Year 4A Cultures and Traditions. by https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di We are looking at different Cultures from around the World. en-us 2017-09-07 01:05:42 UTC 2023-03-19 10:44:28 UTC hello@padlet.com South African Heritage Day laurie_joynt https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/185350892 Heritage Day is celebrated every year on the 24th September and everyone in the country is encouraged to celebrate his or her own cultural traditions. Known as the Rainbow Nation, South Africa is a wonderful melting pot of diverse cultures, traditions and beliefs – and Heritage Day is a celebration of all of them.

Heritage Day was officially recognised as a public holiday in 1996 by the former President Nelson Mandela, who said that it is South Africa’s varied and shared cultures that make the country great. More recently, there has been an initiative to celebrate these shared cultures by braaing and Heritage Day is often called Braai Day. The idea is that when people gather around a fire to cook, eat and spend time with each other, the simple notion of togetherness is played out. And this togetherness is something that is at the heart of Heritage Day.

Of course, a braai is a must for Heritage Day. Uniquely South African, braais are a tradition that all of us love to get involved in. Whether it’s a fresh-off-the-braai boerie roll or enjoying a homemade potato salad, braais are all about sharing good food and good company.]]> 2017-09-07 01:06:16 UTC https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/185350892 Dragon Boat Festival - Jasmine https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/186703710 Dragon Boat Festival is on the 5th day of 5th month of the traditional chinese calender. Qu Yuan ，is a cadet member of the chu Royal house. He oposed the alliace of chu and qing so he got banished by the king.He is also a poet and wrotelo         ]]> 2017-09-12 10:27:04 UTC https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/186703710 Bonfire / Guy Fawkes Night - Charlie https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/186708768  In 1605 a man called Guy Fawkes was part of a plan to blow up the English parliament and kill the king, but he was discovered and didn't succeed. To celebrate this day, people usually go to a fireworks display and burn a model of Guy Fawkes on a big fire!
 
There is a poem about this:

"Remember, remember the fifth of November, 
Gunpowder treason and plot. 
We see no reason 
Why gunpowder treason 
Should ever be forgot! "

Children collect money to buy fireworks and then set light to the dummy and let off the fireworks on November the 5th. 
 
In order too buy fireworks, children roam the streets in the days leading up to the event, brandishing their home-made model — known as “Guys” — and ask passers-by for a “penny for the guy."

]]> 2017-09-12 10:51:24 UTC https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/186708768 Dragon Boat Festival or Duan Wu Festival - Jasmine https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/186710165 Dragon Boat festival is one of the important traditional festivals in China. It is on the 5th day of the 5th month of the traditional Chinese calendar. It started from the Spring and Autumn Warring States Period. It is to commemorate Qu Yuan, a cadet member of the Chu royal house. He opposed the alliance of Chu and Qin so he got banished by the King. He is also a poet and wrote a lot of poetry .Twenty-eight years later Qin overtook Chu so Qu Yuan committed suicide by drowning himself in the river of Miluo. People loved him so they threw zong zi to the river so that the river animals wouldn't eat his body. Today people eat zong zi and have dragon boat races to commemorate the death of Qu Yuan. ]]> 2017-09-12 10:57:36 UTC https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/186710165 thanksgiving-Celina https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/186715960 Thanksgiving is a time when people thanks the farmers for the food and thanks the people who serve then like your mom or dad. In the tradition we eat turkey not chicken and mash potato. We normally eat the feast with are family and friends. Some people go to see there grandparents in different places. And so that is why we have Thanksgiving break in American. On Thanksgiving we eat turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing or dressing, mash potatoes, and gravy.The first thanksgiving  was in 1621,it was made by the pilgrims and the Wampanoag it was made by a man thought people how to grow corn.His name was Squanto. Squanto also taught the people how to catch fish. The most in important part is to feel thankful for what you have, like the people in your family or your big home. This year thanksgiving is on the 23 of November, the 4 week of November.]]> 2017-09-12 11:23:10 UTC https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/186715960 midsummer festival -Henri https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/186720640 Midsummer also know as St Johns Day is the period of time centered upon the summer solstice  
and more specifically the northern European celebrations that accompany the actual solstice or take place on a day between June 19th and June 25th and the preceding evening.]]> 2017-09-12 11:45:05 UTC https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/186720640 17 may https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/187044687 in 17 may they have a festival and they go into poison and then they have flags in there hands and they sing many different songs and they have raffles]]> 2017-09-13 05:34:28 UTC https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/187044687 Mandela day https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/187044743 nelson Mandela international day comrades the 
life time of service nelson Mandela gworld it was launched on his birthday 18th July in 2009  via aunomos   decided by the genrel assembly ]]> 2017-09-13 05:35:13 UTC https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/187044743 https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/187044766 2017-09-13 05:35:34 UTC https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/187044766 Chinese new year-jaden. https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/187045097 in Chinese new year we gather together and have a big feast . we also get something called red lucky money and also we buy fireworks and shoot them into the sky , they say theres a tale were a monster called nian comes eat people every year and then someone invented fireworks and they use it to scare nian away you also can put re stuff on the wall because Nian is also scared of that and theres one more thing he is scared of , it is light]]> 2017-09-13 05:38:59 UTC https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/187045097 Middle Autumn Festival laurie_joynt https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/187045746 Once there was a woman called Chang'E. She married to a man called Hou Yi. One day he got an award for shooting nine suns to help other people to grow crops and live in peace. The award was a special kind of medicine that will make you to be alive forever]]> 2017-09-13 05:46:28 UTC https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/187045746 change chou https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/187046419 eugenie
top 10 crazy ]]> 2017-09-13 05:53:40 UTC https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/187046419 4th of July troy https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/187066882 In America on the 4th of July we celebrate the independents from England. It dates back to 1776. We celebrate it by light up fire works, spend time with family and friends, go to Washington d.c. and sing the national anthem.  ]]> 2017-09-13 07:43:55 UTC https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/187066882 troy https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/187071684 2017-09-13 08:10:03 UTC https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/187071684 Hinamatsuri - Ami https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/187089310 Hinamatsuri is a festival to celebrate 🎊 girls growth and by giving them a Hinamatsuri doll. Hinamatsuri dolls can take girls bad fortune from their future. The custom began during the Heian period that's about 1000 years ago. Usually the dolls are placed on seven steps, hinadan ,with the emperor and empress at the top, followed by three ladies of the court and five court musicians lower down. ]]> 2017-09-13 09:33:57 UTC https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/187089310 The day of the German untiy is the a national day of Germany, celebratet on 3th of October as a public holiday. It commemorates the anniversary of German reunification in 1990. Therefore, the name addresses neither the reunion nor the union, but the unity of Germany. https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/187097538
    ]]> 2017-09-13 10:15:31 UTC https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/187097538 DOL ceremony https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/187126116 Dol ceremony is to celebrate the baby's first birthday in Korea. "Dol" in the Dol ceremony means that 12 months turns once. In the ceremony, the baby wears Hanbok, which is the Korean traditional clothe. Long time ago, lots of baby died before the first birthday. Therefore the people thought if the baby live until the first birthday, they passed the big difficulty. To celebrate the day, the family and relatives of the baby come to the birthday party, and they enjoy lots of events, for example Dol selection, baby photograph exhibition, dance, etc. ]]> 2017-09-13 12:21:08 UTC https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/187126116 Gawai Festival - Kay Lee https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/187155044 Gawai Festival falls on the 1st and 2nd of June each year. The first Gawai Festival took place in 1965. The festival is celebrated by the Ibans and Bidayuhs of Sarawak, Malaysia.
They celebrate the end of padi harvesting season with much merry-making, dancing and the drinking of tuak, a potent rice wine. 
A fascinating Gawai dance is the Ngajat Lesong. A dancer displays his strength and skill by lifting the Lesong with his teeth.

]]> 2017-09-13 13:25:47 UTC https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/187155044 Spring Festival -Jonathan https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/187459644 It's a chinese festival.
Before in the ancient china there was a story about a monster called Nian that cames out of his cave when it's chinese new year that's scary and it eats peoples, so every year peoples pack their things and lived in a mountain for a few days.Until there's an old man, he said the light and fireworks can scare the monster away and peoples try that and Nian is been scare away so every year until now and in the future we will still have spring festival because of the Nian. 

]]> 2017-09-14 08:13:45 UTC https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/187459644 Korean Thanksgiving holiday - Chusoek by Yunsong https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/187480286
It is a major harvest festival in Korea. It is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar on the full moon. It is very similar to Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival 中秋节 coming on the first week of October]]> 2017-09-14 09:41:14 UTC https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/187480286 Childrens day - Steve https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/188186118 In South Korea, 5 May is officially recognized as Children's Day (어린이날). Parents often give presents to their children, as well as spend time with them. The children are taken on excursions to zoos, museums, and various venues of children-oriented entertainment.

Children's Day was first conceived by innovative Korean students and social leaders on the basis of the March 1st Movement to achieve Korean independence from Japanese colonialism. From Jinju, many people gathered to promote and improve the social status of children and encourage adults to teach awareness of their deprived sovereignty. In 1923,[34] several groups of students studying in Tokyo agreed to designate 1 May as Children's Day. A predominant intellectual figure, Bang Jeong-hwan, greatly contributed to the popularization of the holiday. Because it overlapped with Laborer's Day, Children's Day was moved to 5 May. Bang Jeon Hwan first coined the modern Korean word for children, eorini (어린이), replacing the previous words aenom (애놈) and esaekki (애새끼).[35] Until 1939, Japanese authorities based in Seoul oppressed the movement to stop Korean social activists congregating for the festival. After independence in 1945, the movement to respect children was revived. The children's welfare law written in the constitution officially designated 5 May as Children's Day in 1961. And by 'the law of holiday of government office', Children's day became a holiday in Korea in 1970.]]> 2017-09-17 01:51:03 UTC https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/188186118 Mid-Autumn Festival https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/188220561 The festival is in all over China. It celebrates on 15th of eighth lunar month of every year. We appreciate the moon and eat mooncakes and other food. We celebrate it because it is a family gathering day. It first started thousands of years ago.  ]]> 2017-09-17 12:54:25 UTC https://padlet.com/laurie_joynt/t0w3y9anu6di/wish/188220561