Learning activity 1

Evidence: Take a break

Select a celebration around the world and describe it according to the format.
Include images to illustrate your ideas. You can find and example in Introductory
material section 1. Describing celebrations and special occasions around the
world. You have to make your description in minimum 250 words.

Aspects Description Image

What it is
celebrated? in india the holi festival is
celebrated, people gather and
there are explosions and rains
of colorful polos,

Where and The Holi festival lasts two days

when it is in late February or early March,
celebrated. and celebrates the arrival of
spring

What
people It is considered one of the most
wear? pagan festivals in India. One of
the features that stand out in it
is that there are no limits and
everything is about excesses:
the attendees fill their bodies
with paint of different colors
and consume bhang, a drink
prepared with marijuana
leaves.
 What
people do? There are many young people
who take the opportunity to
perform actions that the rest of
the years are forbidden in
India. Holi is one of the most
important festivities that is even
celebrated in other countries
where there is a significant
population of Hindus, as in
London or Spain.
Why it is a
special During this day, businesses
celebration. close and there are no
transportation. From early the
groups of children and adults
begin to go out to celebrate,
always shouting "Happy Holi".
People throw bright colored
powders (called Gulal) and
colored water to each other as
it symbolizes happiness by the
arrival of spring. In this way,
they simulate the colors of the
flowers that will soon be born.
Colors are not chosen at
random, but must convey joy
and positive desires. They have
kept certain colors as
traditional within the
celebration, like yellow that
refers to piety, orange
represents optimism, blue
symbolizes calmness, red is
used for love and purity, and
green for vitality.

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Criterios de evaluación

Describe celebraciones con la estructura y el vocabulario requeridos.