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Cultural Celebrations Around the World

Explore a variety of festivals worldwide, from New Year's Day to Thanksgiving, highlighting traditions, similarities, and differences in celebrations. Learn the significance of festivals honoring ancestors, historical figures, and nature. Reflect on the importance of preserving traditional festivals while embracing foreign ones, sparking a discussion on cultural significance and celebration diversity.

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Cultural Celebrations Around the World

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  1. Festivals around the world

  2. New year’s Day the Lantern Festival Valentine’s Day Women’s Day Tree-planting Day April Fool’s day Tomb Sweeping Day the Earth Day Labour Day the Dragon-boat Festival the World No Tobacco Day

  3. Mother’s Day Children’s Day the Mid-Autumn Day Double-Ninth Festival Halloween Thanksgiving Day Christmas

  4. Para 1: What did people usually celebrate in ancient times?

  5. Obon Japan The Day of the Dead Mexico Halloween Western China The Dragon Boat Festival Columbus Day America Mahandas Gandhi Day India Thanksgiving Festival Western Mid-autumn Festival China/Japan The Spring Festival China Western Easter The Cherry Blossom Festival Japan

  6. Festivals of the Dead: Fill in the blanks. The Day of the Dead Obon Festivals Halloween graves dressup bones incense music gifts

  7. The Day of the Dead in Mexico

  8. Halloween Jack o’lantern Trick or treat!

  9. 1.What are festivals of the dead usually for? 2. Compare the festivals of the dead in Mexico, Japan and China. What are the similarities and differences?

  10. Festivals to Honour People the Dragon Boat Festival an Indian national festival on Oct. 2 Columbus Day Why do you think people celebrate festivals for these people?

  11. Harvest Festivals Choose the best answer. Many activities can be held in harvest festivals EXCEPT that people ___. A. get together to have meals B. decorate houses to admire the moon C. win awards for their farm produce D. enjoy moon-cakes B What makes autumn festivals happy events?

  12. Thanksgiving Day

  13. Spring Festivals: Fill in the blanks. SpringFestival Festivals Carnivals Parades lucky dragon dances colourful clothing

  14. Easter

  15. What is one important reason to have festivals and celebrations? It is important to have festivals and celebrations so we can enjoy life/ be proud of our customs/ forget our work for a little while.

  16. What do most festivals have in common?

  17. Discussion • Which festivals do you think the most important? • Give your reasons. • 2. Now foreign festivals seem to become more and • more popular among young people, while some • Chinese traditional festivals seem less important • than before. Should we keep our traditional • festivals alive? Why? how? Should we celebrate • foreign festivals as well?

  18. Obon in Japan 盂兰盆节

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