Holidays and Festivals Around The World

The following activity is celebrated in Brazil, people were colorful costumes and dance Samba:

• The Carnival of Venice

• Thanksgiving

• Carnival Rio de Janeiro

_________________is a federal holiday in the United States, celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. People share a delicious meal, including turkey.

• Thanksgiving

• Yi Pen Lantern Festival

• 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.

• Halloween

• Christmas

• La Tomatina

________________ is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world.

• Halloween

• Thanksgiving

• Christmas

_______________ is a festival unique to northern Thailand which is celebrated on the full moon of the 12th month of the Thai lunar calendar. The “Festival of Lights” was adapted from Brahmin origins and has close ties with the ancient Lanna Kingdom.

• Yi Pen Lantern Festival

• The Carnival of Rio de Janeiro

• The Carnival of Venice

"Turkey, is a dish commonly eaten in United States to celebrate_____________."

• Halloween

• Memorial Day

• Thanksgiving

___________is an annual festival held in a city of Italy. The carnival ends with the Christian celebration of Lent, forty days before Easter, on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday. The festival is world-famous for its elaborate masks.

• Easter

• Carnival of Rio de Janeiro

• Carnival of Venice

____________________ the last day of the year, is on 31 December. In many countries, It is celebrated at evening parties, where many people dance, eat, drink, and watch or light fireworks. Some Christians attend a watchnight service.

• Christmas

• New Year's Eve

• La Tomatina

_________is a festival that is held in the Valencian town of Buñol, in the East of Spain 30 kilometres from the Mediterranean, in which participants throw tomatoes and get involved in a tomato fight purely for entertainment purposes.

• La Tomatina

• Yi Pen Lantern Festival

• New Year's Eve

Fireworks are commonly used to celebrate: ________

• Easter

• Yi Pen Lantern Festival

• New Year's Eve