Marta Hilgier Celebrations Around the World

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Zdjęcie przedstawia kobietę która trzyma dziecko na rękach, oboje mają czapki na głowach i są obsypani kolorowym pyłem.

Holi is a festivalfestivalfestival in India and Nepal. People also call it the Festival of Love or the Festival of Colours. It celebratescelebrates [celebrate] (verb)celebrates the beginning of spring and love. During this event, people throwthrow (verb)throw colourful powderscolourful powders [colourful powder]colourful powders at each other. They also use water gunswater guns [water gun]water guns or balloons full of paintfull of paintfull of paint. A big part of the celebration is a bonfirebonfirebonfire with singing and dancing. What’s more, during Holi, people say sorry for the bad things they did and show their loveshow their love [show one’s love]show their love to everyone!

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Zdjęcie przedstawia tłum ludzi, mężczyźni mają na sobie tylko spodenki . Nad głowami mają balkony na których są powywieszane ubrania, wszystkie są zabarwione na czerwono.

La Tomatina is a Spanish festival. It is a tomato fighttomato fighttomato fight in the town squaretown squaretown square. In the fight, people throw tomatoes at one another, but there are some rulesrules [rule] (noun)rules. For example, you have to squeezesqueezesqueeze vegetables in your hand before you throw them at someone. Also, you can’t throw them at buildings. After the event, fire trucksfire trucks [fire truck]fire trucks come to clean the dirty streets with water.

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Zdjęcie przedstawia łuk z kwiatów pod którym są ustawione skrzynki a na nich stoją owoce i warzywa, po prawej stoi stół pełen owoców i warzyw. W tle są stragany.

The Day of the Dead (Dia de Los Muertos) is a Mexican celebrationcelebrationcelebration. It is a happy occasionoccasionoccasion. Families and friends meet to remember those who died. They tell funny stories and anecdotesanecdotes [anecdote]anecdotes about the dead. They also have special tables on which they put the dead’s favourite food and drinks. They decorate them with photos of those who died. Next, they visit their gravesgraves [grave]graves and bring gifts for the dead.

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Zdjęcie przedstawia dwóch mężczyzn na tle ściany z białej cegły ubranych w barwy Irlandii (zielony, biały, pomarańczowy). Jeden mężczyzna ma na głowie kapelusz a drugi perukę, obaj mężczyźni są uśmiechnięci.

Saint Patrick’s Day is an Irish celebration. On this day, people remember the patron ofpatron ofpatron of Ireland, St. Patrick. People celebrate this day with public street parades. They wear green clothes. They also use shamrocksshamrocks [shamrock]shamrocks as decorationsdecorations [decoration]decorations and play Irish traditional music. The parades look almost like a carnival. People sing and dance in the streets. Some buildings and rivers become green for this special occasion.

1 Źródło: Marta Hilgier, licencja: CC BY-SA 3.0.