What are your favorite cultural celebrations? When are they, where, what is the significance, and why do you enjoy them?
Hi, Gaze!What are your favorite cultural celebrations? When are they, where, what is the significance, and why do you enjoy them?
Hi, Gaze!
I don't think I have a 'favourite', and I can imagine that people might pick out the most 'fun' ones, so I thought I'd mention something with a different purpose. Remembrance Sunday, held mid-November in the UK to commemorate the sacrifices of war, demands a sombre, reflective tone, 2 minutes of silence nationwide and contemplation, and altogether just feels a bit graver and more powerful than the others. People wear red poppies in their lapels, or white if they're pacifists, and the whole thing is a reminder of the brutality that human beings are capable of... but also the heroism. It's one of the most 'mature' observance, in my opinion. The American versions are a bit more militaristic in tone.
Other than that, I always enjoy the stuff going on around the Edinburgh Festival (comedy festival) in August.
This is similar to our Memorial Day.Remembrance Sunday,
Halloween October 31st, however, I like observing All Saints Day on November 1st too. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Souls'_Day minus the Christian and religious ovetures though.What are your favorite cultural celebrations? When are they, where, what is the significance, and why do you enjoy them?