1. Unit14 Festivals

2. Dragon Boat Festival Lantern Festival Mid-Autumn Festival Double Seventh Festival

3. Double Ninth Festival Pure Brightness Festival

4. Match the dates with the festivals: New Year’s Day Tree Planting Day Chinese Youth Day Party’s Day Army’s Day Teachers’ Day Nurses’ Day Children’s Day May Day Mother’s Day May 4 th January 1 st August 1 st March 12 th September 10 th July 1 st 2 nd Sunday of May June 1 st May 1 st December 12 th

5. Name of the festival: When to do What (not) to do Why to do Where to do Who celebrates it How old How to describe a festival: …Day/ Festival season/ day/ night/ period of time (Lunar/ Solar calendar) activities/ foods/symbols/ clothes (dress up in costumes as…) purpose/ themes minorities/ races/ beliefs/ countries/ region/ continents/ union history/ culture/customs

6. “Throw me something, Mister! Throw me something, Mister!” ________ of people are waiting for the ________ to pass them by and for _______ to throw them a cup, some beads, or some candy. Welcome to New Orleans, USA. Welcome to Mardi Gras. Mardi Gras is a holiday celebrated in the ______ of the US. The name of the festival, Mardi Gras, is _______ and means “Fat Tuesday”. Mardi Gras is celebrated on a ________ between February 3 and March 9, always ____ days before Easter Sunday. During Mardi Gras, people like to ________ up in colourful and __________ costumes, and of course, ________ parades in the streets. The official ______ of Mardi Gras are purple, green and ____. Mardi Gras is celebrated for ______ weeks before Fat Tuesday and people from all over the world come to watch the festival. Thousands parade someone South celebrated Tuesday 47 dress costumes watchcolors gold two

7. Ramadan is one of the most important festivals for ________. The name of the festival comes from the _______month in which it is celebrated. Ramadan is celebrated in countries all over the world, especially in _______ and the _______ East. The time for celebrating Ramadan _____ each year. People celebrated it in the ________month of the Arabic lunar __________. During Ramadan, people must not ________ during the day: from when the sun comes up to when the sun goes down, people __________ Ramadan will not eat or _________. When the sun has gone down, however, the celebration begins. People often ______up all night eating, singing and ________. Muslims Arabic Africa Middle varies ninth calendar eat celebrating smoke stay dancing

8. In late spring, many people around the world celebrate Easter. The festival is a celebration of ________ and it is also a religious _________. It is the time for Easter bunnies and egg ________, and of course for eating lots of delicious ________. Easter is celebrated in late March or early April but the exact ________ are different from year to year. People celebrated Easter in different ways: in some countries, the Easter ______ --a big rabbit – will visit and ________ will go on egg hunts, looking eggs and candy that have been ______ by their parents. In other countries, Easter is a time for children to dress up like _______ and go from door to door ________ for candy---much like Halloween in the US. The Easter Bunny and the Easter Egg are popular _______ of the festival. spring holiday hunts foods dates Bunny children hidden witches asking symbols

9. Name of the festival: When to do What (not) to do Why to do Where to do Who celebrates it How old How to describe a festival: Mardi Gras Tuesday/between Feb 3 and Mar 9/47 days parades/throw/floats/dress up/ colours religious reason People who believe in Catholic south/ New Orleans history/ culture/customs

10. Name of the festival: When to do What (not) to do Why to do Where to do Who celebrates it How old How to describe a festival: Ramadan ninth month of Arabic lunar calendar fast/not eat or smoke/Koran daylight/stay up/sing/dance/eat religious reason People believe in Islamic/Muslims Africa/ the Middle East For centuries

11. Name of the festival: When to do What (not) to do Why to do Where to do Who celebrates it How old How to describe a festival: Easter Late March early April/spring Eat/ egg hunts/bunnies religious reason Christians For centuries western countries

12. PEACE DAY No fighting or conflicts are allowed. People learn and talk about peace. Happiness Day People must only do things that will make other happy. People learn about happiness. Friendship Day No arguments or fights are allowed. People learn abut friendship. Nature Day No pollution or destruction of nature is allowed. People learn and talk about nature.