CELEBRATIONS by Camila Checali https://padlet.com/camilachecali/Bookmarks Hecho con júbilo en-us 2022-05-04 12:11:38 UTC 2025-12-21 18:29:48 UTC hello@padlet.com DIWALI camilachecali https://padlet.com/camilachecali/Bookmarks/wish/2169797297 Diwali, or Dipawali, is India's biggest and most important holiday of the year. 
Diwali (or Deepavali) is also known as the Festival of Light. The word Diwali comes from the Sanskrit language and means 'row of lamps'. In South Asia, homes, shops and streets are decorated with small oil lamps called diyas. During Diwali, patterns, called rangoli, are drawn on floors. The lotus flower is one of the most popular patterns to draw. Diwali is celebrated every year on the darkest night of the month in October or November. The exact date changes every year to coincide with the new moon. With the new moon Diwali marks a new beginning and for many people it symbolises joy, love, reflection, resolution, forgiveness, light and knowledge. Diwali is traditionally a time for cleaning your home, decorating your house with lights and candles, wearing new clothes, painting henna tattoos on hands, giving presents, and getting together with family and friends.
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The holiday is sometimes called the Lunar New Year because the dates of celebration follow the phases of the moon. Since the mid-1990s people in China have been given seven consecutive days off work during the Chinese New Year. This week of relaxation has been designated Spring Festival, a term that is sometimes used to refer to the Chinese New Year in general.
There are family banquets and outdoor spectacles featuring firecrackers, fireworks and often dancing dragons. 
Each year is associated with one of the 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac.
This year is the Year of the Tiger. It is said that children born in the year ahead will be brave, competitive and strong

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]]> 2022-05-04 12:12:57 UTC https://padlet.com/camilachecali/Bookmarks/wish/2169797581 SAN FERMIN FESTIVAL camilachecali https://padlet.com/camilachecali/Bookmarks/wish/2169798241 The city of Pamplona (in Spain) is world-famous for its fiestas of San Fermín Festival. Thousands of people go there every year to experience the risk and the thrill of the running of the bulls. Over nine days, dressed in traditional red and white costumes, locals and visitors give themselves over to the festive spirit.
The best-known part of the festival is the running of the bulls, or the encierro. From July 7 to July 14 the bulls to be used in the daily bullfights are run through the streets of the town to the bullring. Both locals and tourists participate in the event, made famous in Ernest Hemingway’s 1926 novel The Sun Also Rises. The bullfight, or corrida, is held every afternoon. In addition to the secular events, the Procession of Saint Fermín, a religious celebration, takes place the morning of July 7. Other events associated with the fiesta include the comparsa, a parade featuring large puppets carried by the marchers, as well as numerous parties and spontaneous gatherings. The festival ends on July 14 with the singing of “Pobre de Mi” (“Old Poor Me”).
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Everywhere in the United States, Independence Day is an all-day celebration. Many people have the day off from work. They spend time with family and friends. They attend picnics, barbecues, and parades during the day. At night they gather to watch fireworks.
Some people wear red, white, and blue clothes on July 4. Many people hang U.S. flags outside their homes.

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]]> 2022-05-04 12:13:37 UTC https://padlet.com/camilachecali/Bookmarks/wish/2169798374 VENICE CARNIVAL camilachecali https://padlet.com/camilachecali/Bookmarks/wish/2169798659 The Carnevale di Venezia (Venice Carnival) is one of the most famous carnivals around the world, and a charming characteristic of the city. Its origins are centuries old, and it still attracts thousands of tourists each year who arrive in Venice to admire the sumptuous costumes and masks parading in the streets and squares. Creating masks is, indeed, an art in Venice, a tradition dating back hundreds of years, making the carnival of Venice truly unique.
Since the ancient carnival times, the habit of wearing masks and costumes has given birth to a flourishing trade, with specialized artisans producing more and more extravagant and sophisticated masks.
Costumes and masks are still the major attraction of the carnival, and Venice becomes the stage of a unique endless parade of traditional 18th century-style masks as well as more original and modern varieties.

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