Ciencias

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José Ignacio Valderrama
Teacher : Bonnie Arana
Room : Basic 2

China. (January)
January 23, Chinese New Year: One of the most important holidays of the Chinese people, no matter where in the world they are. This day is based on a lunar calendar and its origin can be traced to legends and traditions as the Nien, a beast on the last day of each year wasdevoted to eating people.
Before the new year arrives, one of the customs of Chinese New Year is the whole house to get rid of bad luck accumulated from the previous year.
And after the New Year arrives, you can not sweep the first few days, otherwise all the good luck that came with the new year is swept back outside.
They decorate the main entrance of your home or room with red flags andmessages of good fortune for the new year. Red for the Chinese is that of good luck and symbolizes life and happiness.

Brazil Carnival in Rio de Janeiro (February)

Carnival in Rio is one of the most important and surprising in the carnival scene in South America. With a set of attributes, of which we have music, dancing, parades of samba schools and the wonderful architecture of the city, amongothers.
Rio Carnival lasts four days. Rio de Janeiro welcomes visitors from around the world. Carnival gives its inception in the Sambadrome Marques de Sapucaí,, by the mayor, who gave him the keys of the city. On the second day it's official Carnival. On this day we can find different options.
The third day will see the parade of the Special Group schools. Then, a spectacle of beauty inundate thelong avenue of Sambodromo.
Finally, the last day will bring the parade of samba schools in group B.

India (March)
Festival of Colors, India. It made ​​the night appears the first full moon of March and the next day in India, Bangladesh and Nepal, mainly. His celebration includes the spread of water color painting and the crowds. It is essentially a Hindu ritual of renewal, so also iscelebrated in all Hindu communities around the world.

Argentina Easter (April)
Argentina: at this time is mainly consumed Easter eggs and bagels with egg one of the traditional foods of these dates that fasting is done in addition to meat pies made ​​with tuna vigil and cod dishes.
In the city of Tandil (Buenos Aires) "Easter" is one of the most important dates on your calendar tourism, the citydresses up to receive more than one third (50,000 people) of its population stable pilgrims coming from different regions of the country. Throughout the week there are cultural artistic events in the parishes of the city and Mount Calvary (from this hill, on Good Friday at 17 pm has the Procession through the city to the Mother Church).

CHEESE ROLLING FESTIVAL (MAY) England
The cheese rollingfestival is an annual event held every last Monday of May in Gloucester. Although a traditional event deBrockworth town, over the years has gained international recognition.
From the top of the hill is released a double gloucester cheese weighing 7 pounds (3.17 kg), and competitors must run downhill for him. The first person who reaches the finish line wins the cheese thrown. Given the number ofpeople involved and the speeds reached by the slope of the hill, falls, injuries and other accidents are frequent. The organization has provided the presence of ambulances.
The origins of this holiday are unknown, and the first written references to the same place in 1836. Since 1884, the festival became an annual event for the county newspapers.

Fire Festival in June (Cuba)
The Fire Festivalheld every year in Santiago de Cuba is an embrace of Cubans to the Caribbean culture, highlights the academic Norman Girvan on a review of the event.
Functions were performed at the Heredia Theater in Santiago and in public spaces throughout the city, free access to all the people that drew enthusiastic participation.
People from all walks and ages seemed to embrace every opportunity, whether in...