New Year is happily celebrated by people around the world. Just after Christmas is over, people start preparing for the New Year. Some people are happy to spend some quality time with their friends and family where as other wishes to organize party with dance, D.J , drink and delicious food. People staying in various parts of the world have different ways of celebrating their new year. Apart from enjoyment and fun, there are some tradition which is followed by the people staring in different countries of the world. Weirdest New Year Customs Great Ball of fire – Scotland If you visit Scotland during the New Year, you will get to discover a strange custom of the people residing there. They have a custom of walking through the street in parade style during the New Year eve along …show more content…
If the guess is right, they think this to be a good luck for the coming year. Graveyard camp –Chile Another surprising culture adopted by the people staying in Chile during the new years is getting the company of their dead relatives. On the New Year eve, the graveyard is opened and thousands of people gathers from various parts to the graveyard, lights candles and makes the dark go away with the charm of light. Classical music is also played to give the dead relatives full enjoyment. Mass kissing – Venice During the New Year, Venice celebrates by kissing one another. At St Mark’s square, decoration with lights and fireworks is carried on and all people assembling kisses one another to greet during the new year. Under water tree planting – Siberia Siberia is a place with very cold weather condition. On the New Year, they have a custom of planting trees deep under water. Since, the lakes are covered by snow in their surface, the individuals cut hole and dive down and get down at the bottom of the lake and plant trees. Throwing furniture – south
Though if these fires were for celebration or survival, early New Year festivities included the burning of these big cone shaped fires, amongst other things, like eating gumbo and drinking eggnog. Later on, the bonfires and other festivities moved into Christmas as well, even making it a month long celebration. A popular explanation for the tradition is that the fires were to light the way for “Papa Noel”, the Cajun Santa Claus. This tradition is still practiced today during the Christmas and New Year
One of these holidays is the New Year, called Oshogatsu the most important holiday in Japan. As stated in the book, “ ...the most important holiday in Japan and one that brings the whole culture to a three-day halt” (Pg 130). Cathy also states ,” … for three days virtually all shops and buildings are closed” (Pg 130). This statement shows the holiday and the traditional ways that go into the holiday. It also shows how this holiday brings everyone together to celebrate together.
It’s evident lack of history is what makes the tradition so potent. It is almost like a holiday that has lost its meaning. the people of the village can't even begin to think about questioning it or trying to change
During this holiday, family members and friends of the deceased visit their graves and place marigolds on them. Small toys are placed on children’s graves, and bottles of tequila are given to the deceased adults. The relatives then spend the rest of the day at the cemetery. They may have a picnic and enjoy the deceased person’s favorite
The University of Mississippi has renamed its “A Grand Ole Christmas” event after it was deemed as “too Christian.” Ole Miss has been celebrating “A Grand Ole Christmas” on its campus for six years but this time, the university has changed the event’s name to “Hotty Toddy Holidays.” The University of Mississippi said it wanted the event to be more inclusive, according to Breitbart. “A Grand Ole Christmas” is the yearly tree-lighting ceremony being held by the University of Mississippi on its campus. Stories about the renaming of the Christmas event to “Hotty Toddy Holidays” quickly made its rounds on the Internet after the announcement, AL.com reports.
The Ghost of Christmas Future changes Ebenezer Scrooge way of seeing things, fear and perspective made regret rise in Scrooge’s mind; Regret can be a slap in the face when it comes to thinking that phrase “If only…” , but after reflecting this amazing story, you come to understand that, that annoying phrase could be replaced with the actions you do to resolve what you have done. Even though regretting is not the most satisfying feeling, people will always learn something from it, after all that journey of regrets is worth it.
When we think of Thanksgiving events that Primary Schools have, most of us think of children dressing up like Pilgrims and Native Americans and eating some sort of food. At Alhambra Primary, our first graders experience The First Thanksgiving as if they were actually a child at the event! On the last day of school the week of Thanksgiving, students participate in a “Thanksgiving Village” full of opportunities for learning! Approximately two weeks prior to the “Thanksgiving Village” experience, students are taken on a series of several “virtual field trips.” These 20 minute field trips are online videos that have a tour of a Mayflower replica, a visit to Plymouth Plantation in Massachusetts, and actual discussions with members of the Wampanog Tribe who are still alive today!
The Day of the Dead is commonly referred to as the “Mexican Halloween”, however this is a common misconception. Halloween and The Day of the Dead may be celebrated near each other in the calendar and share many similarities, but they are also very different in their separate histories and origin. The Day of the Dead originates from the Aztec’s in the 16th century. While Halloween originates from the ancient Celtic rituals. The Day of the Dead celebrates that this specific period during the year allows the dead to enjoy the luxuries of life, approximately from October 28, to November 2nd.
Yule, Winter Solstice, Dec-Jan; Imbolc February 2nd; Ostara, March 19-22; Beltane, May 1st; Litha, Summer Solstice June; Lughnasadh, August 1st; and Mabon, September. (The Celtic Connection 2001). In these festival gatherings there is singing, dancing, and
Latin American Culture Paper The Mexican holiday El Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is an opportunity for Mexicans to remember and pay tribute to their deceased loved ones. Celebrated between October 31st through November 2nd, this holiday is similar to the American celebration of Halloween, with its themes of death and the spirit world. However, unlike the modern-day interpretation of Halloween, El Día de los Muertos is neither morbid nor gloomy. It is a festive remembrance of those who have departed.
Even though the holiday has no purpose it is a tradition that has been going around for centuries and no one wants to break tradition so it is followed from year to
For example, my friend’s wife gave birth on the first day of 2017 and received gift such as stroller, baby foods, blankets, toys, diapers and many more with the year logo in it from other people. Guess what! My wife and I took the opportunity to show our love to new born babies within our locality. We go to the nearby hospital and donate gift such as diapers and wipes to a New Year baby born. This is a way of showing our love to kids born on this
and then they hold a street fair to celebrate Christmas and they get toys why the kids lie in bed waiting for Santa Claus? It is a custom to visit their family members and they will play games and have lot’s of and eat food and some of the food is roast chicken, rice, and gungo peas. The drink that they drink is red tea and this is how you make it herb, with steep hot, then cooled and mixed with ginger, and then you put sugar with white rum and that is how you make red tea. The things that my country does is that they throw a humongous per radius and they make it about Santa Claus and instead of Santa on his savage slay and going around giving kids presents and they do floats too. They also do this they do shows that represent Christmas and they play the song to
The sound of birds chirping garishly outside my window, wakens me from a deep slumber. Opening my eyes, I see the morning sun’s rays illuminating my room. I’m longing for sleep to engulf me back into its warm embrace. My father ruins any hope of going back to sleep as he hollers upstairs that breakfast is ready. Standing up and doing a morning stretch is when I first smell it.
New Year 2017 - It's Time to Celebrations It is that time of the year again where everybody is excited and humbly waiting for new year’s. New year bring so much happiness and new opportunities for every individual. It is an also a time to share your happiness with everybody and party and have a get together.