Festivals around the world oxford read and discover level 3

It's a very big festival for Hindu people in India, and for Hindus all around the world.. In January, Christians have a festival called Twelfth Night.. It's called Twelfth Night because

F stivals

Around the World

Richard Northcott

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around the world

• When is the festival of Diwali?

• What do people do at Halloween?

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What festivals are there in your country?

When are these festivals?

What do people do on these days?

Now read and discover more about festivals around the world!

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Come to the carnival! The carnival in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil is one of the biggest festivals in the world It's always

in February or March There's a parade with big floats There's music in the streets People wear colorful costumes

They dance and have fun

The carnival in Rio de Jane i ro i s all day and all

night Many people don ' t

go t o bed that nigh t!

On the sanle day, there's a carnival in Veni e

in Italy At thi tin1e of year, it's summer in

in Italy is cider than in Brazil

At the Venice carnival, Olne pe pIe wear

I ng dresses r cloaks They want t have

of Lent

For tnany festivals people decorate their

home In India pe pIe put lots of pretty

latnp in their hon1e for the festival of

the world

Diwali is usually in October or November

It's a very big festival for Hindu people in

India, and for Hindus all around the world

they light one candle The next night they light two candles On the last night of Hanukkah, they light all the candles

Hanukkah is usually in December Children have presents Many families eat pancakes made with potatoes They sometimes eat donuts, too

Go t o pages 26 - 27 for ac t iv i ties •

Eid i the I\rabi wor i for 'fe tival id

i a big Muslim {" sliva! At Eid, pe pIc

give presents t chiJdr n and friends Eid

pre ents are u ually m ney, or things like

toys, candy, and new clothes

At Eid, Muslims think about other people

in the world They give food and money

to hungry people and sick people

People wear new clothes at Eid In the

morning, they get up, wash, and put on their new clothes They eat dates and

cookies for breakfast Then they go to pray at the mosque

Lots of people hug their friends Later, they eat with their family They also visit their grandparents, and say, 'Happy Eid!'

Go to pages 28 -29 for activities •

[n the story f Jesus hri t three go d

people vi ited Jesu when he wa a baby

They gave hin1 presents Later, Christian

called these people the Three I(ings

In January, Christians have a festival

called Twelfth Night It's called Twelfth

Night because it's 12 nights after

Christmas At this time, Christians think

about the Three I(ings who visited Jesus

with their presents In some countries,

people eat a big cake

Twelfth Night is a big festival in Spain There are lots of parades, with people in costumes People throw candy to children

in the streets

co ~ On Twelfth Night, Spanish children put their shoes under the Christmas tree In the morning, they find presents in their shoes

Go to pages 30-31 for activities

Spring is a very pretty season Maybe it's

the prettiest season of all It's usually sunny

These pink flowers open in spring, between

January and April People have picnics

under the cherry trees They sit and eat,

and they look at the cherry blossom

In Ghana, the rainy season starts in May

This is a good time for farmers, so they have a big festival called Homowo

There are parades in the streets, with music and dancing

Vila Franca do Lima is in

a festival here, with lots

of flowers Girls carry flowers on their head

The flowers are heavy

Go to pages 32-33 for activities

Fall is a 'c on of [e tival all ar LInd

the w rld It' the season of thc harvest

Farmers cut the crops and pick the fruit

In South IZorea there's a big festival

called Chuseok in September or October

Sometimes people also dance

In the USA, the festival of Thanksgiving is

in November In Canada, it's in October People have dinner with their family They eat turkey and pumpkin pie

In Europe, there are lots of festivals after the harvest In Poland, girls wear crowns made of flowers They dance and sing songs

In Italy, people wear traditional costumes and they dance with wreaths The wreaths are made of wheat

hristnla i the birthday f Jesus hrisl

and it's a big festival for Christians Many

pe pIe hav a hristnlas tree in their

homes, and there are pretty dec rati ns

in the streets

All around the world, Sikhs have a festival

for Guru Nanak's birthday in Novelnber

Guru N anak was a great teacher Some

Sikhs go to the Golden Temple in India

On Guru N anak's birthday there are

thousands of lamps at this temple

a great teacher in India They decorate statues of Gotama Buddha Vesak Day is usually in May

On Vesak Day in Indonesia, thousands of birds fly into the sky

In June, it's summer in Europe It's usually

warm The nights are short and the days

are long The longest day in the year is June

21 st It's called Midsummer At this time,

there are many festivals in Europe People

make big bonfires

countries near the Arctic,

it doesn't get dark at

Midsummer There's no night

dan e all ni rhl ir\ pi k flow rs an j mak'

prelly ere wns They lhrow the crown' inlo

Swedish costumes Girls make pretty crowns with flowers

Go to pages 38-39 for activities

ct b r 1 S i Halloween Children wear

They cut holes in the pumpkin, to Inake

eyes, a nose, and a Inouth They put a

-a l-antern -and -a sc-ary f-ace!

Stores sell Halloween toys, like skeletons

and spiders People aren't really scared at

Halloween It's fun!

The day after Halloween is a Christian festival called All Saints Day This is a very

big festival in Mexico People think about their families, and visit the cemetery It's not a sad festival People have fun Children have candy and they play with their brothers and sisters

All around the world there are big festivals

for New Year People in different countries

do different things

In Japan, people like laughing at midnight

all the year is happy.'

In Thailand, people throw water in the

streets They have water all over them,

but it's not a problem The weather in

Thailand is always hot at New Year

In the Streets

+ Read pages 4 - 5

1 Write the words

costumes cloak dress float parade street

f · '

2 Write true or false

1 Rio de Janeiro is in Italy fa\se

2 The carnival in Rio de Janeiro is in January _ _ _

3 There's a parade at the carnival in

Rio de Janeiro

4 There's a carnival in Venice every year

5 The weather is always hot at the

CircLe the correct words

1 The carnival in Rio de Janeiro is very small /~

2 You can see people / streets in colorful costumes

3 Many parades / people don't go to bed that night

4 The carnival in Venice is in summer / winter

5 Some people wear cloaks / floats or long dresses

6 They want to have fun / cold

Match

Where is Rio de Janeiro?

When is the carnival in It's in February or Rio de Janeiro? March

Is there music at the No, it's in winter Rio de Janeiro carnival?

It's in Brazil

Where is Venice?

It's in Italy

Is the carnival in Venice

It's colder than

in summer?

in Brazil

How is the weather at

Yes, there is

the Venice carnival?

5 Answer the questions

1 In your country, how is the weather in February?

2 Do you have a carnival in your country? What do you do?

Lights

1 Diwali is

2 At Diwali, people put

3 At Diwali, people think

donuts fe:;tival big candles November presents

1 Diwali is a big fe-sliva\ in India

2 It's usually in October or

4 At Hanukkah, people light _ _ _ _

Brazil eamtvat Italy Diwali February

(,arniva\

1 What do Hindus do at Diwali?

The-~ put \amps in the-ir home-so

Families and Friends

+ R ea d p a es 8 - 9

clothes festival money Muslim toys presents

and sick people

,

r

4

t,id if> a big ftf>tiva\

Answer the questions

country? Which festival?

Three Kings

+ R ea d p a g es 1 0 - 11

baby candy tree king present shoe

1 Twelfth Night is

2 It's 12 nights after

3 Three good people gave

presents to

4 Some people eat a cake

5 Twelfth ~ight is a big festival

6 Spa.nish children find

3 CircLe the correct words

1 Twelfth Night is a Christian / Muslim festivaL

2 It's 12 nights after Hanukkah / Christmas

3 It's a big festival in India / Spain

4 In Spain, there are lots of parades / streets on Twelfth Night

5 The people in the parades wear candy / costumes

6 At night, children put their socks / shoes under the Christmas tree

4 Write Twelfth Night or Eid

2 is a Christian festivaL

3 Good people visited Jesus on _ _ _ _

4 On , children put their shoes under

5 At _ _ _ , people go to the mosque

6 On , there are big parades in Spain

5 CircLe the odd one out

1 costumes shoes 0 ing)

2 cake tree candy

3 present night morning

4 twelve streets three

Spring

1 Complete the sentences

1 Spring is a very pretty _ _ _ _

2 It's usuaLLy _ _ _ _

3 There are lots of _ _ _ _

5 These flowers open in _ _ _ _

cherry blossom

2 Write true or false

1 In Japan, people love cherry blossom

2 Cherry trees have yeLLow flowers

3 The flowers open in August

4 Vila Franca do Lima is in Spain

5 There's a festival here in May

6 Homowo is a festival in Ghana

Read, draw, and color

This is a cherry tree It's in

a park There are lots of pink flowers on the tree

Two girls are sitting

under the tree

They are wearing yeLLow dresses

4 Answer the questions

1 In your country, how is the weather in May?

2 What is the prettiest season in your country?

3 Do you have a festival in spring in your country? Which festival? What do you do?

Thank You

1 Write the words

crown harvest pumpkin pie turkey wheat wreath

2 Circle the odd one out

1 Poland South Korea USA November' Italy

2 fall wheat winter spring summer

3 fruit pumpkin family turkey cake

4 Chuseok November September October August

5 dance eat sing wear girl

Match

2 People eat rice cakes

3 People dance with wreaths

4 Girls wear crowns of flowers

4 Answer the questions

1 When do people pick the fruit?

2 Who cuts the crops?

Italy

Poland USA

3 Which country has a festival called Chuseok?

4 When is Chuseok?

5 What do people do at Chuseok?

6 Which countries have a festival called Thanksgiving?

7 When is Thanksgiving in the USA?