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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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What a instesting history! That makes me remember a similar tradition in Venezuela 'cause consist burning a clothes doll as well but ist name is Judas. It's the same Judas of the Jesus' history I think..
That was a very interesting and deep tradition. In Colombia at the end of the year people used to burn a cloth doll to receive the new year but this usually happens in villages and rural areas.
what an interesting tradition! my country is somalia and we have a shared celebration with other Muslim countries, that being eid al fitr and eid al adha, one is after ramadan which is the fasting month for muslims , whrere we celebrate the end of the fasting ,the other is during the pilgrimage that muslims do every year to mecca the holy city in soudi arabia , a huge feast is done using a sacrificial cattle then is shared between the the poeple doing the pilgrimage and the rest goes to the poor people.
It was so cool to read about home traditions that people have around the world. Not leave far away bonfires, I want to tell about Ivana-Kupala. Ivana-Kupala night is on 7th of July, it is traditional pre-Christian, old-Slavic feast of east Slavs. The most horrible thing about this feast that mainly peoples they made a sacrifice by burning a person. However, over time, human sacrifice was replaced by the burning of an effigy. All of it was done for a good harvest. In general, the ceremony takes place in the following sequence: an effigy of Kupala and/or Marena is placed, around which tanks are driven and songs are sung; a bonfire is lit, over which people then jump; the effigy is torn apart; it is drowned in water or burned; wreaths are thrown into the water; tanks are driven and songs are sung all night. The central object of the celebration is the bonfire, and in some places the fire for it was obtained in an archaic way - by rubbing wood against wood. Fate was determined by the behaviour of the wreath: if it drowned, the girl who launched it would not marry. If the wreath floats well and the candle burns brightly, the girl will get married; if the wreath spins in place, she will still be a girl. If the wreath floats far and touches some shore, the girl will get married there. Most traditions now play the role of symbols and are hardly believed in or performed.
However, the fact remains that the holiday has always been considered youthful, mysterious, pleasantly disturbing and cosy. There was nothing better in the summer than spending an evening by the river, singing songs by the fire and jumping over it, or telling fortunes with girls on boys.
I do not know how to describe our country tradition. Maybe I need to read more passages about our country tradition to find how to engage this topic.
So nice to know about others traditions and customs. In my country Algeria and other Muslim countries we celebrate Eid Al Adha. In the 10th of Dhu-Alhijja (the 12th month of the Hijjri calendar), we celebrate it on the honor of Prophet Ibrahim' devotion by giving an animal which is generally a ram as a sacrifice. At the same time, Pilgrims perform Hajj rituals in Mecca.
Backfired! Poor Guy Fawkes. At least there was a good party left out of it all. Here in Brazil we also built and burned a doll representing Judas, the traitor. On Hallelujah Saturday, which precedes Easter Sunday, we prepare broomsticks and then beat the doll, and then burn it. It's fun as well as being a good exercise for the body.
I would like to Know of several tradition found all over world. Currently, I Know about the tradition of United Kingdon of Bonfire Night on November 5th and its interesting history and how the people don't forget what happens if you plot against your country.
Personally, I think that there several traditions in my country due that I'm from Ecuador a cultural, plurinational and multiethnic country, Its festival that do are: Inti Raymi that is the Festival of the Sun in june and july,
The Yamor Festival that Corn Festival in September, La Mama Negra in september and november and very well know date the carnaval party that celebrate in dates such in febrary or march
well i from somalia which is a muslim country so for me it would be the two islamic festivals Eid al fitir and adha where for the first one "eid al fitir " we celebrate after finishing the month of ramadan where we fast every day for 30 days before dawn till the sunset , on this day you see every one celebratingthe poor and the rich and every one else praying side by side and after the prayer people gift each other what they can afford , and same goes for eid al adha but the difference is that is there is no obligatory fasting , we celebrate it honours the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ismail as an act of obedience to God's command
Hey, everyone. It's nice to know variety of traditions around the world. I am from Brazil and my favorite brazilian tradition is the Festa Junina. It's a party that happens on June, mostly in Northeast part - where I am from. We celebrate the Saint John's Day, we dance traditional dances such as quadrilha, bumba-meu-boi, some cultural dance groups make their show, and people wear hillbily clothes. This party has a particular kinda of songs and we eat traditional food too. Nonetheless, my favorite part is the traditional bonfire... we dance around and jump over it.
Its a cultural party and it is really fun.