Festivals Festivals and and CelebrationCelebrationss 1. How many parts is the passage divided into?Task 1Six parts. festivalsFestivals to honour peopleAncient FestivalHarvest Festivals Festivals of the DeadWhat festivals are mentioned in the text?Spring Festivals Most ancient festivals would celebrate the end of______________, ________________and ______________. Other celebrations were held ________________________________.They ______and___________.They thought these festivals would__________________.When How Why the cold weather plantingin springharvest inautumnwhen hunterscould catch animalslit firesmade musicbring a year of plenty Why They are held to_______________, or ______and ________the ancestors, who could return either to ______or to__________.ExamplesObonThe Day of the DeadHalloweenhonour the deadsatisfypleasehelpdo harm Obon in Japan Specially-made lanterns are hung outside each house to lead the ancestors back to home. All night long, people dance and sing. When the festival is over, thousands of lanterns are placed into the water and they drift out to sea guiding the dead on their return journey to the other world. The Day of the Dead in Mexico They offer food, flowers and gifts to the dead. Toys, decorations, and candies in the shape of skulls, are sold in the market-places at this time every year to honor ancestors. Halloween In the US and EuropeParade in the street trick or treat Pumpkin headHalloween MasksThe night of October 31st, when it was believed that the spirits of dead people appeared, and which is now celebrated in the US by children, who dress up as witches and ghosts.Halloween •The jack-o’-lantern is the most common symbol of Halloween. Festivals can be held as an honour to ____________or...
