India
In India there is one of the many celebrated festivals, namely "Holi".
Holi is a popular spring festival, which is one of the most important holidays in India. This is a celebration of spring's victory over winter, as well as good for evil. other than that
Holi is one of the unique festivals, celebrated by Indian people. Usually, this holi festival, identical or marked by the many colors that enliven the celebration by taking the action of throwing flour that has been colored before. This is why Holi is often referred to as the Color Party.
day, where participants look for prey to be sprinkled or stoned with colorful flour all over their bodies. Some do it by smearing, throwing, even someone using a Water Gun, to enliven the atmosphere of the holi festival.
America
in America the most popular festival is Halloween. Halloween or Hallowe'en is a night celebration tradition on October 31, and is especially celebrated in the United States. This tradition originated in Ireland, and was brought by Irish people who emigrated to North America. Halloween is celebrated by children wearing spooky costumes, and traveling door to door neighbors asking for candy or chocolate while saying "Trick or treat!" The saying is a kind of "threat" which means "Give us (candy) or we are ignorant." In this day and age, children usually no longer bully the homes of people who give nothing. Some children still bully the houses of stingy people by decorating trees in front of their homes with toilet paper or writing windows with soap.
Halloween is synonymous with demons, magicians, goblin ghosts and creepy creatures from Western culture. Halloween is welcomed by decorating homes and shopping centers with Halloween symbols.
Canada
in Canada there are Canada free days. Canada Day is usually celebrated with BBQ parties, parades, festivals, concerts and various activities including competitions held by the government in the form of writing, painting and photography competitions with the theme of Canada. Because July 1 is usually a holiday and summer is just starting so the weather is also suitable for relaxing together or seeing a celebration parade.
China
Chinese New Year, the Festival which marks the end of the cold Winter in China, which began to enter Spring, as well as marking the New Year in China.
This festival is the most important festival in China and is celebrated with enormous magnitude.
Traditional ways to celebrate =
- At night before the new year, eat with family, the mandatory menu = Fish, Meat, etc.
- Sleep late at night, and when the New Year arrives, say "Xin Nian Guai Le" or "Gong Xi Fa Cai" to parents.
- In the morning, say "Gong Xi Xi Nian" (Happy new year).
- For elderly people in the house / family, sitting on chairs next to the ash table (the place to pray in the Chinese house), and grandchildren, also their children march to prostrate, after that the person sitting in the chair prayed and give blessings to the prostrate. After that, Hongbao was received, or in the Hokkien Angpao dialect