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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 my friend, hello everyone. What I like most about the Festa Juninal is eating potatoes and corn roasted on the fire.
What tradition do you like best from your country?
The tradition that we live in Carnival, this event is one of the most fun that exist in Ecuador, parades with traditional music and gastronomy plays an important role in this tradition.
Thank you for sharing! I find it really interesting about your overall experience.
For me, in my country people have this very old tradition called "Phum Ben" which is where all the relatives go to their hometown. The reason people do this because it is to gather all the family member and help each other cook food and bring it to pagoda for our deceased family in the after life.
For me personally, I think it is a fantastic tradition to follow because it help strengthen family ties and remind everyone to always value family even though they are long gone from this beautiful world.
● Which tradition do you like best in your country?
Vietnamese are people who have big love with their country. So, one of our country's traditions is Celebrated Hung Kings Event. Hung Kings are people who established and put cornerstone for country since over thousand years ago. There was eighteenth of Hung Kings, it existed for two thousand six hundred years. We have a temple for celebrating Hung Kings. On 20 October, People around country come here with gift for expressing their gratitude.
It's a great to read about a lot of different traditions over the world, I dont know what a bonfire is but I will remember now.
I'm from Mexico and one common tradition here is "rosca de reyes". In the first week of January we eat an oval bread (that meaning the enternal love of God) with a dry fruits (simbolize the jewels of the kings) and little figure of a child (refers to baby jesus) inside de bread. If you find the little baby jesus figure, you become his godfather and you must compromise with everyone that shares the bread with you to buy tamales on February 2.
I don't rellay know the history behind but it must be an old tradistion from Spain.
Fascinated to go through all the traditional stories from all around the globe. Particularly, the history of bonfire tradition in the UK really thrilled me. As I belong to rural areas of Bangladesh, I would share one the most oldest village traditions which already got to be faded away, named 'Chollisha' (40th day). Actually, the local word refers to a feeding programme to remember the death of a particular person on the 40th day, organised by his/her family and relatives. The invited guests are mostly the poor people and orphans who barely manage their everyday foods. On this programme, everyone come and prey for the deceased remembering his good works. Though, this tradition reminds us about a sorrowful event, the loss of one's live, we find it as a good practice.
It’s fascinating to see how different traditions from around the world are celebrated and shared on this class forum. The discussion about Bonfire Night in the UK is particularly interesting, especially the historical connection to Guy Fawkes.
In my country, one of the key traditions involves celebrating cultural festivals that bring families together, and food plays a big role.
really nice getting to know about other country's traditions. I'm Indonesian. I have never gone overseas. We are also Indonesian, have a lot of traditions. You will find out many traditions with different tribes and culture. Now, I live in Simangambat, and I've been living here almost four years. Mostly Simangambat local community is Batakness, They speak Batakness with their own accent. At wedding parties, they usually speak Batakness to tell advice for living as a new couple, to apologize and to bless the new bride. We called it "mendokkon hatta". We are going to cry if we catch the meaning
Hello everyone. I'm João from Brazil and i've been living in Spain for three years.
One thing that i miss a lot of my country is the celebration for the New Year, my friends and I always went to the beach and wait for midnight, everybody were wearing white clothes because it means we are wishing for a year with much peace. Other funny tradition is go to the sea and jump seven waves and it means we'll have a lucky year.