The best cultural festivals in the world by Mauricio

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Today I'll talk about some Traditional Festivals in the world.

By Mauricio

1-      Bolivia

             

               The Bolivian culture resulting from the mixture of Indian and Spanish cultures. Transpire in the rites of a festival in long dresses and shawls colored women and dances palla-pallas, imitations of European invasion.

2 - Ireland

                 St. Patrick's Day is celebrated by the Irish in large and small cities, like our carnival - we can compare how the "Parades Street Carnival". Some communities will even dye rivers or streams green! People dress in green, paint shamrocks on her face, because the clover is a symbol of Ireland, St. Patrick used it as a metaphor to explain the concept of the Holy Trinity (Father, Son and Holy Spirit), and attend St . Patrick's Day parades. Among children, there is the tradition of snacking friends who do not wear green on this day!

3 - United States

             Thanksgiving Day is considered a holiday in Canada and the US, being a day when people acknowledge the positive developments achieved throughout the year. It is customary to celebrate with prayers to the parties watered too much food. The first Thanksgiving Day was held in the years 1620, in the state of Massachusetts, in the city of Plymouth. The celebration was organized by the village's founding settlers, who, after a rigorous and unsatisfactory winter crops, managed to hold a rich harvest in 1621, during the summer.

4 - Brazil

             Carnival is one of the major festivities in Brazil. Officially, the holiday of Carnival in Brazil is the 17th of February; however, the festivities start on 14 and end on 18 February. The origin of the Carnival was in Greece in the mid 600-520 BC, in Brazil, the carnival festivities began in the mid-seventeenth century, influenced by Carnival celebrations taking place in Europe.

5 - Thailand

          Loi Krathong or Festival of Lights is held every year on the full moon of the twelfth month in the Thai lunar calendar to thank the gods and ask for good luck. Thais put offerings in krathongs, containers made with banana leaves or flowers, light them with candles or incense and drop into rivers, making a request. They believe that if the mini boat float by the current for a long time, without the candle goes out, the desire will be realized.

6 - Mexico

     Unlike Brazil, All Souls' Day is celebrated in Mexico. The Day of the Dead, as it's called, is a big party around the country with the right music, candy and costumes. According to belief, the dead return to their homes to visit the living, preparing altars full of objects and like the food of those who are gone. 

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