Feasts and Celebrations

A - Look at the pictures and write the name of the celebration from the list :
1)- Hinamatsuri 2)- Wax lantern procession 3)- The Chinese New Year 4)- Halloween 5)- Ramadan
6)- New Year ‘s Eve 7)-Throne Day 8)- Valentine’s Day

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B-The above events represent different celebrations and festivals. Put them in their appropriate boxes below.
Religious Celebration Local Celebration
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C – Read each passage and find which celebration it describes :
It’s a holiday honouring love and
lovers. It is celebrated on
February 14th . In the spirit of the
holiday, you are invited to a little
celebration for the holiday of
songs,poems and love
greetings.Papers and postcards
are exchanged during this feast
as gifts.This celebration is
called…………………………..
This is the last day of the
calendar year, or December
31st in the Gregorian calendar.
This evening is celebrated
around the globe. Celebrations
on this night typically include
going to parties or celebrating
in public places where people
can dance, eat, drink alcoholic
beverages, and watch or
light fireworks to mark the
new year. This celebration is
called…………………………
National Celebration International Foreign
Celebration Celebration
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It is the Islamic holy month of
This magnificent festival is held fasting ,praying, offering charity
annually in The white town of and reciting the Koran,the holy
Sale, twin sister of Rabat in book of Islam. Muslims do not
Morocco. Each year the shrine eat or drink anything from true
(Zaouia) of Sidi Abdullah Ben dawn until sunset.The nights are
Hassoun is visited by sailors often devoted to special prayers
dressed up as pirates who would and to recitations from the
parade through the town of Salé Koran.During the last 10 days,
carrying wax lanterns high up on some Muslims seclude
poles to implore the patron saint themselves in a mosque to give
of travelers (the late Sidi Abdullah full time to religious
Ben hassoun) to protect them on contemplations. This celebration
their voyage as their ancestors is called………………………...
used to do.This celebration is
called ..
………………………………… This is a holiday celebrated on
October 31st when people often
dress up as witches, ghosts and
It is also called the doll festival. It
mummies, or famous
takes place on March 3rd every
frightening characters such as
year in Japan. On this day,
Dracula and Frankenstein. The
families with daughters put out
activities include tricks, ghost
the dolls with the hopes that their
tours, bonfires, costume parties
daughters will grow healthy and
and visiting haunted
happy. This celebration is
attractions. This celebration is
called........................................
called………………………….