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commemorates the beginning of the heinous crimes acted upon the Indigenous. It is respectful to the Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders that Australia moves this date to another, as many has forgotten the true meaning of this date. Australia Day celebrates the invasion of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove in 1788. Land was stolen from the indigenous and its inhabitants were forcefully colonized and should be changed to another date. Brutal fights and arguments broke out between the colonists…

This holiday takes place on July 4th. The Fourth of July celebrates Independence. Independence has been celebrated for about 240 years in America. La feria De Malaga celebrates King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella’s grand entrance into Maliga on August 19, 1487. It has been celebrated for about 500 years. The Fourth of July is celebrated for 1 day and can be celebrated anywhere. Many people will often have BBQ’s and parties to celebrate. You will also see many fireworks that are set off at night…

During Diwali, Hindus want the goddess Lakshmi to visit them, but they also celebrate other important days concerning other gods. Over the five-day span of Diwali, Hindus celebrate the return of Lord Rama, the birthdays of many gods and goddesses, and the deaths of some demons (Canton). Hinduism is a polytheistic religion, so it makes sense that its holidays reflect this polytheism. In contrast, Christmas celebrates Jesus’s birth as the coming of the Messiah, the sole savior of Christians.…

The fourth of July is a day for the adoption of the Declaration of Independance. Why do we celebrate 4th of July? Americans celebrate the fourth of July each year to show respect for its separation from England. The 4th of July is an important date. Let me explain why it’s important and why we celebrate it. Without the important meaning of the date we would be suffering. We would have someone else telling us what to do, where and how to live, and what to wear. That obviously is not the American…

didn’t. I’ve never had the famous green bean casserole much less pumpkin pie-I’m allergic but, it wouldn’t matter because in my culture we eat our specialty foods. Although I was born here my parents are from Central America, so in my family we celebrate holidays as my parents would in their country. For Thanksgiving we don’t have a turkey but instead have pupusas, panes con pollo, tamales and for dessert: arroz con leche, empanadas de platano, and pan dulce. Thanksgiving is…

How do you celebrate Thanksgiving? Did you know it's probably different than how The Early Americans celebrated Thanksgiving. Recently I learned that I celebrate different then they Early Americans and some of my Friends and their families. The Early Americans were less fortunate them people today and they didn’t use forks to eat their meal and they certainly didn’t have an oven to cook their food. I got a chance to sit down with Grace Baggerly and talk to her about the similarities and…

people used to come together and celebrate different things. It started with people choosing this time to get a date the next year to celebrate marriage, and the next year all the relative were invited to celebrate childbirth. When they were together they wanted to show who’s reindeer were the strongest and best, so they started to run the reindeer race and several sports activities. It wasn’t organized but they just came together and it happened. Today they celebrate an annual culture and…

brings people together to celebrate occasions and connects with the whole tradition, like celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ and getting socialised into the tradition, as shown in source 3. The image indicates that people are celebrating Christmas as a community. However, not all people engage in this celebration because it is not sacred to them or might believe in different religions, where they do not celebrate this occasion. In source 3, gathering people together to celebrate a ritual…

Although, some people can’t celebrate Halloween, I love to celebrate Halloween. Halloween is the only time you can dress up and go have fun and go trick-or-treating. On Halloween people give you candy, you can dress up, and have fun with your family. On Halloween you also get a lot of candy. I think Halloween should be celebrated. First, some people can’t celebrate Halloween. Sometimes kids don’t get to go out at night. If kids can’t go out at night to get candy they could get candy from…

days after the second day of Passover which is the celebration for when the Jews escaped slavery Egypt. • The Torah is associated with the grain harvest. • The festival of Shavuot I celebrated on the 6th or 7th day of Sivan How do they celebrate Shavuot? • celebrate Shavuot is by abstaining from work and attending synagogue services and readings are recited: • a liturgical poem called Akdamut. • study Torah all night; this practice is called Tikkun Leil Shavuot Symbols • Bikkurim which means…