Traditions and Festivities

Traditions and Festivities

Open Ended

What traditional festivities do you know?

Christmas

Christmas is celebrated on December 25 and is both a sacred religious holiday and a worldwide cultural and commercial phenomenon. Popular customs include exchanging gifts, decorating Christmas trees, attending church, sharing meals with family and friends and, of course, waiting for Santa Claus to arrive.

Halloween

Halloween is a holiday celebrated each year on October 31. The tradition originated with the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, when people would light bonfires and wear costumes to ward off ghosts. Later this evolved into a day of activities like trick-or-treating, carving jack-o-lanterns, festive gatherings, donning costumes and eating treats.

Birthdays

It’s a time for friends and family to come together and celebrate you, the anniversary of your birth. Although it's origin comes from a lot of different cultures. They first started as a form of protection from evil spirits in the Greek culture. For a long time it was considered to be a pagan ritual in Christian culture.

Weddings

A wedding ceremony is the ritual by which two people get married. The first recorded evidence of marriage ceremonies dates from about 2350 B.C., in Mesopotamia. By the 8th century, marriage was widely accepted in the Catholic church as a sacrament.

Every country has unique types of rituals that characterize their ceremonies

Multiple Choice

This celebration happens ever 365 days and starts at midnight, it is famous for its fireworks

• New Years

• Birthdays

Multiple Choice

For this celebration families get thogether, prepare a big dinner and exchange presents

• Thanksgiving Day

• Christmas Day

Multiple Select

Which of these countries celebrate Ramadan

• Qatar

• France

• Lebanon

• Syria

• Surinam

Poll

These images are from the Venice Carnival and the Holi Festival.

Have you heard of them?

Which festivity looks more interesting?