Laura Belalcazar

Santiago Arcila
Karen Cabrera
Alejandro Guerrero
Saint Patrick’s Day
Saint Patrick's Day, or Saint Patrick's Day, patron saint of Ireland, is celebrated on
March 17. What began as a religious celebration in commemoration of his death
has become a popular and multitudinous celebration where green, shamrocks and
beers are a distinctive part of the celebration. According to legend, St. Patrick is
the boss.
Ireland began officially celebrating the day in 1903. Since the emerald isle is
largely Catholic and St. Patrick's Day usually coincides with Lent, it traditionally
used to be a quiet, religious holiday.
Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated every year on March 17, the anniversary of the
death of Saint Patrick. In some places the day is moved to a different date if March
17 falls on Easter.
St. Patrick is also commemorated in places such as Russia, Argentina, Australia,
Switzerland, and Japan. In addition, iconic monuments around the world, such as
the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, the Colosseum in Rome, the
Great Wall of China, or the Tower of Pisa, are illuminated in green on March 17.
Approximately one million people participate annually in the St. Patrick's Day
Festival in Dublin. A multi-day celebration featuring parades, concerts, outdoor
theatrical productions, and fireworks displays. Parties featuring Irish food and
drinks dyed green are part of this celebration. It is also typical to enjoy a pint of
beer in a typical Irish pub.
In St. Patrick's Day celebrations everything is dyed green, but in fact the original
color with which the order of St. Patrick was identified was light blue. The use of
green for this festivity began to spread because of the color of the shamrocks of
the Irish independence movement at the end of the 18th century, when Irish
soldiers dressed in green while fighting against the British.

Oktoberfest
is celebrated between September and October in the Bavarian capital of Munich
since 1810. It is the largest popular festival in Germany and one of the largest in
the world, with average annual visits exceeding six million visitors.
Lots of drugs, marijuana (also known as "pasto, faso, faso, yesca, esa, porro,
etc...") and pills (ecstasy or others) from before the start of the trip until the return.

There was no place where drugs were not consumed, in the nightclubs, in the
street, in the beer garden of the Oktoberfest, in the bus, in the cabins, there was
faso everywhere.
children at the Oktoberfest. Several minors, I estimate between one 7 to 12 years
old around 11 o'clock at night in the middle of drugs, alcohol and disorder, it is all
very well to integrate the family in a cultural event, but the atmosphere at that time
was not suitable to have children of that age in the middle of something that they
clearly do not understand.
It is dangerous.
With so much alcohol, it would be strange if nothing happened. There are many
who overindulge and even suffer severe alcohol poisoning every year. There is
even a section where you can take refuge "to sleep it off".
The amount of alcohol consumption on this holiday is the leading factor in an
increase in DUI and motor vehicle accidents. A Transportation Injury Mapping
System (TIMS) conducted by Berkeley revealed a 10% increase in motor vehicle
crashes on March 17 compared to crashes the day before. In 2018, the system
showed a nearly 100% increase in St. Patrick's Day crashes compared to March
16.
San Fermin Festivities in Spain
The Fiestas de San Fermín are also known as the Sanfermines. This festival is
celebrated in honor of San Fermin, patron saint of Pamplona. So, it was originally a
religious festival. The Sanfermines have a lot to do with bullfighting. In the 14th
century, in order to easily bring the bulls from the corrals outside Pamplona to the
bullring, the bulls were taken to the bullfighting ring.
Thus, we can say that they perform the running of the bulls for the purpose of the
bullfight. In 1591, the commemoration of the patron saint and the running of the
bulls were held on the same days.
More and more people from different countries come to Pamplona in July to
witness and celebrate this wonderful festival. This is how the fiestas of San Fermín
and the running of the bulls have reached such a high level of international
popularity.

The Fiestas de San Fermín begin on July 6 and end on the 14th of that month.
They are held in northeastern Spain, in Pamplona, the capital of Navarra. The
inauguration takes place in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento on July 6. The launching of
the rocket at noon is the signal for the beginning of the festival. In the meantime
people dress in white clothes and wear a red handkerchief on their wrist, in their
pocket or in their hand. The red handkerchief is the typical garment of the San
Fermin festivities. It is said to originate from a religious custom in honor of the
patron saint San Fermin.

At 6:30 in the evening the bullfight begins in the plaza. The bullfight is the cultural
heritage of Spain.
People gather in the Plaza de Ayuntamiento at midnight on the 14th, to attend the
farewell rite.

During the celebration you can see different behaviors in the people because the
Spanish are very enthusiastic in this celebration which can generate some
accidents due to the excitement, besides that in this celebration the Spanish can
be risking their lives because in the running of the bulls they run in front of
aggressive bulls, another negative aspect is that when the bullfight ends, the
animal is sacrificed.

The positive aspects that we can find in this festival is the amount of people who
meet and celebrate and also that this festival became very famous worldwide
which generates more income and more people from different cultures to meet and
enjoy.

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