Task Description: For this task I had to name celebrations around the world and name one fact about it. At first we had to do a celebration that starts with the same letter as the country but that was to complicated so then the teachers decided we cando any holiday from the country. After a lot of time doing this I have FINALLY finished it. Enjoy learning from this post! :))
A – Z CELEBRATIONS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
List down a country name for each letter of the alphabet. Identify a celebration from that country (must start with the same letter) and in the final column, provide a brief description of the celebration.
| Country name | CELEBRATION | AN INTERESTING FACT |
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AUSTRALIA DAY | Australia Day marks the 1788 landing of the first fleet and raising of the union flag by Arthur Phillip at Sydnet Cove, New South Wales. Today, it’s become a day that acknowledges past wrongs and show respect for the Aboriginal and Torress Strait Islanders. |
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Brazilian Carnival | The Brazilian Carnival is on 17 Feb – 25 Feb. Fun fact this event has actually made it into the Guiness Book Of Records. |
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Canada Day | Canada day is on the 1st of July. Fun fact in 1980 the song “O Canada” was officially made the national anthem of the country |
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Danish Constitution | The Constitution came to force on 5 June 1953 🙂 |
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Endless Festival | The Endless Festival is from January to March. I don’t know why it’s called the endless festival sadly |
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Festival De Marne | This festival is on November 19th. I don’t have interesting facts in this event |
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Good Friday | Good Friday is on 29 March next year. Good Friday is a day of mourning so many people don’t have to do household chores |
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Haunted Plantation | Basically the Haunted Plantation is just an event that is held at the scariest haunted house in Hawaii |
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Icelandic Language Day | This is celebrated on the 16th of November, it’s a day where you celebrate the icelandic language |
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Jidai | This festival is held on October 22nd. The full name of this festival is Jidai Matsuri with the english name “ Festival Of Ages” |
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Mashujaa | This celebration is held on October 20th fun fact Mashujaa means “heroes” in the Swahili Language |
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Liberation day | Libya has only had 1 king, King Idris 🙂 |
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Vesak | Vesak is celebrated in May. On this day there is a full moon. A full moon in May in the buddhist culture is the most sacred day to millions of buddhists. |
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New Year’s Day | New Years in NZ is like any other New Years day. We put on fireworks at midnight on December 31st and eat cake and adults drink wine 🙂 or other liquors. |
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Muharram | This day is a day that marks the beginning of a new year and the beginning period of grief and recollection to Shia Muslims |
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Festival of the masks | This festival is also known as the Masskara festival. This festival is known as the most colorful festival in the Philippines |
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Qatar International Art Festival | This festival is celebrated on 20th – 25th November. This festival helps international artists gain recognition. |
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Pastele | Pastele is actually just Easter. |
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Samoan Independence Day | Big celebrations, lots of food, traditional gift exchanges and a lot of dancing and singing. On this day Samoa got free from the British Empire. |
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Vegetarian Festival | This festival starts on 15th October and ends on 24th October. Basically this is a Chinese celebration to the 9 emperor gods. |
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Kupala Night | The magical rites and rituals of Kupala Night date back to pagan times. This is celebrated on 20th June |
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Lim Festival | This festival is held in the Lim village this festival originally celebrated Ba Mu, who led her life as a Buddhist nun at Lim pagoda. |
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St Davids Day | St David is a king (I think) who was born on the year 500 (A LONG TIME AGO) this day is celebrated on the 1st of March. |
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National Unity Day | The Day of National Unity is May 22, the day on which, in 1990, North Yemen and South Yemen were officially united. |
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Defense Forces Day | This day is on the 13th of August this year. In my opinion I think this is a day to celebrate the Defense Force. |