lunes, 30 de noviembre de 2009
Christmas Time
christmas is a special time when people celebrate when Jesus' born. people eat natilla , buñuelo, wine, grapes, cookies and others in colombia. is a date celebrated almost all around the world. Christmas is one of the most widely celebrated Christian festivals all around the world. It is annual holiday celebrated on the 25th of December to honor the birth of Jesus of Nazareth or Jesus Christ as he is more popularly known.
Thanksgiving Day
What is the Thanksgiving Day?
The Thanksgiving day is a date when the people share food and conmemorates the arrival of the pilgrims to U.S.A. sharing and learning from the natives. the pilgrims shared a lot of things with the natives such as the weapons and the natives showed the pilgrims how to cook, they showed them the corn and at the end of this celebration peolpe eat turkey and corn to celebrate the previous event.
The Thanksgiving day is a date when the people share food and conmemorates the arrival of the pilgrims to U.S.A. sharing and learning from the natives. the pilgrims shared a lot of things with the natives such as the weapons and the natives showed the pilgrims how to cook, they showed them the corn and at the end of this celebration peolpe eat turkey and corn to celebrate the previous event.
The Day Of The Dead
Mexican festival
What is it?
•Is a festival that is celebrated in Mexico the 1 and 2 of November.
•In this days people decorate the graves to remember their familiars or friends who have died.
•It is believed thet on this days, the souls of the dead come to visit their families and friends. People feels happy to meet this special souls.
How do people celebrate it?
•People celebrate gathering of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died.
•The traditions include building private altars honoring the dead using sugars skulls, orange marigolds and their favorite food and drinks.
Costumes
•They use evil masks and they pretend to be dead people with make ups and old clothing.
What is it?
•Is a festival that is celebrated in Mexico the 1 and 2 of November.
•In this days people decorate the graves to remember their familiars or friends who have died.
•It is believed thet on this days, the souls of the dead come to visit their families and friends. People feels happy to meet this special souls.
How do people celebrate it?
•People celebrate gathering of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died.
•The traditions include building private altars honoring the dead using sugars skulls, orange marigolds and their favorite food and drinks.
Costumes
•They use evil masks and they pretend to be dead people with make ups and old clothing.
Dance and music
At night with everything ready, the dances begin:
•The ”Danza de los Viejitos” dance of the old men, representative dance of this region.
•In the pre –hispanic times this dance was performed as a ritual honoring the sun, this dance is the “Pescado Blanco” white fish.
Typical
dishes
•Morsels of candy
•Nuts
•Fruits
•Vegetables
•Tequila or mezcal
•Salty-sour roasted grasshoppers called chapulines
•A bowl of chicken bated in chili-chocolate mole sauce
•Several avocados
•Twin mangoes
At night with everything ready, the dances begin:
•The ”Danza de los Viejitos” dance of the old men, representative dance of this region.
•In the pre –hispanic times this dance was performed as a ritual honoring the sun, this dance is the “Pescado Blanco” white fish.
Typical
dishes•Morsels of candy
•Nuts
•Fruits
•Vegetables
•Tequila or mezcal
•Salty-sour roasted grasshoppers called chapulines
•A bowl of chicken bated in chili-chocolate mole sauce
•Several avocados
•Twin mangoes
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