CELEBRATIONS

Lets celebrate together!

There are many things we call celebration.

Lets find out more!

Celebrations exist mainly to provide entertainment. They also offer a sense of belonging for religious, social, or geographical groups. Festivals may seek to inform members of a community of their traditions, transfering knowledge to the next generation. Historic feasts often bring unity among families and give people the chance to find mates. Festivals commemorate previous significant historical events. Most festivals are free so the arts can be accessible to as many people as possible. Festivals also support economic prosperity of the vendors and shops around the festival.

Celebrations we all celebrate!

Celebrations around the world

The Carnival in Rio de Janeiro is a world famous festival held before Lent every year and considered the biggest carnival in the world with two million people per day on the streets. The first festivals of Rio date back to 1723.

Celebrations around the world

The Love Parade was a popular electronic dance music festival and parade that originated in 1989 in Berlin, Germany. It has been held annually from 1989-2010. Because of a crowd rush causing the death of 21 people with at least 500 others injured, the festival was permanently cancelled.

Celebrations around the world

In Binche, a small town in Belgium,on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday before Ash Wednesday (1st day of Lent) is visited by masked figures called Gilles who later on in the festivities carry large baskets of oranges through the town. Many of these oranges are calmly, orderly, handed to residents as well as tourists. Others, though, are thrown at residents and unfortunate tourists.

Meanwhile, if you happen to be in Buol, Spain, on the last Wednesday in August, you also might want to duck! La Tomatina at Buol isnt just the hurled tomatoes; it is also that the town, which normally has a population around 10,000, swells to closer to 60,000 as folks from all over come to throw and get thrown at.

Celebrations around the world

Celebrations around the world

Gumboot Day is a native celebration of Taihape, New Zealand. It occurs the Tuesday after Easter, and has been a regular event since 1985. It is a celebration of all things to do with gumboots, and includes the famous gumboot throwing contest.

Celebrations around the world

Celebrations around the world

One of the weirdest festivals of all time El Colacho in Spain. On this occasion grown men are jumping over the new born babies. Yes, very carefully (mothers do not seem to protest). They do it to get rid of any unknown evil spirits that might hide in these babies.

Celebrations in Great Britain

Britain is a multicultural society, with many different ethnic and religious groups. As a result, there are now many more festivals and celebrations than there used to be.

Hogmanay is the start of a celebration which lasts through the night until the morning of New Year's Day or, in some cases, the 2nd of January. The most widespread custom is the practice of 'first-footing' which starts immediately after midnight and involves being the first person to cross the threshold of a friend or neighbor,giving them symbolic gifts such as salt, coal, shortbread, whisky, and black bun, intended to bring different kinds of luck to the householder. Traditionally, tall dark men are preferred as the first-foot.

CHINESE NEW YEAR

Chinese New Year is in January or February, depending on the start of the Chinese calendar. Huge colourful dragons dance along the street and there are fireworks. It is traditional for every family to clean the house to make way for good luck. Windows and doors will be decorated with red paper-cuts and sayings of "good fortune. On the Eve of Chinese New Year, families have supper feasts, eating pork, ducks, chicken and sweet delicacies. The family will end the night with firecrackers. Early the next morning, children will greet their parents by wishing them a healthy and happy new year, and receive money in red paper envelopes.

RAMADAN
It occurs during the the 9th month of the Muslim calendar. Strict Muslims do no eat or drink between sunrise and sunset during Ramadan

LENT

CELEBRATE!
Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and celebrate the journey!