festivals around the world

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festivals around the world
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Chinese festivals

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Foreign Festivals

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• Chinese Festivals

The Spring Festival, Tomb Sweeping, Dragon Boat
Festival , Mid-autumn Day, The Double Ninth Day

• Foreign Festivals

Thanksgiving Day, Valentines Day, Christmas
,Halloween,Easter, Carnivals
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Festivals and Celebrations
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Questions 1.When did the ancient people
celebrate? Why? 2.How many kinds of festivals
are mentioned in the passage?
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Questions 1.When did the ancient people
celebrate? Why?
Questions 1.When did the ancient people
celebrate? Why? 2.How many kinds of festivals
are mentioned in the passage?
Festivals
Ancient festivals _________________ _________________ _________________ _________________
Modern festivals
end of cold weather
origins
religious
planting in spring

• some___________
• some___________
• some____________

harvest in autumn
seasonal
in memory of special people or event
hunt of animals
why?
(starve)
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Festivals of the Dead Festivals to Honor
People Harvest Festivals Spring Festivals
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Festivals of the Dead Festivals to Honor
People Harvest Festivals Spring Festivals
Dragon Boat Day
Mid-autumn Day
The Spring Festival
Gandhi Day
Halloween
Carnivals
Obon
Columbus Day
The Day of the Dead
Thanksgiving Day
Cherry Blossom -Festival
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Festivals of the Dead
Festivals Country Celebration
Obon
The Day of the Dead
Halloween
Japan
clean graves,light incense and lamps , play
music
offer food, flower, gifts. eat food in the shape
of
Mexico
Western countries
dress up and go to neighbours

Tomb- Sweeping Day
China
clean graves,light incense, offer food, wine
,burn paper coins
In Japan, Obon is celebrated by cleaning the
graves...
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In China, Mid-autumn Day is celebrated by
Festivals Country Celebrations
Festivals to Honor People Dragon Boat Festival Columbus Day Gandhi Day
Harvest Festivals Mid-autumn Day Thanks-giving Day
Spring Festivals The Spring Festivals Carnivals Cherry Blossom Festival
China
in memory of
The USA
India
admire the moon, enjoy mooncakes
China
European countries
decorate churches have meals
eat dumpling give lucky money
China
Western countries
parades, dance
enjoy the cheery tree flowers
Japan
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the Dragon Boat Festival
The Dragon Boat Festival is held to celebrate the
harvest.
honor the famous poet .
Qu Yuan
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• The Day of the Dead is a festival to honor the
  dead or ancestors.

in the shape of skull
cake with bone
the Day of the Dead???
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Halloween
Trick or Treat !
I will play a trick on you , if you dont
want to give me a treat.
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Mid-autumn Day
In china, people celebrate mid-autumn festival
getting together to eat turkey(??) .
admire the moon, enjoy mooncakes
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The Spring Festival
The Spring Festivals are the ones that look
forward to the end of spring.
winter
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why
Festivals and Celebrations
Festivals
Celebrations
how
what
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Whats the purpose of festivals?
People love to get together to eat, drink and
have fun with each other. Festivals let us enjoy
life, be proud of our customs and forget our work
for a little while.
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forget our work for a little while enjoy
ourselves and life show respect to the
Dead thank the God for the harvest inspire
us to better study and life value customs and
cultures admire some famous people love our
family, friends and the beautiful world.
Festivals can let us
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If you have a chance to choose a festival to
celebrate , which festival will you choose? Why?
A Which festival are you most interested
in? B A Why? B A How is it celebrated? B
It is celebrated by
Festivals have its origin in, to honor, in
memory of, custom, ancestor, religious Celebratio
ns dress up, have fun with, look forward to,
admire, play a trick on
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2. Create and celebrate a new festival by
yourselves.

• I think that the new holiday should be
  a________________. On this day, no fighting or
  conflicts(??) are allowed. People will celebrate
  it by_________________________ . I think this is
  the best idea because ____________________________
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• ________________________________

(what)
Peace Day
learning and talking about peace.
(how)
If we live in a peaceful world, we can enjoy
ourselves and life.
(why)
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• Homework
• Create a festival by yourselves. (name, origin,
  reason )
• Find more festivals at home and abroad on the
  net. http//www.festivals.com