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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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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!
In Colombia, "amigo secreto" (Secret Santa) is a popular game, especially during the Christmas season. Participants, usually in groups of friends or coworkers, put their names in a container and each person draws a name at random, without revealing who they got. Over a period, they give small anonymous gifts, called "endulzadas," and finally exchange a bigger gift at a gathering. The goal is to keep the secret until the last day, creating excitement and fun. It's a tradition that promotes camaraderie and joy during the holiday season.
In Brazil we play amigo secreto at Christmas too!!!!
Namaste everybody, I'm from Nepal.Here we celebrate Dashain as major festival on Thu Oct 3,2024 to Wed, Oct 16, 2024 for this year.It may vary according to Hindu calendar. At the time of writing this comment, I don't exactly know the traditions about it, But Wikipedia is there for me to know it so. I'm going to have a sight on it.