Unit 7 Unit 7

ActivityActivity

An unusual holidayAn unusual holiday• Pair work. Look at these

unusual holidays. Then ask and answer the questions below with a partner.

Questions:1. Which one (s) would you like to

celebrate? Why?

2. What do you think happens on each day?

DIWALI

The festival of lights

排灯节（印度的宗教节日）

Diwali brings lights, fireworks

and a lot of sweets

DiwaliDecorations

Diwali Pooja

Dussehra

Celeberating triumph of Good over Evil

十 胜 节

Muharram

穆哈兰姆月

Eid al-Fitr marks the end of holy month of Ramadan

Prayers are offered in mosques for the well being of everyone

开斋节

Baisakhi 拜萨哈节

( 印度锡克教卡尔沙教团成立纪念日，每年 3 、 4 月间庆祝 )

Raksha Bandhan 兄妹节

约在公历 7 、 8 月间，是印度历法五月之中的第二大节日活动

Brazil: Mardis GrasBrazil: Mardis Gras• The carnival is held 4 da

ys before Ash Wednesday and marks the beginning of Lent, A period of fasting.

• It probably has its origin in an older pre-christian Roman Festival “Saturnalia”.

• It is celebrated by street parties, processions, and dancing the “Samba”

Bunyol (Valencia, Spain)Bunyol (Valencia, Spain)• On the 27th of August

at 11am for 2 hours there is “La Tomatina”.

• About 1.25,000 Kg of ripe tomatoes are thrown by the people at each other.

• The tomatoes must first be squashed to avoid injury.

Fallas Fallas 法亚节法亚节 // 火节火节

Sonkajärvi, Finland Sonkajärvi, Finland • Contestants must carry

their wife 253.5 m over sand, grass and asphalt. during the annual county fair of the town. Dropping your wife incurs a penalty of 15 seconds. If you manage to be the first to the finish line, you get the prize: the weight of the lady in beer!

Korea Mud FestivalKorea Mud Festival• Mud baths are the m

ain highlight of the Poryong Mud Festival. The festival also includes other interesting competitions: mud massages, a mud sculpture, a mud beauty and mud body painting contests.

Munich, BavariaMunich, Bavaria• The Oktoberfest star

ting end September lasts 12 days. It is a beer festival. It attracts 6,000,000 visitors to Munich.

• The women dress in grindl, and the men in lederhosen.

The Outback RegattaThe Outback Regatta

• Alice Springs, in the dry centre of Australia is 1500km from the nearest water.

• Now the scene for the yearly Henley-on-Todd Regatta, where "boat races" are held with bottomless boats, held up by the contestants who have to run through the dry riverbed. But if it rains and there is water in the river, the boat race has to be cancelled!

San Fermin, PamplonaSan Fermin, Pamplona• The fiestas of San Fermin are celebrated every year fro

m the 6th to the 14th of July. • At midday every 6 th July, the Fiesta takes off with a b

ang. A rocket is launched into the sky. • There is the running of the bulls through the streets of

the old city to the bull ring.

London, Trooping of the ColourLondon, Trooping of the Colour• The Trooping the Colour dates bac

k to the 17th. Century when the Colours of a regiment were used as a rallying point in battle.

• In London, the Foot Guards used to do this from 1755 onwards as part of their daily Guard Mounting. In 1805 the parade was for the first time carried out to celebrate the Sovereign's birthday.

• It takes place in June each year to celebrate the official Birthday of the Sovereign and is carried out the Household Division with the Queen herself attending and taking the salute.

Hogmanay is the name Scots give to the 31st December when the bringing in of the New Year is celebrated.Ne’erday is New Year’s Day when families get together for a meal (usually a steak pie ) and recover from Hogmanay

泰國泰國 -- 潑水節潑水節

Festival 'shici-go-san' in Heian Shrine, Kyoto

Japanese girl hanging her New Year prophecy.

Colorful procession of Festival of Ages - 'Jidai Matsuri'

Festivals

Menton Lemon Festival Menton Lemon Festival

American Holidays

Memorial DayMemorial Day• Last Monday in

May• A day to

remember those who died in service of their country.

Independence DayIndependence Day• July 4th

• Happy Birthday, America!

• On July 4th, 1776, America claimed its independence from Britain.

Labor DayLabor Day

Ist Monday in Sept.

Holiday honoring workers

The observance includes parades and speeches reviewing labor’s contributions to society.

Veteran’sVeteran’s DayDay

• November 11th

• A day set aside to honor all people, living and dead who served in the armed forces.

Earth DayEarth Day• April 22nd

• Earth Day is a special day during which people think of all of the different ways that they can help the Earth.

President’s DayPresident’s Day• 3rd Monday of

February• America celebrate

this day to honor George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, two important presidents in our country’s history.

Calgary Stampede

卡尔加里牛仔节

World Hello Day World Hello Day 世界问候日世界问候日

• Every year, November 21 is World Hello Day.

• The objective is to say hello to ten people on the day. By greeting others, the message is for world leaders to use communication rather than force to settle conflicts.

11 月 21 日是“世界问候日”，对于每个人来说这都一个温馨的节日，我们需要做得很简单，只要遇到的人发出真挚的问候，或是传递一个甜美的微笑，就会把快乐带给整个世界。这个温馨浪漫的节日，给让城市中忙碌的人们感受到别人的关怀，促进人与人之间相互关系，共同建设和谐社会。

National Ice Cream DayNational Ice Cream Day全国冰激凌日全国冰激凌日

• National Ice Cream Eating Day would obviously be a day where everyone in the country gets free ice cream! Everyone would be off of school on this day. There would be ice cream stands set up all over town and kids would ride their bikes from stand to stand and try all of the flavors.

• At the end of the day everyone able to come within the USA would gather at Queeny Park for an ice cream contest.

• The winner who made the best ice cream would get a $1,000.42 cash prize. There would be a bunch of attractions at Queeny Park, it wouldn't just be a Holiday it would be a national celebration.

World Tourism Day World Tourism Day 世界旅游日世界旅游日

• Since 1980, the United Nations World Tourism Organization has celebrated World Tourism Day on September 27. The purpose of this day is to raise awareness on the role of tourism within the international community and to demonstrate how it affects social, cultural, political and economic values worldwide.

世界旅游日 (World Tourism Day) ，是由世界旅游组织确定的旅游工作者和旅游者的节日。 1970 年 9 月 27 日，国际官方旅游联盟（世界旅游组织的前身）在墨西哥城召开的特别代表大会上通过了将要成立世界旅游组织的章程。为了阐明旅游的作用和意义，加深世界各国人民对旅游的认识和理解，促进旅游业的发展，世界旅游组织从 1980 年起每年都为世界旅游日确定一个主题，

各国旅游组织根据主题和要求开展一系列庆祝活动。

National Men Make Dinner DayNational Men Make Dinner Day全国煮夫日全国煮夫日

• National Men Make Dinner Day is for the manly man who is not afraid to wield a hammer, whisk, or spatula. This is a manly man's special day.

每年的十一月的第一个星期四，是美国的全国煮夫日（ National Men Make Dinner Day ），也就是男人下厨做晚饭的

日子。

Use the questions below to invent an unusual Use the questions below to invent an unusual holidayholiday

• What is the name of the holiday?• What is the date of the holiday?• What is the reason for the holiday?• Who celebrates it?• What do people do on the holiday?• Do people celebrate it at home or outside the

home?• What do people wear?• Are there any special foods or decorations?