor anniversary —_ band March/Apal=-seastar bonfire calendar candle ‘Muslim New Year" costume custom death Indian New Year* decoration disguise fancy-dress _ —— (orea)* fireworks float grave 3 June Valentine's Day (raz) lantern mask music July Independence Day (U.S.A) musician procession spectators Bastille Day (France) symbol August ©-bon* (Japan) September Jewish New Year" October Columbus Day Halloween Ramadan* Si We used several internet websites to research ‘Festivals Revehiber Al'Souls Day Some ofthese contain extra material that you ray find All Saints Dey useful All of them were ive" at the date of publication, Dayoof the Dead ‘Add your own favourite sites to this list Bonfire Night Chinese New Year: waw.chinapagecom/newyeartmt Thanksgiving Pancake Day inthe UK wwe coulfraligon December Hannukah* Quebec City Snow Carnival: www.carnavalge.ca Christmas Eve London Carnival: wwrnettinghllearnivaLorg.uk Christmas Day Thanksgiving (USAI: www.wilstar.com/holidays/thanksgy.htm New Year's Eve Mexican Day of the Dead: www.mexconnect.com/mex_/ Hogmanay dayofdead. htm Note: The exact dates ofthe festivals marked with * change from year to year:SN RAS Cn ccs a Pee eon va eC ciecaed in your communi ata a ee arene Rete ae ears Cec a \ Caos ard on different Se DT uo Dates (AVA ANON Pe ee een NS pies ae Wh eh ew The Mustim New! = Cea Ce CCR MAUD aCe ce COL Cou Ny See eo CON oer \\ byron naa a Rey the beginning and end of every month depends an the Un ele HL Neen Toca Aa ENN different sign ~ and persohality, There ate 12 signs) so sigh I AManinar 6 veeaagea sor sear DU Ce Cu eco aa DO CUE IR Le eg roe) eee oad ren ite \ |Celebrating | \ rover it ene ante eo CeCe tue CeO eee Ceara erat Connected with the moon, Romer nied ieee seus COCO hee \ atime of optimism. pee Se ee ben ore, be fs ig zn | gpa ea se Has iby i bot wa S| ta ie i in aa be fle Sse oe ag le et en Wn and of welcoming the resCr eee en a Ce eC mics CC ce ee Re eee ay inside. Ce eet SUS vegetarian Food with no meat.i re ete) BN TAt, YearIngredients 250 9 flour 3 eggs 2 large spoons sugar 600 ml mitk salt butter for frying H {i Lai | Put the flour, salt and sugar in a big bowl. In another bowl, whisk the eggs and the milk. Add this slowly to the flour mixture. Beat it very well with a wooden spoon. Leave to stand for an hour. thick frying pan. When the butter ai begins to go brown, pour in a little > of the mixture. Let it make a thin _ 4 ‘coat’ in the pan. Then turn it over and cook the other side. Put the pancake on a plate. Spread — a little more butter on it, some aa sugar, and some lemon juice. SE" aml Keep the pancake warm. Make + more pancakes, Eat the pancakes quickly. NOTE: The best pancakes are very, very thin! . =. (ge Find a recipe for a spetiah 7 $7 testival food, Better idea: Wp prepare and eat it! MARCH-APRIL Pancake Tuesday (UK/France) weeThis is a great night for bonfires and fireworks in Britain, In 1605, Guy Fawkes wanted to blow up the English Parliament (with the King inside) in London. He chose a day in November, but he didn’t succeed. Today, people still commemorate the event on Sth November. Children make an effigy of Guy Fawkes, and collect money. Then they burn the effigy on a bonfire. November is a cold time of the year in Britain. So people eat hot sausages, and ginger- bread while they watch the fireworks. This is a very important North American festival. Itis a national holiday, and people like to celebrate it with their families ‘The Thanksgiving Dinner is a ‘thank you' for the good things in the past year Itis also an opportunity to share these things with your family and friends. It is always on the fourth Thursday of the month. ‘The Thanksgiving Dinner commemorates the Pilgrim Fathers in North America. In 1621, they had a feast to celebrate their first year in New England. They ate birds and deer and local fruit and vegetables. ‘Today turkey and cranberries, with pumpkin pie and sweet potatoes, are the favourite food for this festival. In some countries, people go to church at midnight on 24th December (Christmas Eve) and eat a big meal. This is often fish On Christmas Day, the traditional food is roast turkey, or goose, or chicken, or ham, ot beef. And lots of different vegetables. And Christmas Pudding, and mince pies... A lot of food! Many people like to eat special cakes at Christmas. In Italy, panettone is popular. This is a light cake of eggs and dried fruit and vanilla It is traditional to give a panettone to friends when you visit them at Christmas. So some of these cakes ‘travel’ a lot. It’s a problem if they return to the first ‘giver’! & = 3 z é z 4s Make your own English Gingerbread!Cee ar ees goodbye”. 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Cec ee nee en light, strong material Coc ee ee Crees recognise {vl To know someone from their Pea Pee eee eed er meee eee Lei SS oo ay recognize rere fos theatre ere) por ld aeCarnival in aha rere Da eu ale enti) em Cuenta London London? So 7 “ London, England? That's right! Read on... HISTORY NOTE QUESTION: What’s the connection with London? ANSWER: A bit of history! You see, Trinidad was part of the British Empire until 1962. It became independent on 31st August, 1962. And a lot of people from Trinidad (and the other islands in the West Indies) emigrated to Britain in the 1950s. They wanted to have a carnival there — but the weather in London in February is very cold! So... they chose the last weekend and Monday in August, I’s a public holiday in Britain. And the weather's usually warm, MUSIC NOTE ‘Notting Hill Carnival Glossary ‘Mas: The costumed processions and floats. Calypso: Traditional Trinidadian music. ‘Soca: The modem, more energetic form of calypso. Steelpan: Traditional Trinidadian instrument. It’s made from empty petrol containers What musical instruments are part of Carnival? Find pictures and information about them.Some festivals celebrate life, and ot! Shut hy mc iat Meas eR atl our ancestors. Here are a few examp and countries are very different, but EY CcR ly mtr SO TESS NN tN SNe e CSE aS Boy CR SOU Cano mime Pree Remi taciatT A RAS NeROB ON Cee Mn oe er Rec ea ne eeee SOR ERO CR RE ee irs Suse eee Ceo eet Seg tees Rte emer t Sree occ Gie Roan reece estar Premera SEO VA RUAN NOB: to Ve) ut BOT) EERO ioe Pees Sacer og 2nd November All Souls Day (The Day of the Dead) Halloween was a pre-Christian festival to Crk eC C mrt recente nasa Cer NC Renn eC Cee Ne ont ov eM Renin at a cece Grea oa eS 2 Perce en eke tated ra c puree eam tn a5 Tee roa ea RRS goat CRC Ree a ee eu ee roa Cee a eRe rena ne Cette? somal Be DU cree Cr err tas alerts er ea eas 3 FS Bee eee Sc eee mC a skull The bones ina person's head eee ccc Ck ee az a ier one ent Gn mE CS Ce CeCe ita crts ta Ege eid Ed "EW YEAR AND CARNIVAL ARE BIG, PUBLIC r OTS OF SMALLER, ‘PRIVA’ ARE NATIONAL, OR BELONG TO s ROUPS OF PEOPLE. SOME OF THEM CELEBRATE A NATIONAL EVENT, LIKE INDEPENDENCE. > LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT SOME OF THESE. WHICH ONES DO YOU RECOGNISE? O Teacher's Day O Children’s Day © Women’s Day © World Environment Day © Mother's Day © father’s Day © Valentine’s Day © Columbus Day > HERE ARE SOME DESCRIPTIONS OF THESE EVENTS. WHICH DESCRIPTION GOES WITH WHICH FESTIVAL? @ 2) 6) C) G) (©) O @® O personal Belongs toa person ©) (Answers on page 14.1 Ce Re ea sie Fos Fanon Emm 12 fp © Choose three of these festivals, or three similar ones in your recognize recognise i 4 ‘region, What happens at them? Why are they important?Valentine's Day Roses are red, Tavender's blue, Sugar is sweet And.so are you! Be. my Valentine. Bonfire Night Please remember The fifth of November, Gunpowder, treason and plot. Tsee no reason Why gunpowder, treason Should ever be forgot! Penny for the Guy! Penny for the Guy! Christmas Jingle bells, Jingle bells, Jingle all the way, Oh what fun it is to go In aone-horse open sleigh! Christmas/New Year We wish you a Merry Christmas, We wish you a Merry Christmas, We wish you a Merry Christmas And a Happy New Year! Seu ea Bree ec ae ane ore} re eMart oe een Pros eer oe ed Hogmanay (the language is Scottish!) Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind, ey A conspiracy. Should auld acquaintance be forgot, sleigh eras For the sake of auld lang syne. co eee cies ng country Birthdays Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday to you, Happy birthday, dear ... (name), Happy birthday to you! Eee etd Cate oe CLT er =o you oon (Answers on p 1. CARNIVAL QUIZ ‘A Who had the first Carnival? ithe Romans ii The Greeks iii The Egyptians BB What did people say ‘goodbye’ to at Carnival? fruit livegetables ili meat C What is the meaning of the French adjective for the last day of Carnival? ‘dig lihapey iii fat D Lent comes after Carnival, How many days is it? 0 wi40 iii50 E When is Carnival in London? February August lii December 2. PLANTS AND FESTIVALS ‘A Which country has a cherry blossom festival? {Japan China litindia 1B Where did the first Christmas trees come from? England Germany ili Australia Which colour rose means ‘I love you"? ired rose liyellow rose ili pink rose What colour flowers do Mexicans use on the Day of the Dead? red iiyeliow iif orange E What vegetable do people use at Halloween? i potato lipumpkin if onion 3, RELIGIONS AND FESTIVALS A Eid is a festival for i Muslims Protestants ill Catholics B The Indian community celebrates Diwali with ‘light lifire ii flowers © At the Chinese New Year, itis bad luck to ikillan animal iicook food eat fruit D On the Mexican Day of the Dead, people eat sugar ‘skulls liskeletons ili flowers E Whose birthday do people celebrate in many Asian countries? their ancestors ii Buddha the symbol of the new year 4, WORD BOX Find 13 festivals or parts of festivals. Use the word box to answer the clues. Across 1. A very famous festival in Mexico, - 3. a 5. 6. 7. 8, North Americans remember the past ‘A big Mustim festival Another important Mustim festival One festival; two dates. Brazil is famous for it - Indians celebrate it with lights. . French Tuesday. / The fat part of Tuesday, Down 9. Many people hope that this will be white 10. In Korea, they remember their ancestors. 11. Lots of eggs to eat. 12. Look out for witches! 13, The period of 40 days before Easter. color EB cotourEi GOCE asec) LN TSVaL RL] y from you Soc iy Se a uC a Festival Calendar Look at the list of festivals on paged Which ones do you celebrate in your culture? There are lots of other festival, too. Make a personal Festival Year Calendar. You can organise it like {his i INTERNATIONAL [RELIGIOUS [_ NATIONAL January February March April May June July Masks Look at the pictures of Carnival on pages 8 and 9. Choose a character and design your own mask. It can be beautiful, famiastic or scary. Have 8H exhibition. If possible, make and wear your Mask. How do you feel in it? Carnival and Samba What can you discover about Samba Schools in Brazil? Make an album to inform your friends. Festival Detective What is your favourite festival? How much can you find out about it? When did it begin? Why? Where? Design a tourist booklet to explain it to foreign visitors. your Festival Eye work. Make a poster to show the things that you discovered. Col Easter Eggs In Eastern Europe, people decorate eggs for Easter. How about you? Boil an egg until it is hard, Then paint a design on it. Have an Easter Egg display. You can have @ . prizes for the most oe Z beautiful egg, the funniest Wigs ’ gg, the mest colouriulegs. ay cotorfut ER colourtut favorite favourite organize organise |Topics chatrooms Teens chat Sarah: Hi, Lesley, When's you birthday? Lesley:In November. ‘Sarah: Oh, mine’s in March. What do you normally do? Lesley: We go out for dinner. Sarah: Where do you usually go? Lesley: To Papa Joe's. They have American-type food. Sarah: Papa Joe's? No! Lesley: Why? Sarah: We go there, too! It's great. Lesley: What's your favourite dish? ‘Sarah: I's really difficult to choose, There are so many things on the menu... Can you believe it? ove2pn72s On 1th February, lots of people in Britain put Valentine's Day messages in the newspapers. Here are a few of them, Jill: Be my Valentine this year, next year, forever! Much love, Jack. —0e—~ Cinderella, T have a beautiful glass slipper for you, ha Pena you, Call after an 1000 red roses for my love. Romeo. e Valentine greetings to Napoleon from your fan-elub. avepsv2s Bye for now! ‘That's the end of ‘Festivals’. Of course, you can continue with your Festival Eye work, See you in the next Topics title. Bye! ES ESS GEE ESS _gEF Y° e S4E ESSEC ESE gst Susan Holden 16Macmillan Education Between Towns Road, Oxford OXé 3PP A division of Macmillan Publishers Limited Companies and representatives throughout the world ISBN 13: 978~1-4050-9497-9 ISBN 10: 1-4050-9497-4 Text © Susan Holden 2006 Design and illustration © Macmillan Publishers Limited 2006 First published 2006 All rights reserved; no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, transmitted in any form, or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publishers. Designed by Prata Design Cover design by Topics - The Creative Partnership, Exeter Cover photographs with kind permission of AFP ‘Author's acknowledgements The author is very grateful to Donn Byrne for discussing the initial ideas with her and commenting on the draft texts. She would also like to thank Ernst Reitermaier of the Gemueseorchester, Vienna, for permission to use the copyright information and photos on pages 6 and 7; Aureo DeFreitas for the information about the Amazon Youth Celto Choir and the photos on pages 12 and 13; and Neusa Tonini and Amélia Maria Fernandes Alves of the Brazilian Embassy, London, for their help. ‘The author and publishers would like to thank the following for permission to reproduce their material: Text about ‘The Amazon Youth Cello Choir’ based on BBC Radio 4 Broadcast, www.acvapara.com.br and www.ayec.net, reprinted by permission of Aureo Freitas and BBC Scotland. Text about ‘Vienna Vegetable Orchestra’ and original recording of their music on the CD, reprinted by permission of Ernst Reitermaier (www.vegetableorchestra.orgl Text about Franz Ferdinand and 8 lines from You See Her by Franz Ferdinand, reprinted by permission of Supervision Management. ‘The author and publishers would like to thank the following for permission to reproduce their photographic material: Getty Images: photos on pages 5 and 20 Corbis/Stockphotos: photos on pages 4, 8, 9, 10, 11, 16, 21 and 22 ‘Tyba: photos on pages 12 and 13 Photos.com: all other photos Printed and bound in Spain by Edelvives 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 987654321ol ll 5109. ll Topics The Topics series presents factual information in a modern magazine format. It offers challenging insights into the modern intercultural world from a teenager's viewpoint. 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