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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'm from Vietnam. The tradition I like most is not from my country, it's family tradition and it happens each year on New Year day. In the morning of the first day of New Year, all my family members will gather at the living room or in front of our house. We dress up beautifully and take photos together. I love the moments in which I am by my family's side a lot.
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I'm from Brazil and a very famous traditional party is called "São João" and its hapeness on June. During this festival season is celebrated the good haverst. There is a traditional dance where people dress up multicolored clothes. Other huge charecteristic of this party are the typical foods, there are a lot of types almost of them are maked with corn.
Hi all, I read a lot of your comments and i really feel interesting about it.
I'm from Palestine Gaza, where the war started since 10 months and it's continuing till now.
One of our traditions in wars is that when the war starts, we collect all our necessary papers and documents ( like passports, certificates, IDs etc..) and put it in one bag. Because we suddenly have to evacuate from our home and leave it without know if we will return back to it again or not.
Hello everybody! I've read a few posts about our traditions you miss the most, so I suppose you want to hear mine. I'm from Ukraine and I've been living in Spain for nearly 6 months now. Of course, I miss my family, who decided not to move with me a few months ago. There is a holiday called St. Nicholas Day which we celebrate every winter on December 19th. On this day, the kids get presents St. Nicholas puts under the pillow and when the kids wake up, they can see them. This holiday symbolizes kindness and care.
Hi everyone, I'm from Indonesia. In here we have a tradition to "go back to our hometown" on the month of Ramadhan. Basically we go back to our hometown to strengthen the relationship between families.
Hello, I am from Ecuador, in my country every December 31st of each year, we celebrate “happy new year” this consists that, We build a life size model that could be; an author, a singer or any character you want. exactly at 12 am, We have a character and we burn it in the bonfire. Most people use other kinds of things, like: fireworks, gunpowder, eating 12 grapes, etc... we do this tradition because we want the next year to be better than this one.
There are a lot of traditions in my country that are very interesting, but there is one that’s my
favorite, it’s the Chocolate national fest, it’s celebrated every year and occurs on the last Sunday
of July. It was created by the founders of a town named “Nueva Helvecia” and during the festival
you can find different kind of preparations all made with chocolate and typical dances and music.
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Hi everybody! I'm from Venezuela but I've been living in Ecuador for 9 years. I left Venezuela because of the economic and political crisis that's been going on there for more than 10 years and that's why I moved to Ecuador with my husband and children.
What I miss the most is to make HAYACAS with my mom, sisters and brothers. Hayaca is a bun made of corn flour, that's filled with a stew made of vegetable, beef, pork and/or chicken, and this bun is covered in a banana leaf and cooked in water. The hayaca is the protagonist of the typical Venezuelan Christmas dish and it is a tradition for families to get together in a celebration before Christmas day to make this dish.
This day the family shares, laughs, makes jokes, drinks beer and all the sharing and family love remains in the hayacas’s taste.
Hello everyone. I am from Serbia, and for purpose for this forum I use name Walter. This topic is very intersting. I think that every country has some specialy history which makes her different and specificly by other country. My country is small, and he position is at South Europe, that is In Balkan. We very like sport, such as football, basketball, tennis ect.
Amazing to read everyone’s wonderful posts about their favorite traditions from their countries. I am from Myanmar, a country located in Southeast Asia. The tradition I like the best from my country is the Water Festival, known as “Thingyan Festival”. It is celebrated every April and lasts around a week. Those days are recognized as public holidays and, most people go outside to celebrate the festival by splashing water on each other, offering free foods to everyone, doing good deeds, or entertaining people with traditional songs and dances. We celebrate during those days because it is traditionally recognized as the beginning of the new year. Splashing water on people symbolizes washing away the dust from the previous year and starting anew with a clearer mind and body in the new year. Such a beautiful festival we all love to participate in!