Transcript Sinterklaas

Netherlands
Sinterklaas
Zwarte Pieten
Arrival from Spain
Typical food
A Sinterklaas song
Zie ginds komt de
stoomboot
Zie ginds komt de
stoomboot uit Spanje
weer aan.
Hij brengt ons SintNicolaas ik zie hem al
staan.
Hoe huppelt zijn paardje
het dek op en neer,
hoe waaien de wimpels
al heen en al weer.
Look, there is the
steamer
Look, there is the
steamer from far a-way
lands.
It brings us St. Nich'las,
he's waving his hands.
His horse is aprancing
on deck, up and down,
The banners are waving
in village and town
Italy
.
 Two weeks before the
event we start sending
invitation cards to our
friends.
 The parents rent a lounge
in a hotel or a disco and
let us a very big party.
 We have a birthday cake
with nice decorations on
and 18 lit-up candles to be
blown for good luck.
 Everybody brings a
present and sometimes
they might be quite
expensive: jewellery for a
girls or hi-tech gadgets for
boys.
SPAIN
THE THREE WISE MEN
Melchior, Caspar, Balthasar
THEY ARE HERE!
Latvia
Special event in Latvia -
LIGO
 Ligo is a Latvian festival
held in the night from 23rd
to 24th June to celebrate
the summer solstice, the
shortest night and the
longest day of the year
 People usually spend Ligo
in the countryside, and
never inside
 People wear wreaths made
from flowers for females,
or from oak leaves for
males
 traditional decorations
include also birch or
sometimes oak branches and
flowers as well as leaves,
especially fern…
 A festival fire must be kept
from sunset till sunrise to
help the sun to light and
warm the people
 traditionally people jump
over it to ensure prosperity
and fertility
 Traditional food during Ligo
is a special type of cheese
with caraway seeds
 The traditional drink is beer
 Traditional rituals include
also searching through the
woods for the flower of the
fern (that, despite the
objections of biologists, is
believed to bloom once in a
year exactly at the night of
Ligo), that for safety reasons
should be done in a pair.
 Despite common belief, no
remarkable increase in
birthrates is observed nine
months later
Hungary
Saint Diadem( made of
flowers) – Szent Korona
 -Crown of the first king. (Saint Stephen)
 -It is a national symbol
 -At this day we remember our first king
Saint Stephen.
 Home maid bread - Uj-kenyer
 -This nation celebration we usually
prepared lots of home- made bread in a
big oven.
Big Fireworks-Tüzijatek
-In 20 the of August is celebrated
everywhere in the country .They are
fireworks and festivals in the city-centre
.The fireworks at Budapest is the nicest
and the longest one ,and it takes places
above The Duna. That’s why it is
wonderful.
Budapest
-We can see people with national ribbon ,
everywhere.
Germany
Attention!
It´s
Schützenfest!
 You shoot on a bird made out
of wood which
is high in the air
 If the bird falls down you are the king of the city for 1
year
 You choose friends who
celebrate it with you in a
special way
 The men and some women march through the city
That´s our special
event in Germany –
SCHÜTZENFEST!!