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What do main celebrations

Published on Nov 28, 2016

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What do main celebrations

of different cultures have in common?

Cultures

  • Chinese
  • Italian
  • French
  • Indian
  • Swedish
  • German
Photo by infomatique

Chinese - Qingming
Italian - Epiphany
French - Bastille Day
Indian - Holi
Swedish / German - Walpurgis Night

Qingming

Photo by istolethetv

Main Attributes

  • When Chinese people go to the burial centres to pray to their ancestors
  • It is on either the 4th or 5th of April depending on that year's calendar
Photo by scotted400

Epiphany

Photo by D-Stanley

Main Attributes

  • La Befana - There is a woman who flies on a broomstick bringing presents to all the children in Italy
  • January 6th, 7th and 19th
  • Feasts
  • Presents
  • Festivals and Parades
  • Public holiday
Photo by Simply Viola

Bastille Day

Main Attributes

  • Celebrating the French queen (Marie Antoinette) and king's (Louis XVI) heads being chopped off.
  • French National Day
  • Start of the French Revolution
  • Balls / Dances
  • Musical performances
  • Communal meals
  • Military and civilian parades
  • July 14th
Photo by y.caradec

Holi

Photo by Steven Gerner

Main Attributes

  • Festival of Colour
  • Throwing coloured powder at people
  • March 13th
  • The legend of Radha and Krishna

Walpurgis Night

Photo by Ulf Bodin

Main Attributes (Swedish)

  • Valborgsmässoafton
  • Feast Night
  • 30th April / 1st May
  • Singing and dancing by bonfires
  • Feasts (duh)
Photo by Aske Holst

Main Attributes (German)

  • Walpurgisnacht
  • Witches Night
  • 30th April / 1st May
  • Playing pranks
  • Dressing up
  • Making loud noises (to annoy people)
Photo by clundh