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Interesting Festivals
Around The World
Main Parts

Holi La Tomatina Sky Lantern Festival

India Spain Taiwan

Rio de Janeiro Dia de Los Muertos

Carnival
Brazil Mexico
 Festival of Color
● Known as a symbol of good over evil

● Starting in evening of Full Moon Day

(normally in Feb or March)

● Happening throughout India

At night, people dance in front
of a bonfire
 People smear each other with:
● Color powder

● Water guns

● Water-filled balloons
Becoming more popular in
Southeast Asian countries
 “Tomato Fight “

● Happening annually on the last Wednesday of August

● In Bunol near Valencia, Spain

● Purpose: to entertain
The event started by accident
Tomatoes are delivered in big trucks

People all over the world participate

 The biggest carnival in the world

 Since 1723

 Was derived from Roman and

Greek’s ancient festivals

 Held just before Lent starts

Parade includes:

 Happy revelers

 Colorful floats

 Samba schools' performances

7,000,000
Participants in 2019
 Lantern Fest, Taiwan

 Having started in 1990

 Celebrated on 15th day of the first

month of lunar calendar
The lanterns are released people in town

Main lanterns always over ten meters tall

They normally reflect Chinese zodiac signs

Hundreds of smaller ones carried by children
 Known as “The Day of the Dead”

 Begin on October 31st and last for 3 days

Was depicted in the 2017 Pixar film
 Mexican families build private altars in their homes

Photos of the dead

Aztec Marigolds

Sugar skulls

Favorite foods and

beverages
People dress up, visit their relative’s graves

They sit together, remember the deceased

Children play game, which is much like Trick-or-

treat
New words
● Folklore(n): the traditional stories and culture of a group of people

Eg: Her books are often based on folklore and fairy-tales

● Smear(v): to spread a liquid or a thick substance over a surface

Eg: The children had smeared peanut butter all over the sofa

● Stall (n): a large table or a small shop with an open front from which goods are sold in a
public place

Eg: In the village market, the stalls are piled high with local vegetables
● Ward off (phrasal verb) : to keep someone or something away or prevent something from
happening or harming you

Eg: She used umbrella to ward off the fierce sun

● Spectacle(n): an unusual or unexpected event or situation that attracts attention, interest, or

disapproval

Eg: It was a strange spectacle to see the two former enemies shaking hands and slapping
each other on the back

● Altar(n): a type of table used in ceremonies in a Christian church or in other religious

buildings

Eg: There is an altar in my church

● Reveler(n): someone who dances, drinks, sings, etc. at a party or in public, especially in a
noisy way

Eg: On New Year's Eve, thousands of revelers fill Times Square

● Depict(v): to represent or show something in a picture or story

Eg: Her paintings depict the lives of ordinary people in the last century

● Subdued (adj) : not strong

If a colour or light is subdued, it is not very bright

If a sound is subdued, it is not too loud

Eg: She has a subdued pink shirt

What does "reveler" mean?

A. person disapproving of the party

B. person passing by

C. person enjoying themselves in a lively way

What does "Lent" mean?

D. period during which food is restricted for religious purposes

E. delicious vegetable dish made with lentils

F. traditional carnival season in South America

What does "stall" mean?

G. old house normally used as a museum

H. stand, compartment where goods are sold

C. giant figure
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