The document discusses several festivals around the world including Easter, Buddha's Birthday, the Feast of Breaking the Fast, Thanksgiving, and the Moon Festival. Easter involves decorated eggs and the Easter bunny. For Buddha's Birthday, people pour water on small Buddha statues decorated with flowers. The Feast of Breaking the Fast marks the end of Ramadan and involves families gathering to cook and eat various foods. Thanksgiving centers around a large roasted turkey meal in the US and Canada. The Moon Festival involves making and sharing mooncakes to symbolize family completeness and unity.

1. Festivals around the World
Presented by Cynthia

2. Easter
A festival and holiday
celebrating the
Resurrection of Jesus
Christ from the dead
Easter eggs are specially decorated eggs given out to
celebrate the Easter holiday. The custom of the Easter egg
existed in the early Christian community, who stained
eggs red in memory of the blood of Christ.
In legend, the Easter bunny carries coloured eggs in his
basket, candy, and sometimes also toys to the homes of
children on the night before Easter.

3. Buddha's Birthday
The birthday of Buddha,
is a holiday traditionally
celebrated in Buddhism
Pour water on small Buddha statues decorated with
flowers, as if bathing a newborn baby.

4. Feast of Breaking the Fast
An important religious holiday
celebrated by Muslims worldwide
that marks the end of Ramadan,
the Islamic holy month of fasting
Food is the centre of this holiday. The families
gatherings involve cooking and eating all
kinds of food like cookies filled with nuts and
covered with powdered sugar,

5. Thanksgiving
A national holiday celebrated primarily
in the United States and Canada as a
day of giving thanks for the blessing of
the harvest and of the preceding year.
The centrepiece of contemporary
Thanksgiving in the United States and
Canada is a large meal, generally
centred on a large roasted turkey.

6. Moon Festival
A harvest festival celebrated by
ethnic Chinese. The festival is
held on 15th day of the 8th
lunar month, on the night of
the full moon.
Making and sharing mooncakes is one of the hallmark
traditions of this festival. In Chinese culture, a round
shape symbolizes completeness and unity. Thus, the
sharing of round mooncakes among family members
signifies the completeness and unity of families.
Chang'e, the Moon
Goddess of Immortality