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Unit 7 Activity

Unit 7 Activity. An unusual holiday. Pair work . Look at these unusual holidays. Then ask and answer the questions below with a partner. Questions: Which one (s) would you like to celebrate? Why? What do you think happens on each day?. DIWALI The festival of lights. 排灯节（印度的宗教节日）.

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Unit 7 Activity

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  1. Unit 7 Activity

  2. An unusual holiday • Pair work. Look at these unusual holidays. Then ask and answer the questions below with a partner.

  3. Questions: • Which one (s) would you like to celebrate? Why? • What do you think happens on each day?

  4. DIWALI The festival of lights 排灯节（印度的宗教节日）

  5. Diwali brings lights, fireworks and a lot of sweets

  6. DiwaliDecorations

  7. Diwali Pooja

  8. Dussehra Celeberating triumph of Good over Evil 十 胜 节

  9. Muharram 穆哈兰姆月

  10. Prayers are offered in mosques for the well being of everyone 开斋节 Eid al-Fitr marks the end of holy month of Ramadan

  11. Baisakhi 拜萨哈节 (印度锡克教卡尔沙教团成立纪念日，每年3、4月间庆祝)

  12. Raksha Bandhan 兄妹节 约在公历7、8月间，是印度历法五月之中的第二大节日活动

  13. Brazil: Mardis Gras • The carnival is held 4 days before Ash Wednesday and marks the beginning of Lent, A period of fasting. • It probably has its origin in an older pre-christian Roman Festival “Saturnalia”. • It is celebrated by street parties, processions, and dancing the “Samba”

  14. Bunyol (Valencia, Spain) • On the 27th of August at 11am for 2 hours there is “La Tomatina”. • About 1.25,000 Kg of ripe tomatoes are thrown by the people at each other. • The tomatoes must first be squashed to avoid injury.

  15. Fallas 法亚节/火节

  16. Sonkajärvi, Finland • Contestants must carry their wife 253.5 m over sand, grass and asphalt. during the annual county fair of the town. Dropping your wife incurs a penalty of 15 seconds. If you manage to be the first to the finish line, you get the prize: the weight of the lady in beer!

  17. Korea Mud Festival • Mud baths are the main highlight of the Poryong Mud Festival. The festival also includes other interesting competitions: mud massages, a mud sculpture, a mud beauty and mud body painting contests.

  18. Munich, Bavaria • The Oktoberfest starting end September lasts 12 days. It is a beer festival. It attracts 6,000,000 visitors to Munich. • The women dress in grindl, and the men in lederhosen.

  19. The Outback Regatta • Alice Springs, in the dry centre of Australia is 1500km from the nearest water. • Now the scene for the yearly Henley-on-Todd Regatta, where "boat races" are held with bottomless boats, held up by the contestants who have to run through the dry riverbed. But if it rains and there is water in the river, the boat race has to be cancelled!

  20. San Fermin, Pamplona • The fiestas of San Fermin are celebrated every year from the 6th to the 14th of July. • At midday every 6 th July, the Fiesta takes off with a bang. A rocket is launched into the sky. • There is the running of the bulls through the streets of the old city to the bull ring.

  21. London, Trooping of the Colour • The Trooping the Colour dates back to the 17th. Century when the Colours of a regiment were used as a rallying point in battle. • In London, the Foot Guards used to do this from 1755 onwards as part of their daily Guard Mounting. In 1805 the parade was for the first time carried out to celebrate the Sovereign's birthday. • It takes place in June each year to celebrate the official Birthday of the Sovereign and is carried out the Household Division with the Queen herself attending and taking the salute.

  22. Hogmanay / Ne’erday Hogmanay is the name Scots give to the31st Decemberwhen the bringing in of the New Year is celebrated. Ne’erday is New Year’s Day when families get together for a meal (usually a steak pie ) and recover from Hogmanay

  23. 泰國-潑水節

  24. Festivals Festival 'shici-go-san' in Heian Shrine, Kyoto Japanese girl hanging her New Year prophecy. Colorful procession of Festival of Ages - 'Jidai Matsuri'

  25. Menton Lemon Festival

  26. American Holidays

  27. Memorial Day • Last Monday in May • A day to remember those who died in service of their country.

  28. Independence Day • July 4th • Happy Birthday, America! • On July 4th, 1776, America claimed its independence from Britain.

  29. Labor Day • Ist Monday in Sept. • Holiday honoring workers • The observance includes parades and speeches reviewing labor’s contributions to society.

  30. Veteran’sDay • November 11th • A day set aside to honor all people, living and dead who served in the armed forces.

  31. Earth Day • April 22nd • Earth Day is a special day during which people think of all of the different ways that they can help the Earth.

  32. President’s Day • 3rd Monday of February • America celebrate this day to honor George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, two important presidents in our country’s history.

  33. Calgary Stampede 卡尔加里牛仔节

  34. World Hello Day 世界问候日

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