Festival

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Festival
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What is a festival

• A festival is usually a time when people remember
  something special that happened

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Why are festivals important

• Festivals are a good way to celebrate things that
  are important to us.
• They are also a good way to learn what things are
  important to other people

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Birthdays

• We celebrate a birthday on the day someone is
  born every year

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Birthdays

• Sometimes we remember famous people in history on
  their birthday

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Jesus

• The most famous birthday ever

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Florence Nightingale

• Florence Nightingales birthday is now kept as
  Nurses Day

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Some are about the seasons
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Harvest Festival
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New years

• Some festivals mark the beginning of a new year

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They come at different times

• Some people use the moon instead of the sun to
  work out their year

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The Chinese new year
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April Fools day

• We have April fools day because it used to be the
  first day of the year

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Food

• Some festivals have special food

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Guess the festival that goes with this food
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Or no food at all
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Pancakes

• Some people go without food or fast
• We have pancakes on Shrove Tuesday to use up food
  before fasting during Lent

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Sad festivals

• In November we remember soldiers who died in wars

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Easter

• At Easter we remember how Jesus suffered on the
  cross

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Yom Kippur

• Jewish people have a day called Yom Kippur when
  they try to make up for bad things by going
  without food

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Why are festivals important

• Festivals are a good way to celebrate things that
  are important to us.
• They are also a good way to learn what things are
  important to other people

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Learning about other peoples festivals helps us
understand and be friends