Презентация "Traditions and holidays of Great Britain"
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Traditions and holidays of Great Britain
- Шинкевич Наталья Васильевна,
- Учитель английского языка
- МОУ лицей №1
- г. Тутаев, Ярославская область
- state traditions
- national holidays
- religious holidays
- public holidays
- concerning private life (child's birth, wedding, marriage)
- traditional ceremonies
- New Year
- The most common type of celebration is a New Year party
- Every year the people of Norway give the city of London a present – a big Christmas tree
- Some people make New Year Resolutions:
- I'll get up early every morning next year.
- I'll clean, my shoes every day.
- Festival in Scotland
- It is not clear where the word «Hogmanay» comes from, but it is connected with the provision of food and drink for all visitors to your home on 31st of December
- The first visitor who comes into a house in the New Year morning is called the First Foot
- On this day, people send Valentine cards to their husbands, wives, girlfriends and boyfriends. You can also send a card to a person you do not know.
- It takes place in spring and people not only eat pancakes everywhere but run with them.
- On the 1st of March each year one can see people walking around London with leeks pinned to their coats. А leek is the national emblem of Wales.
- A leek
- People visit their mothers if possible and give them flowers and small presents. If they cannot go they send a “Mothers’ Day card”.
- It is not a national holiday.
- It’s an Irish religious holiday.
- St. Patrick is the patron of Ireland.
- Irish and Irish Americans celebrate the day.
- Many modern Easter symbols come from ancient time.
- The egg was a symbol long before the Christian era.
- The Easter bunny is also originated in pre-Christian time.
- This is a very old tradition from the Middle Ages. At that time the servants were masters for one day of the year.
- Now April Fool’s Day is different. It is a day for jokes and tricks.
- May 1st is not a public holiday in Great Britain
- On May Sunday workers march through the streets and hold meetings.
- On the Queen’s official birthday, there is a traditional ceremony called the Trooping of the Colour. It is a big parade with brass bands and hundreds of soldiers at Horse Guard’s Parade in London.
- Midsummer's Day, June 24th, is the longest day of the year.
- On that day you can see a very old custom at Stonehenge.
- Stonehenge is one of Europe's biggest stone circles.
- On October 31st British people celebrate Halloween. It is the most colourful and exciting holiday of the year.
- Halloween is a time for fun.
- Guy Fawkes Night is one of the most popular festivals in Great Britain. It commemorates the discovery of the so-called Gunpowder Plot, and is celebrated throughout the country.
- The most popular holiday in Britain is Christmas. People give each other presents and send Christmas cards. The traditional English dinner on Christmas is turkey and pudding.
