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So cool to read about everyone's home tradition they miss the most! I'm from England but I've been living in the States for five years and the thing I miss the most is Bonfire Night on November 5th.
The best thing about Bonfire Night is the fireworks, oh, and the bonfires! … and the history behind it. Basically, Guy Fawkes and his friends tried to blow up the Houses of Parliament and kill King James I. They nearly did it too – they hired a room under the House of Parliament and filled it with explosives. But someone told the royal palace. The authorities found Guy Fawkes in the room guarding the explosives, and he was sentenced to torture and death.
So it's a tradition that celebrates the fact that the king survived. It also means people don't forget what happens if you plot against your country. There's a kind of poem about it that starts 'Remember, remember the fifth of November, gunpowder, treason and plot.' That's why we build a 'guy' – a life-size model of Guy Fawkes – and burn it on the bonfire. Pretty dark and horrible when you think about it!
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Hello everyone! I hope everything seems to be in order, you should know that i'm from Morroco and i want to discuss with you about our culture, especially in a city named Marrakesh i advice you to visit it.
it known with her lush landscapes in Ourika and Oukaimden, despite of foods that exist in Jamâa El Fnaa like Tajine,Tanjeya,Taktoka,Couscous... all of these foods are delecious,also her ancient palaces their a good hook to take pictures.
Finnaly i advice you to visit Morroco it's really enjoyable.
Hello everyone! I’m from Italy, in particular from Sicily, the biggest Italian island at south. I live in a town near Palermo (the capital of this region), here there’s a particular tradition that we celebrate during the patron’s party on the first week of August. The tradition consists in a sport competition, it is called Ntinna a mari, where the fishermens’ sons or nephews clash between them to catch a flag, that has the print of Jesus Christ. The flag is collocated at the end of a wooden pole, that is putted horizontally over the sea and it’s covered with soap (lard originally). The goal of the game is walking on the pole and to catch the flag, naturally paying attention to not falling in the water!
Exploring the diverse spectrum of traditional celebrations worldwide is indeed captivating.
In Sudan, we honor our heritage with immense pride, commemorating Sudan Independence Day on January 1st. This significant date marks the nation's liberation, a momentous occasion celebrated by singing Sudanese national songs that resonate with the spirit of our people.
My favorit tradition in my country is the gertc
Its a sudaness marrig tradition. Full of red color and lovey people of your family. Without forgeting the impressive smells and warm songs for the new couple. My best says "ya adela ya bida" anigles walk with him🎶.every bride looks beatufull in the tradition "toup" and the groom Also.. Every thing is amazing about gertc.
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Hi everyone! It is amazing to read your stories. I`m feeling like I have just traveled all over the world. Thank you for writing about your traditions. I want to tell you about one from my country, Ukraine. The third Thursday of May we have Vyshyvanka Day. It is a holiday when we wear our ethnic embroidered clothes called vyshyvankas. It is fantastic to see people around in beautiful embroidered shirts, dresses or suits. I love to feel myself a part of a big Ukrainian family on this day.
Hi all! Whats up . I was reading yesterday night about their post´s and are so interesting , much of them speak about diferent parties in many countries . I like to see how people celebrate parties in all over the World.
I will give another example for make big this important post. Im from Spain , Madrid. The most celebrate day here is San Isidro , you wont believe that but you can see an example of this day in a painting . From Goya , its name is LA PRADERA DE SAN ISIDRO . This is a perfect example about this celebration ,because now the people go to the same place that appears in this painting . So this is this party, peaple one or two days drinking , dancing and the most important thing , laughting .
For end , that i said in the firsts phrases i like to see people celebrating because i know whoever it is, whatever country you are in, when people are celebrating, they are laughing! And in San Isidro people laugh much hard , so come here to party together!!
Hi everyone! It's so nice to read all your nice traditions, I am from Colombia and I think that my favorite tradition is a catholic celebration that we do every October 7th, and it's called "Noche de velitas". Everyone lights candles and put them in the pavement, all of these candles are for the "Virgen María", the mother of Jesuscrist. All the streets are iluminated by this candles and is a tradition that makes unity in the families and is beautiful to see.
Wow, that sounds beautiful!
Hello everyone,
it's really interesting to read about your home traditions, in Mexico it's celebrated the independence day in September, they usually prepare a lot of food, like tamales, flautas, tostadas, tacos and so on. And there ara a lot of people selling their traditional stuff. My family and I usually celebrate it by going to Mexico city and we see el Grito de la independencia which is given by the president, it makes me feel really proud as a mexican.