Spotlight 5. Module 8: Special days. Unit 8a: Celebrations.

Презентация. - Дёмышева Н. В., Московская обл., п. Малаховка, МОУ "Гимназия № 46".

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1. Thanksgiving is a big festival in the USA and Canada to celebrate the harvest. Canadians celebrate it in October, and Americans in November.
2. Some cities have parades and people have family dinners. Turkey, sweet potatoes and cranberry sauce are popular foods on this day and there is always some sweet pumpkin pie for dessert.
6. In late March or early April, some people in the Philippines celebrate the Banana Festival. This is a harvest festival about different varieties of bananas.
9.  In Northern India they harvest their wheat in Spring which is in the late February or early March. This is also the time for Holi, a Hindu harvest festival that lasts five days.
11. People dress up and light fires. Farmers decorate cows with flowers and let them run free in the streets.