Activity 3 – Reading and diagram

Read about two different festivals that are celebrated all around the world. Which festival sounds more interesting to you and
why?

Saint Patrick's Day

Irish people celebrate an important day called Saint Patrick’s Day. This is celebrated every year on
the 17th of March. It’s an important festival all over the world, not just in Ireland.
Lots of Irish people dress up in colourful clothes and hats. They also draw shamrocks and the Irish
flag on their faces.
A lot of people watch the parade on the street where there are bands playing Irish music and
people dancing Irish dances.
Not many people go home early! In the evening, people often go to pubs to listen to Irish music
and to continue the party.
See the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=py3cvo1vqSE

Chinese New Year

Chinese people celebrate New Year on the first day of the Chinese calendar, which is usually in
February.
Everyone spends time with their family, eating lots of special food, giving gifts and watching
fireworks.
Parents usually give their children red envelopes with some money inside.
There isn’t much money in the envelopes, but they believe it will bring them good luck. For
Chinese people, the colour red represents fire and can stop bad luck.
The celebration ends with the lantern festival – a night-time parade where people carry lanterns
and watch the dragon dance: a huge dragon made of silk, paper and bamboo.
See the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4ge6vyHBOA

Exercise 1- Read the texts again. Complete the diagram with information about the festivals.
Identify the similarities and differences.

After reading the two festivals, I like and it seems to me most interesting that of St. Patrick's Day since it is of Christian
origin, I like it for the different colors that people wear that day.

The
characteristic of
St. Patrick’s a similarity the Chinese Chinese New
day that these New Year is the year
two color red, since
celebrations it symbolizes
have is that the vitality of
It has life and
people keep
characteristics happiness. They
reunited,
to carry the also have a
whether with
color green, night parade
friends or
clovers and where they
family. Gifts
beers are a carry lanterns,
are given at
distinctive part lanterns and
each
of the watch the huge
celebration
celebration. dragon made of
with different
meanings. silk, paper and
bamboo dance.
Exercise – 2 Look at the videos and extract the information required to complete the chart.

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sSawpU81cI
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbFIkJ8KFZ8
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_6NRddULq4
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uG4XyNqUQxg

Name of the celebration Place Time Activities

1.day of the dead
2.
the Colorful Holi Festival
3. tomatina festival
4. Thanksgiving Day
Mexico November 2 visit cemeteries, dedicate
floral offerings, and set up
altars to honor the
deceased. One of the main
celebrations revolves
around these altars,
precisely.
India March 9 and 10 Colored powders are
thrown freely, the bodies
and clothes are completely
covered by pigments. They
smile.
spain the last Wednesday of It is a celebration that
August takes place within the
week of buñol festivals and
consists of the participants
throwing tomatoes at each
other.
United States Thursday, November 26 listen to christmas songs
express their gratitude for
everything you have in life,
it is a reunion with loved
ones, and eat pumpkin pie