Unit 7. Celebrations

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CHRISTMAS DAY

ORIGIN Christian’s tradition.

MEANING To mark and honor the birth of

GIFT - GIVING

Originating from Western culture , where the holiday is characterized by the exchange of gifts among friends and family members, some of the gifts are attributed to a character called

Santa Claus

EVERGREEN TREE

MISTLETOE

A Christmas tree, is one of the most

popular traditions associated with

the celebration of Christmas It is

normally an evergreen coniferous

tree that is brought into a home or

used in the open, and is decorated

with Christmas lights and colorful

ornaments during the days around

Christmas

In Romanian traditions, mistletoe is

considered a source of good

fortune The tradition has spread

throughout the English-speaking

world but is largely unknown in the

rest of Europe According to a

custom of Christmas cheer, any two

people who meet under a hanging of

mistletoe are obliged to kiss

A Christmas tree of

poinsettias in San Diego

CHRISTMAS LIGHTS

Christmas lights (also sometimes called fairy lights, twinkle lights or holiday lights

in the United States) are strands of electric lights used

to decorate homes, public/commercial buildings and Christmas trees during the Christmas season

Christmas lights come in a dazzling array of

configurations and colors

The small "midget" bulbs commonly known as fairy lights are also called Italian lights in some parts of the U.S., such as Chicago.

RED

CHRISTMAS CACTUS

NATIVITY SCENES

A nativity scene is a depiction of the birth or birthplace of Jesus, either sculpted or using two-dimensional (cut-out) figures arranged in a three-dimensional setting.

ILLUMINATED SLEIGHS

In Australia, North and South America, and to a lesser extent Europe, it is traditional to decorate the outside of houses with lights and sometimes with illuminated sleighs:

Snowmen at Sapporo,

Japan Snow Festival 16-foot-high snowman.

CHRISTMAS VILLAGES

In the Western world, rolls of brightly-colored paper with secular or religious Christmas motifs are manufactured for the purpose of wrapping gifts The display of Christmas villages has also become a tradition in many homes during this season.

CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS

Other traditional decorations include

CHRISTMAS WREATHS

CANDY CANES

CHRISTMAS CAKE

A Bolo-Rei This size, approx 50 cm diameter, usually serves 8 people This pastry is just one of the many types baked around the world for celebrations during the Twelve Days of Christmas and Twelfth Night.

The Piazza San Marco is the focus of the world’s

best-known fantasy dress party

Masks were also allowed during Ascension

and from October 5 to Christmas

Carnival Die Venetia was first recorded

in 1268

But when the Austrians took control of the city on January

18, 1798 it fell into a decline which effectively brought carnival celebrations to a halt for nearly 2 centuries

Carnival was outlawed by the fascist government in

the 1930’s

It wasn’t until a modern mask shop was founded in the 1980’s that Carnival enjoyed a revival

Most masks today are made with the application of gesso and gold leaf, all hand-painted using natural

feathers and gems to decorate them

The original Venetian masks were rather simple in design and decoration, frequently bearing a symbolic

and practical function

ORIGIN It was a day of religious festivities in

various northern European Pagan traditions.

MEANING  The Celts believed that soul of the

dead visited the earth every October 31.

 It marks the end of the harvest season.

DATE The night of October 31

TRADITIONS  Trick – or – treating.

 Ghost tours.

 Bonfires.

 Costume parties.

 Visiting haunted houses.

 Carving Jack – ó – lanterns.

 Reading scary stories.

 Watching horror films.

SYMBOL The carved pumpkin lit by a candle

inside.

TRICK – OR – TREATING

Trick – or - treating, is an activity for children on or around Halloween in which they proceed from house to house in costumes, asking for treats such as confectionery with the question, "Trick or treat?" The "trick" part of

"trick or treat" is a threat

to play a trick on the homeowner or his property if no treat is given

A TRICK-OR-TREATER

IN MICHIGAN IN 1979

TRADITIONAL HALLOWEEN

BONFIRES

Those living in the country may hold Halloween parties, often with bonfires, with the celebrants passing between them

Nuts in the

fire

If the nuts stick together when they warm up, this will be a good omen, but if they jump apart, you will have to look for another lover

Fate stone Each member of the family will put their stone inside their own

circle If any stone were missing next morning, the person who owned that stone was believed to be destined to die before next Halloween.

DIVINATION

COSTUME PARTIES

Halloween imagery tends to involve death, magic, or mythical monsters Traditional characters include :

VAMPIRE COSTUME GHOST COSTUME

WITCH COSTUME OWL COSTUME

CROW COSTUME VULTURE COSTUME

BLACK CAT COSTUME SPIDER COSTUME

GOBLIN COSTUME ZOOMBIES COSTUME

FRANKENSTEIN'S

MONSTER

Particularly in America, symbolism

is inspired by classic horror films,

which contain fictional figures like

Frankenstein's monster and The

Mummy Elements of the autumn

season, such as pumpkins and

scarecrows, are also prevalent

Homes are often decorated with

these types of symbols around

Halloween.

THE MUMMY THE SCARECROWS

Visiting haunted houses

WINCHESTER MYSTERY

HOUSE IS ALLEGEDLY

HAUNTED

Notwithstanding the name,

necessarily held in houses,

regarded to have actual ghosts A variant of the

"haunted trail", where the

supernatural-themed characters or presentations

of scenes from horror films while following a trail through

a field or forest

PHANTOM MANOR IN DISNEYLAND PARIS IS

AN EXAMPLE OF A HAUNTED ATTRACTION.

CARVING JACK – Ó – LANTERNS

Originating in Europe, these lanterns were first carved from a turnip or rutabaga The carving of pumpkins is associated with Halloween in North America, where pumpkins were readily available and much larger, making them easier to carve than turnips

The carved pumpkins, lit by a candle inside, is one of Halloween's most prominent symbols in America, and is commonly called a jack-o'-lantern

PUMPKIN - MEN

THE BAREBACK CAKE

The traditional Halloween cake in Ireland is the bareback, which is a fruit bread Bareback

is the centre of this Irish custom In the bareback were: a pea, a stick, a piece

of cloth, a small coin (originally a silver sixpence) and a ring

ORIGIN It is a Jewish custom.

MEANING Commemorates Christ’s resurrection

DATE the evening of the full moon (the 14th day

in the month of Nisan, the first month of the year) according to Babylonian lunar calendar

TRADITIONS - Eating Hot Cross Buns

- The “Ocher Haws” will visit houses on Easter’s Eve and leave colored eggs for children

SYMBOL - Hares (rabbits)

Christians around the world are celebrating Easter Sunday, the day they believe Jesus Christ was resurrected.

SYMBOL OF EASTER

Most masks today are made with the application of gesso and gold leaf, all hand-painted using natural feathers and gems to decorate

them

HOT CROSS BUNS

These cakes were marked by the Saxons to honor

Easter, the fertility goddess

UKRAINIAN

EASTER EGGS,

BELARUSIAN EASTER EGGS

These eggs are often hidden, allegedly by the Easter Bunny, for good children to find on Easter morning Otherwise, they are generally put in a basket filled with real or artificial straw

to resemble a bird's nest

FABERGÉ EGGS WERE COMMISSIONED BY CZAR ALEXANDER III OF RUSSIA AS AN EASTER SURPRISE FOR HIS WIFE

MARIA FYODORO

SORBIAN EASTER EGGS

Hijacked crablike,

Easter eggs from the

Haná region, the Czech

Republic, decorated with

straw

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