BRITISH TRADITIONS
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St.Andrew’s day
It is the Day of the patron saint of Scotland, Greece, Romania, Russia, Poland, Ukraine, the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.
It is celebrated on the 30th of November.
St. Andrew's Day is Scotland's official national day
Nikiforov Vladimir 7A
St Andrew's Day is marked with a celebration of Scottish culture with traditional Scottish food, music and dance.
It is celebrated on the 31st of October
Children wear costumes and masks
and go trick-or-treating
We also play very important role in this celebration
Stories
about ghosts
and witches are rather popular
People believe that the spirits of the dead could return to the Earth. Due to this fact people wear costumes to be like spirits, witches and zombies.
Highland Games
The most famous tradition in Scotland is Highland Games. On Highland Games people usually throw the hammer, toss the caber, archery, cast weights and throw the core. Highland Games start in summer.
Pustovaya Olya 7V
Carol Singing.
Originally, carols were
songs performed
with dancing at
Christmas and other festivals.
They were often sung
outside houses by fantastically- dressed actors called Mummers. Many of today’s carols have been
written since the 19th century as
Christmas hymns
celebrating the
birth of Jesus
Christ.
A series of fire festivals held around Shetland in winter
Up Helly Aa
The Guizer Jarl is the principal character in the celebration of Up Helly Aa, which takes place on the last Tuesday in January.
Nadia Danchenkova
VIDEO
Guy Fawkes Day
This holiday is celebrated on the 5th of November. At this night is celebrated failure of the gunpowder plot.
In the UK at Guy Fawkes Night people make fireworks and burn bonfires with figure of Guy Fawkes on the top of each.
Polina Fyodorova, 7 V
Korotkova Ksenya 7V
Easter
Easter is one of the most important holidays of the year. Easter is the day when Jesus Christresurrected. Usually this holiday is celebrated between March 22 and April 25.
Anackaya Irina,7v
Swan Upping.
A very different royal tradition.
Hundreds of swans.
In July the swans are about 2 months old.
Registration
The keeper goes in a boat from London Bridge to Henley
Let’s watch a video!
St David’s day
March 1st is St David”s day. St. David is the patron or nation saint in Wales. On march 1st people wear the daffodils in the buttonholes of their jackets.
Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day - a holiday, February 14 noted by many people around the world.
Heart Valentine - holiday symbol
Celebrating this holiday
favorite and give people expensive flowers, candy, toys, balloons and special cards (often in the shape of a heart), with poems, love confessions or wishes of love - Valentine
Kruglyakova Kate
May Day
May Day is best known for its traditions of dancing the Maypole and crowning of the Queen of the May.
The first day of the month of May is known as May Day. It is the time of year when warmer weather begins and flowers rise, people celebrate the coming of summer with lots of different customs.
Mishenina Daria 7V
The Trooping of the Colour
Since 1748 Trooping the Colour has also marked the official birthday of the Queen.The colourful ceremony, also known as "The Queen's Birthday Parade"
It is a big parade with hundreds of “colour” soldiers.The Queen travels down The Mall from Buckingham Palace.Returning to Buckingham Palace, the Queen watches a further march
St David’s Day
March 1st is a very important day for Welsh people. It's St David's Day. Saint David is the patron Saint of Wales.The symbol of the holiday is the daffodil. On March 1st, the Welsh celebrate St David's Day and wear daffodils in the buttonholes of their coats or jackets.
Apple Day
Nuraeva Dilyara
Apple Day is an annual celebration of apples which takes place in October 21st. Apple Day includes apple games,large fairs with cookery demonstrations,juice and the sale of many sorts of apples
A traditional attributes of this celebration are "apple competitions", such as bow shooting for apples or apple cleaning, where the winner is the one who has managed to cut the longest apple peel.
Nastya Dolzhkova 7 “V”
Boxing Day is a time to spend with family or friends. Boxing Day is also a time when the British show their eccentricity by taking part in all kinds of silly activities. These include unusual traditions including swimming the icy cold English Channel and fun runs.
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Boxing Day
Day of spring
Day of spring 25th of May. Spring Day is a symbol of spring flowers. On the eve of the holiday houses and streets are decorated with guirlands of England spring flowers Everywhere hang festive lights. At the beginning of the day flower parades are held.
Liza Korotkova 7A
St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated in 17 of March in Ireland, Canada and another countries. Saint Patrick is a patron of Ireland. The first celebration of this holiday was in 1762. In this day people traditionally wearing of green clothes and attending the church.
Ksenya Mayskaya
VIDEO
The celebration of the New Year in Scotland is called Hogmanay (it is the Scots word for the last day of the year).
There are many customs associated with Hogmanay. One of them is the ‘First Footing’ tradition. The ‘first foot’ in the friend’s or neighbour’s house after midnight is still very common is Scotland. Traditionally, a first footer should be a tall dark-haired male to bring good luck to the householder.
Sofia Shkretova 7A
The Hogmanay custom of singing "Auld Lang Syne" has become common in many English-speaking countries. "Auld Lang Syne" is a Scots poem by Robert Burns.