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Christmas Day
Mid-autumn Day
Spring Festival
Qiqiao Festival
Dragon Boat Festival
Thanksgiving Day
Obon
Halloween
Easter
Cherry Blossom Festival
Carnival in South America
...... festivals Easter Spring Festival Children’s Day Valentine’s Day May Day festivals Christmas Obon Ramadan April Fool’s Day ...... Day of the Dead
Jigsaw reading Group A Group B Group C Group D
Festivals of the Dead Purpose: To honor the dead or to satisfy the ancestors clean graves light incense in memory of … 1.Obon(Japan) light lamps play music lead the ancestors back food in the shape of skulls feast day 2.Day of the Dead (Mexico) cakes with “bones” offer food, flowers and gifts origin – the return of the spirits 3.Halloween (west) dress up ask for sweets play a trick Now – children’s festival
Festivals to Honour People COUNTRY FESTIVAL PEOPLE REASON China ________ _______ Qu Yuan famous ancient _______ Columbus Day Christopher Columbus arrival in the ________ India Mohandas Gandhi helped gain India’s __________ Dragon Boat Festival poet USA New World independence
Harvest Festivals _________ Thanksgiving Day COUNTRY FESTIVAL AVTIVITY REASON _________ Thanksgiving Day decorate _______ and town halls Food is _______ and __________ work is over get together to have meals win ________ for their farm produce China and Japan ___________ Day _______ the moon enjoy mooncakes churches European countries gathered awards agricultural admire Mid-autumn
Spring Festivals look forward to the end of winter and to the coming of spring eat dumplings, fish and meat give children lucky money Spring Festival (China) carnivals and dragon dance celebrate the Lunar New Year parades dancing loud music colorful clothing carnivals before Easter western countries return of Jesus the coming of spring and new life Easter Cherry Blossom Festival(Japan) -- the country looks as though covered with pink snow
CELEBRATIONS AND FESTIVALS Origins of festivals Festivals of the dead Festivals to honour people Harvest festivals Spring festivals The meaning of festivals
Create a festival When Where Why Who What
Homework Surf the Internet to explore more about the festivals you are interested in.