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-In England, Gloucester

-Since 1826

-Very famous competition (people from all around the world)

In England,

Gloucester

The winner

In England,

Gloucester

-catch the Double Gloucester cheese (3,2-4,1 kg)

(if nobody can't)

-the fastest player

-prize: the cheese and glory

Injuries

In England,

Gloucester

-very dangeorus sport

-broken arms and legs, faint

-1998.: 33 injuries

-first aid service provided by the local St John Ambulance

Categories

In England,

Gloucester

-men's race (2018 winner: Chris Anderson)

all time man-recorder: Chris Anderson (22)

-ladies' race (2018 winner: Flo Early)

all time woman-recorders: Rosemary Cooke, Amanda Turner, Dionne Carter, Lucy Townsend, Flo Early (3)

The Cheese Rolling Festival 2018

In England,

Gloucester

Japan: Shapporo

Odori park

Susinko Site

Tsu Dome Site

one week in February

Where?

When?

1950

Odori park

6 statues

History

more than two millione tourists

more hundreds buildings

Now

- In Mexico, Oaxaca city

- since 1897

- every year on December 23.

Where and when?

- radishes introduced by the Spanish

- long wood carving tradition

-> farmers started radish carving on the Christmas market

- therefore radish-most important vegetable

History

- carvings of radish, corn husk, aster

- for everyone

- after the festival: call the winner

- some of these will be sold away

The festival

- can't be stored for long time

- big, hard work

Carving

The festival

• one-day festival
• South-India
• on the 18th day during the Tamil month of Adi

The water

• The water is celebrated
• water's life-giving properties
• shows gratitude to nature
• thanks Mother Cauvery River
• and the Goddess Parvathi

The program

• morning: women put rice, jaggery, sugar;... to the banks of the river
• they float the lamps beside the mango leaves in the river
• These represent Earth Mother

The program 2

• spend the evening by the river
• picnic with friends
• rice meals
• folk songs and female songs
• the meaning of Aadi Perukku is "gratitude to nature

Where and when?

History

How?

Dangerous?

• camel tries to escape through the crowd
• held in football stadiums

Dangerous?

Animal rights?

Where and When

• This is a Mexican festival but many other countries are involved.
• The festival is on November 1 and November 2
• The Mexicans call November 1 The day of the little Angels and November 2 is The day of the dead.

History

• Day of the Dead originated several thousand years ago with the Aztec, Toltec, people.
• The dead were still members of the community
• Kept alive in memory and spirit and during Día de los Muertos they returned to Earth.

Meals

Calaveras (sugar skulls)

Meals

Pan de Muertos

What is Day of the Dead?

• This is ritual holiday.
• The video shows how the festival look like.

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Where and when?

Where and when?

• held in Japan
• in September or October
• Kishiwada's festival

History

History

• beginning in 1703
• Okabe Nagayasu (the then feudal lord) prayed to the gods
• harvest festival

Carts

• the main spectacles
• decorated with flowers and motifs
• symbolize shrines

Carts

Program

• singing
• race in the streets of the city
• pull the carts with high speed
• dangerous

Program

History

- started in 1986 at San Francisco

- Larry Harvey made a 9 foot tall (2.7 m) wooden sculpture of a man

- in 1989 40 foot (12 m)

History

Where and when

• Nevada, Black Rock Desert
• every year, last Monday in August - first Monday in September.

Where and when

Program

• almost 70000 people
• in 2019 will be the 28. event
• art shows
• crazy exibitions
• extreme shows
• everything is for free
• goal: back to the nature
• at the end ----> they burned the man

Program

Video

Video

When and where?

When and where?

• In the Netherlands
• in August
• every fifth year
• In Amsterdam

History

History

• in 1975
• Sail Amsterdam 700
• Only 600 ships
• next festival in 2020

The program of the festival

The program of the festival

• Nowadays 8000 ships
• Lot of types of ships
• Classic music concerts
• fireworks shows etc.

Where? When?

• This festival is in Yenshui (city in Taiwan)
• In chinese lunar new year (at around February 4.)

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The history of the festival

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• In the XIX. century there was a cholera epidemic
• The people threw many tonnes of fireworks and the epidemic ended
• Every year they celebrate

What is it about?

Title

• At the celebration shot the people fireworks in streets and public spaces
• They jump into the fireworks, because it brings them good luck

Video

Title

What is Idiotarod?

• A shopping cart race.
• Five "idiots" in every team
• Run through the streets of a major metropolitan area

When, Where?

• in 19 places in the USA
• the first race was in San Francisco in 1994
• Every year on the first Saturday in March

Special

• there are 2 special races, the Chiditarod in Chicago and the Portland Urban Iditarod
• This festival was named after Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race in Alaska

THE QUESTIONS

THE QUESTIONS

Please ask questions that are useful to know. Please give the answers in full sentences. – WRITE the NUMBERS OR THE SENTENCE – ASK FOR THE QUESTION.

1. Where and when is the cheese rolling festival held every year?

2. Why is this festival dangerous?

3. Who won the competition in 2018? Who is Flo Early?

4. How do the camels fight?

5. Which one is the winner?

6. Where is the camel wrestling the most popular?

7. What is the name of the festival in the Netherlands and when was the first festival?

8. How many ships are on the first festival?

9. When will the next Sail Amsterdam festival be?

10. Where and when is the Danjiri Matsuri festival?

11. What is the main spectacle of the Danjiri Matsuri festival?

12. Why is dangerous the Danjiri Matsuri festival?

13. Why can’t the radishes be stored for a long time?

14. What are the main spectacles of the Night of the Radishes and what are they made of?

15. How did radishes arrive to Mexico?

16. What are the major attractions of the Aadi Perukku festival?

17. What is celebrated in the Aadi Perukku festival?

18. Where is the Aadi Perukku festival? It is in

19. How long is this festival?

20. What do families eat?

21. When was the first Snow Festival? The first SF was in ...

22. How many tourists go to the festival?

23. What is the English name of the Dia de Los Muertos Festival?

24. Where is the Dia de Los Muertos Festival?

25. What are the important meals in the festival?

26. How do the Mexicans call November 1 and November 2?

27. In how many cities does the Idiotarod take place? It takes place in ... cities.

28. Where is the Chiditarod?

29. How many Idiots are in 1 team? What is the Idiotarod named after?

30. Where is the fireworks festival held? It is held in Yanshui.

31. What does this festival celebrate? This festival celebrateS the end of a cholera epidemic.

32. Why do people jump into fireworks?

33. How long does this festival last?

THE ANSWERS

THE ANSWERS

Please ask questions that are useful to know. Here are the answers. Answer in full sentences.

1. Where and when is the cheese rolling festival held every year? In England, since 1826

2. Why is this festival dangerous? Because people get injured during the races. In 1998 thirty-three (33) people got injured.

3. Who won the competition in 2018? Chris Anderson and Flo Early

4. Who is Flo Early? She is one of the all time woman record-holders.

5. How do the camels fight? - The camels fight by using their necks.

6. Which one is the winner? - The winner is the one that forced his competitor to fall to the ground.

7. Where is the camel wrestling the most popular? - The camel wrestling is most popular in the villages of western Turkey.

8. What is the name of the festival in the Netherlands and when was the first festival? It is called Sail Amsterdam and the first was in 1975.

9. How many ships are on the first festival? 600

10. When will the next Sail Amsterdam festival be? It will be in 2020.

11. Where and when is the Danjiri Matsuri festival? In Japan, in September or October

12. What is the main spectacle of the Danjiri Matsuri festival? The cart

13. Why is dangerous the Danjiri Matsuri festival? Because people pull the carts with high speed, and people who are standing on the top of the carts many times fall down.

14. Why can’t the radishes be stored for a long time?

15. What are the main spectacles of the Night of the Radishes and what are they made of?

16. How did radishes arrive to Mexico?

17. What are the major attractions of the Aadi Perukku festival? Women’s song and folks song.

18. What is celebrated in the Aadi Perukku festival? The water is celebrated in the AP festival.

19. Where is the Aadi Perukku festival? It is in South-India and in the USA.

20. How long is this festival? This is a one-day festival.

21. What do the families eat? The families eat rice-meals.

22. When was the first Snow Festival? The first Snow Festival was in 1950.

23. How many tourists go to the festival? More than two million

24. What is the English name of the Dia de Los Muertos Festival? Day of the Dead

25. Where is the Dia de Los Muertos Festival? It is in Mexico

26. What are the important meals in the festival? The most important meals are sugar skulls and Pan de Muertos.

27. How do the Mexicans call November 1 and November 2? November 1 is the day of the little Angels and November 2 is the Day of the Dead

28. In how many cities does the Idiotarod take place ? 19

29. Where is the Chiditarod? In Chicago

30. How many Idiots are in 1 team? There are five idiots in one team.

31. What is the Idiotarod named after? After the Iditarod Native American dog-sleigh race.

32. Where is the fireworks festival held? The fireworks festival is held in Yanshui in Taiwan.

33. From what celebrated this festival? From the XIX. century.

34. Why do people jump into fireworks? They think it brings good luck.

35. How long does this festival last? This is a one-day festival.

THE VOCABULARY

THE VOCABULARY

to celebrate: ünnepelni

celebration: ünneplés

It is held in…: Itt tartják … (a fesztivált)

It takes place in ….: Ez ad helyet neki

It lasts …. days.: … napig tart.

pilgrim: zarándok

pilgrimage: zarándoklat

camel: teve

neck: nyak

fight: harc

to give up: feladni

male: hím

female: nőstény

cheese: sajt

cheese-rolling: sajtgurítás

to catch: elkapni

race: futam 2. verseny

glory: dicsőség

injury: sérülés

to get injured: megsérülni

aid: segítség

first aid: elsősegély

to faint: elájulni

cart: szekér, kocsi

to pull: húzni

cart-pulling festival: kocsihúzó fesztivál

to pray: imádkozni

harvest: aratás

shrine: szentély

spectacle: látványosság

high-speed: nagy sebességű

main: fő, legfontosabb

motif: motívum

to pay tribute to: tisztelettel adózik

material: anyag

water source: vízforrás

to spend the evening with sg: az estét eltölteni vmivel

jaggery: kókuszpálma levéből nyert cukor

to float: úszik, lebeg

along: valami mentén

anniversary: évforduló

attend: részt vesz

yacht: jacht

to remain: maradni

harbour: kikötő

to organize: szervezni

colourful: színes

to carve: faragni

to introduce: bevezet, behozni

carving: faragás

radish: retek

spectacle: látvány 2. különlegesség

spectacular: látványos

corn husk: kukorica csuhé

epidemic: járvány

to throw: dobni

petard: petárda

to jump into the fireworks: beleugrani a tüzijátékba

helmet: bukósisak

in respect of the god: az isten tiszteletére

ground: föld, terület

snow: hó

statue: szobor

building: épület

different: különböző

shopping cart: bevásárlókocsi

metropolitan area: nagyvárosi terület

costume: jelmez

dog-sled race: szánhúzó verseny

dog sleigh: kutyaszán

grocery store: élelmiszer üzlet

Dia de los Muertos: a Halottak Napja mexikóiul

Day of the Dead: Halottak napja

angel: angyal

Little Angels: Aprószentek (A Jézus születése után lemészárolt 2 év alatti gyerekeket hívják így.)

gathering: összejövetel

involved: érintett

community: közösség

skull: koponya

sugar: cukor

Mexico: Mexikó

tattoo: tetoválás

meal: étel, fogás

product: termék

disappear: eltűnni

to copy: másolni

to be connected to: kapcsolódni valamihez

dangerous: veszélyes

popular: népszerű

to attract: vonzani

attraction: vonzerő 2. látványosság

I would like to go to the Snow Festival.: Szeretnék elmenni a Hófesztiválra.

The festival celebrates the end of a cholera epidemic.: A fesztivál egy kolerajárvány végét ünnepli.