HOLIDAYS AND TRADITIONS

BRITISH CULTURE

TEAM INFORMATION TUITION INTEGRANT´S NAME

• 1607199 MAURICIO ALVAREZ PEREYRA

• 1646268 LUIS ÁNGEL ARTEAGA HERNÁNDEZ

• 1599761 CHRISTOPHER JOSHUA MARTÍNEZ LOZANO

• 1618506 ABRAHAM QUINTERO MUÑOZ

• 1646331 EDUARDO COCA REYNA

• 1465284 JAVIER EDUARDO SANTOS HERNÁNDEZ

• 1592413 ALFONSO GÓMEZ MUELA

BRITISH CULTURE

• HORA: M4

• DÍA: L – M – V

• SALÓN: 1-305

M. A. ROXANA COLUNGA

INTRODUCTIONTHE UNITED KINGDOM HAS VERY RICH AND DIVERSE IN CULTURE FOR HUNDRED OF YEARS. THERE ARE MANY HOLIDAYS AND THEY ARE DIVIDED IN TWO CATEGORIES, OFFICIAL DAYS AND PUBLIC HOLIDAYS,

EASTER MONDAYIT IS THE TIME FOR THREE HOLIDAYS (MONDAYS, THURSDAY AND GOOD FRIDAY) AND EASTER, SUNDAY, THESE DAYS ARE A FESTIVAL AND THE TIME FOR GIVING CHOCOLATE EASTER EGGS, BUT ALSO EASTER MEANS MUCH MORE TAN JUST THAT, EASTER IS THE OLDEST AND ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CHRISTIAN FESTIVAL, THE CELEBRATION OF THE DEATH AND COMING TO LIFE OF JESUS CHRIST.

APRIL FOOL’S DAY

ITS MAIN CHARACTERISTIC IS THAT YOU CAN PRANK TO EVERYONE AND THEY CANNOT GET MAD AT YOU.

THIS HOLIDAY IS A LITTLE SIMILAR TO THE MEXICAN DECEMBER 28TH.

THIS DAY BECAME POPULAR IN ENGLAND AROUND 1700’S SO IT IS KIND OF OLD, THE KIND OF JOKES THAT THEY MADE USUALLY INVOLVE PEOPLE PERSUADING OTHER PEOPLE TO DO SOMETHING SILLY.

ST. GEORGE´S DAY (APRIL

23RD)ENGLAND´S NATIONAL DAY IS ST. GEORGE´S. THIS IS A STORY THAT FIRST APPEARED IN THE 6TH CENTURY AND CLAIMS THAT ST. GEORGE RESCUED A DEFENSELESS MAID BY SLAYING A TERRIFIC DRAGON THAT COULD SPEW FLAMES. THE SAINT´S NAME WAS SHOUTED AS BATTLE CRY BY ENGLISH KNIGHTS WHO FOUGHT UNDER THE RED-CROSS FLAG OF ST. GEORGE DURING THE HUNDRED YEARS WARS (1338-1453).

THIS WAS IMMORTALIZED IN ONE OF SHAKESPEARE´S WONDERFUL PLAYS CALLED HENRY V, IN THE LINES:

“I SEE YOU STAND LIKE GREYHOUND IN THE SLIPS,

STRAINING UPON THE START. THE GAME´S AFOOT:

FOLLOW YOU SPIRIT; AND, UPON THIS CHARGE

CRY´GOD FOR HARRY! ENGLAND AND SAINT GEORGE!”

MAY DAY (MAY 1ST)

IN THE UK, AS WELL AS MOST OF EUROPE, MAY DAY IS KNOW AS THE END OF THE WINTER AND BEGINNING OF THE SUMMER, AND IT IS LOOKED FORWARD TO THE PRODUCTIVE MONTHS. IN ANCIENT TIMES IT WAS A BIG FESTIVAL CELEBRATED THROUGH ALL THE COUNTRY AND CELEBRATES WHIT SOME MUSIC, DANCING AND GAMES. DANCING WAS HELD AROUND MAYPOLES AND IT HAD IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN STORY SUCH AS ROBIN HOOD AND JACK IN GREEN.

TROOPING THE COLORS

THIS ESPECIAL DAY IS CELEBRATED BECAUSE BRITISH

PEOPLE CELEBRATE ITASTHE BIRTHDAY OF THE QUEEN. TROOPING THE COLOR IS BEING DONE THIS DAY AND CONSISTS OF A MILITARY PARADE AND A MARCH IN THE PAST. IT LASTS LIKE AN HOUR AND IT HAPPENS ON JUNE 13TH

NOTHING HILL CARNIVAL DAY AND

SUMMER BANK HOLIDAY (LAST

MONDAY IN AUGUST IT IS A CARNIVAL THAT IS PLANNED ON THE LAST MONDAY IN AUGUST. ITS ORIGINS DATE FROM THE 1960`S AND IT WAS CELEBRATED BY THE CARIBBEAN IMMIGRANTS. IT IS A JOYFUL CELEBRATION BECAUSE IT HAS A LOT OF CUSTOMS AND MUSIC.IT IS ALSO ONE OF THE LARGEST CARNIVALS IN EUROPE

CHRISTMAS DAYCHRISTMAS DAY IS CELEBRATED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM ON DECEMBER 25. IT TRADITIONALLY CELEBRATES JESUS CHRIST'S BIRTH BUT MANY ASPECTS OF THIS HOLIDAY HAVE PAGAN ORIGINS. CHRISTMAS IS A TIME FOR MANY PEOPLE TO GIVE AND RECEIVE GIFTS AND PREPARE SPECIAL FESTIVE MEALS.

PRIOR TO CHRISTMAS DAY, PEOPLE DECORATE THEIR HOMES AND GARDENS PRIOR TO CHRISTMAS DAY. THESE DECORATIONS MAY INCLUDE:

• CHRISTMAS TREES.

• SMALL COLORED FAIRY LIGHTS.

• LEAVES AND BERRIES FROM HOLLY TREES AND MISTLETOE BUSHES.

• VARIOUS OTHER DECORATIONS WITH RICH COLORS THAT SPARK THE CHRISTMAS MOOD

ST. PATRICK’S DAY

ST PATRICK'S DAY OCCURS ON MARCH 17. IT IS A NATIONAL HOLIDAY IN IRELAND AND COMMEMORATES ONE OF ITS PATRON SAINTS, ST PATRICK. IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, IT IS CELEBRATED IN IRISH PUBS AND IN CITIES, SUCH AS NOTTINGHAM AND LONDON WHERE MANY PEOPLE WITH AN IRISH BACKGROUND LIVE.

A WEEKEND OF CELEBRATIONS IS ORGANIZED IN NOTTINGHAM. THESE INCLUDE A PARADE, CHILDREN'S WORKSHOPS, AN ARTS FESTIVAL AND PERFORMANCES BY WELL-KNOWN IRISH MUSICIANS. THERE IS ALSO A PARADE, ATTENDED BY MANY THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN BIRMINGHAM. AN IRISH FESTIVAL LASTING THREE DAYS IS HELD IN LIVERPOOL.

TEA TIMEAFTERNOON TEA IS A LIGHT MEAL TYPICALLY EATEN BETWEEN 4 PM AND 6 PM. OBSERVANCE OF THE CUSTOM ORIGINATED AMONGST THE WEALTHY CLASSES IN ENGLAND IN THE 1840S. TRADITIONALLY. TRADITIONALLYT ANNYLOOSE TEA IS BREWED IN A TEAPOT AND SERVED WITH MILK AND SUGAR.

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