Презентация "Unusual Traditions of England"

Carnival in
Notting
hill
is
Europe's largest festival and one of the
most popular
in the world. The history of this holiday is connected with immigrants from Latin America,
who were settled in London
Notting
hill.
It is
similar to carnival in Rio de Janeiro. The holiday lasts for two days, and
on
the first day there's a special performance for children. During the carnival participants, dressed in
colourful
costumes, walk through the streets,
dancing and
singing, the audience is entertained by jugglers and street bands
. During the carnival
in
Notting
hill

mostly Latin American
music is played,
especially the rhythms of reggae». The holiday is very noisy and dynamically, the total number of participants and
spectators counts about
2 million people.
Notting

Hill Carnival

Egremont
Crab
Fair
is one of the most unusual English
fair events in the UK. There
is a very special competition
showing a
gurning

- «art
», that means
to build a grimace before the public.
Holders
of a strange talent amaze the audience with the most horrible and grotesque
faces.
The winners of the contest

become
celebrities for several days. The
famous competition
Egremont
Crab Fair
is broadcast
in the national media.

Egremont
Crab Fair is held in September in the County of
Cumbria
and

attracts many tourists.
Gurning

Introduction
The
pancake
day
May
dancing
Queen's
birthday
Notting

Hill
Carnival
The Morris
Dance
Swimming in a
swamp
Ascot
The Night Guy
Fawkes
Gurning
Contents
Queen's birthday and the birthday of the Queen are different days. Because the Queen was born on
the 21th of
April, and celebrations are held in different countries of the British Commonwealth of
Nations
in
different
days, and the UK is no exception. There is a version that the reason for this is wet and cold weather, which

usually happens
in
the UK.
Queen's birthday

The night guy Fawkes, also known as the Night of bonfires
is
annually held on
the 5
th
of
November in the United
Kingdom. Guy Fawkes together
with a group of like-minded people

tried to blow up
the London
Parliament during a throne speech
of
king James I
.
The purpose of the
venture
was the murder of the king
and Protestants.
The plan
was
made
by Robert Catesby, but
it was executed by Guy
F
awkes . But the plan didn’t come true and Guy Fawkes was arrested. During the night people go through the streets of London with bonfires, singing and screaming.
The Night Guy Fawkes

Unusual traditions of England
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Dance around a pole is a traditional dance in Western Europe, especially in England, Sweden and Germany. The dancers walk in a circle, holding colored ribbons tied to a pole.

Dancers can begin to move in the opposite direction in order to unravel the ribbon. Dancing around the may pole is a very old tradition, going back to the German beliefs associated with fertility. Traditionally it takes place in
spring, usually in
M
ay, but
in Sweden
it is celebrated in summer.
May dancing

Ascot
races - the famous English races held
every
year in the small town of Ascot. Royal Ascot
Racecourt

is located just

few miles from Windsor castle and therefore
the
members of the Royal family and other
idle guests often come to watch the event. The races usually last 25 days.
The most prestigious races are considered
to be the
king George VI and Queen Elizabeth, which take place in July. The famous tradition of Ascot
are
ladies
who come to
the Royal Hippodrome
wearing
unique
hats.
Ascot

Few people know that in England there is a kind of "
Maslenitsa
". It is called Pancake day and usually
celebrated at
the end of February - beginning of March. On this day all English
people
eat pancakes. And
there
is an old tradition - "pancake
races“ in the small town of Olney.
The
event begins
with
the
signals of
"
pancake" bells. After the first strike
,

women should quickly

bake
their

own "perfect pancake". The second
ring

of the bell
means
the start of
the
race.
You
c
an watch an
unusual
view
on the
streets

of
Olney

- running
, women of different ages, holding
w
ith the pancake in a pan
and throwing
it up

The pancake day

UK
is a home of one of
the most extravagant competition
. It’s
swimming in a swamp. Participants swim, dive
in a
swamp in special underwater glasses, fins and
snorkel

the
distance of
about
36 meters
.
The
aim
of the competition
is to win money for
different charities, and

divers not only from the UK
can participate in it, but
also from other countries of the
world
.
Swimming in a swamp

Come to the party.
Come to the
party
,

come to the party
Come to the
party
,

come right now,
Think of something you want to do
And you can do it right now.
You can eat a cake on your own
You can eat a cake with a friend
You can eat a cake with everybody
And you can do it right now.
Come to the party…
You can have a dance on your own
You can have a dance with a friend
You can have a dance with everybody
And you can do it right now
.
Introduction

Dance
Morris is one of the traditional English dance accompanied by music and
only men take part in it.
It is believed that Morris - dance
makes people lucky
. The tradition began in England in
the
14th century and still exists. Morris is typically performed
by five
dancers who put on special clothes - black breeches, white skirts, bells and boots
with
wooden soles.
The Morris Dance

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