Thanksgiving day

It is a secular day that families from Canada and USA celebrate. In this day you give thanks and when you meet a person you say: ''Happy thanksgiving to you''.
This holiday commemorate when ''Wanpanoag Indians'' and the pilgrims got together for one day.
The first thanksgiving day celebrate in 1621, and they ate the same that we eat now (turkey, stuffing, mashed potatoes,turkey gravy, yams, corn and cranberry sauce).
They celebrate it on the fourth Thursday in November, this year it was in the 24th of November.

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Chinese spring festival

This year if you want to celebrate the chinese new year you can go on January 23 to china. The spring festival (the chinesee new year)is called "Chun jie" chinese lenguage which means spring festival.
 This festival is celebrate in all te cinese comunities.And it is a religious holiday for  budhists and daiosts. this holiday lasts fitieen days.
The people decorate their houses with generally greeting. And they wear red clothes and bright colours because it begins the new year. The eat fish and mandarin orange. Why? because there are homophones. For example, fish in china is "yu" which means also surpluses. And the same is true with oranges, called "ju" in chinese which also means "luck" or "fortune".

Chinese Spring Festival its a secular holiday and they celebrate in february 23. This holiday conmemorates the new year of china. It long 15 days and they celebrate in 2012. The people decorated there house with dragons and chinese cultur. They eat chinese food, like Pigs, ducks , chicken and sweet. The red evelope gave good luck.If you stay there in the new year they say to you:hung hii fat choi,this mean congratulations and be prosparate.

THANKSGIVING DAY

Our holidays name is Thanksgiving day. Families from Canada and from the USA celebrates it on november 22 and is a secular holiday. They say: "have good thanksgiving day". In the past, Wampanoag Indians and the pilgrims got together, for one day. The first time was on 1621,  it was a revelation to the colonist and they ate the same that we eat nowdays; turkey, mashed potaoes, yams, corn and cranbery sauce.





                                             

                                       Eva Díaz and Andrea Corrales

Kwanzaa, Ane L. and Nerea 3.B

 Kwanzaa

It conmemorates the afroamerican herritage and culture as well. The holiday is about unity, self determination, collective work, responsability, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity and faith.   

Kwanzaa was created by Dr. Maulana Karenga of United Slaves Organisation in 1966. It's actually like an African alternative to Christmas.

People celebrate Kwanzaa from December 26th to January 1th, 7 days. It's this year celebrated betwen 2011 and 2012.

They put a kinara in their houses which is a candle holder. They also put  seven candles: 3 red color ones, a black one and another 3 green color ones. The red color represents the noble blood that unites all people of African ancestry, black for the people and green for the rich land of Africa.

The kiaras are considered good luck. There's nothing forbidden during this holiday.

The tradicional greeting for this holiday is Habari Gani which means What's new?

To conclude, let's say that Kwanzaa is like Christmas but in african culture. 

Ane L. and Nerea 3.B

Kwanzaa

The name of the holiday is "Kwanzaa". This word means first fruit, it cames from Swahili. The people who celebrate it are African American. It isn't a religious celebration.

It was offered at that time as an African American alternative to Christmas. 
It celebrates from December 26 to January 1.
The people decorate their houses with African art, colourful cloth, lanaras and candles. The most important food that they eat are fresh fruit, Koki, Peanut soup, Jollof rice, Okra&Greens, Chinua Achebe... and they drink ginger beer and green tea with mint. They put candles because they considere good luck to switch on them. They say "Habari Gani" which means "What's the news ?".

  

Miren Molina and Alazne Ayala 3.B

Thanksgiving

The Thanksgiving is a party from the USA. It began a lot of year ago because of the indians. In spanish means Accion de Gracias.

It isn't a religious  it is a secular holiday. This party celebrate only the federal state(USA).

The party conmemorate the three days that the indians stayed there.

The first Thanksgiving was in the year1621, it is on November, the 4th week of November (Thursday).

It is a federal party that only celebrate in the USA.

The peopler celebrate it eating a lot of meal all the family or friends together, they eat Turkey stuffing, mashed potatoes, turkey gravy, yams, corn, cranberry sauce and pumphim pie.

A special sentence of the day is

                HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

                                                  Photo of the first thanksgiving. 
 2B Ander and Maider.

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