Religious Celebrations

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Religious Celebrations

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What religion do these festivals come from?
Eid-ul-Fitr
Christmas
Holi
Pesach
Hanukkah
Wesak
Ramadan
Diwali
Festival of the Tooth
Easter
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Jewish festivals
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Hanukkah
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Hanukkah

• The Jewish festival of light
• Jewish people light a special candlestick called
  a hanukiah
• People play games and give each other cards and
  presents

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Pesach
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Pesach

• The most important Jewish festival
• Celebrates the time God helped the Jewish people
  escape from Egypt
• People tell the story of the first Pesach to
  friends and family

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Buddhist festivals
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Wesak
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Wesak

• The most important Buddhist festival
• Buddhists celebrate the birth, enlightenment and
  passing of Buddha
• Streets and houses are lit with lanterns and
  there are plays and dancing

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Festival of the tooth
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Festival of the Tooth

• This festival is held in Sri Lanka
• Gold-decorated elephants lead a procession along
  streets lit with lanterns and lamps
• One of the elephants carries a replica of the
  Buddhas tooth

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Christian festivals
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Christmas
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Christmas

• Christians remember the birth of the baby Jesus
  at Christmas time
• People give each other presents and cards
• Special songs, called carols, are sung in church

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Easter
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Easter

• At Easter, Christians remember how Jesus died on
  the cross and was born again
• People sing special Easter songs in church
• People give each other chocolate Easter eggs

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Islamic festivals
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Ramadan
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Ramadan

• This is the month of fasting
• Muslims do not eat between sunrise and sunset
  each day
• People say prayers in the mosques

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Eid-ul-Fitr
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Eid-ul-Fitr

• This is the celebration at the end of fasting
• People go to the mosque to say prayers
• People give boxes of sweets to their friends

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Hindu festivals
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Holi
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Holi

• Holi is a festival to remember how the god Vishnu
  saved Prahlad from the elephants
• Bonfires are built the night before Holi
• People play games and squirt coloured water

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Diwali
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Diwali

• Diwali is the festival of light
• Hindus remember the story of Prince Rama and his
  wife, Sita
• People light Diva lamps and decorate their houses

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Which of these festivals can you remember now?
Eid-ul-Fitr
Christmas
Holi
Pesach
Hanukkah
Wesak
Ramadan
Diwali
Festival of the Tooth
Easter