This document compares and contrasts several festivals from around the world, including: - Thanksgiving in the US vs Christmas, focusing on traditional foods and family gatherings - St. Patrick's Day in Ireland vs the Virgin of Carmen festival in Colombia - New Year celebrations in China vs Colombia, emphasizing gifts, meals, and fireworks - The Tomato Fight festival in Spain vs Carnival in Barranquilla, Colombia

1. festivals in the world
characteristics of the
festivities in the world
*It is the fourth Thursday of november. *It is the 24th and december 25th
*It is celebrated by colombians
*St.Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland.
*People use shamrocks on Irish
flag,shamrocks face or the flag of his nation
paint
*It is celebreted throughout colombia on
july 16 of each year
*The Virgin del carmen is considered the
queen and patroness of the national
police the national army and drivers of
colombia
*People visit churches,drives and
policemen decorate their buses or cars
with ribbons showing gratitude to the
virgin.
*Traditional food is
turkey,potatoes,cranberry sauce and
pumpkin pie roast
*It is also a day where the union of the
family and everything good that God has
done for us
*Also delivered gifts ago , a great row of
food prepared by grandma or mom held it
is more common to be with family and
celebrate with the people closest.
*Here turkey (stuffed ) is also eaten with
cranberry sauce ,fresh salad, and unlike
the pumpkin pie and donut custard with
oats is used
THANKS GIVING Vs CHRISTMAS
*It is in Irelandand is celebrated on March 17
every year.
ST.PATRICK Vs VIRGIN DEL CARMEN
VS
*Day to celebrete and give thanks to God for
the gifts and blessings
*It`s made in america
*there are gift-giving holiday celebrations a
great meal with friends and family parades
etc
differences or similarities
of festivities in Colombia
Festivals in the world
festivals in colombia

2. *Special Date where is the arrival of
another year, is a celebration but not a
party.
*No gifts are given but if a family dinner is
done, there are fireworks that are
expelled into the air at night.
*Gather in a family home and traditional
Christmas food does.
DAY OF THE DEAD(Mexico) Vs HALLOWEEN
*longest and most important of the Chinese
calendar Fiesta.
*It is a time when gifts are delivered meal
with family and fireworks shows
*These parties have a duration of 15 days
NEW YEAR IN CHINA Vs NEW YEAR IN COLOMBIA
*They dress up and the faces are painted in
forms of catrinas
*Dinner , eat sweets in cemeteries
*There are parades throughout the day , but
the director is done at night to honor them
*Made jokes , they eat , dance and share with
family and other persons
*The we celebrated at midnight on
October 31 of each year and celebrate it
as the day of the dead.
*Several characters dressed , but is more
representative disfreces of death and
catrinas
*Costumes festivals and competitions are
the best
*We asked sweet Group or individual also
compatimos with Our friends and family
*the houses are arranged with pumpkins ,
brooms , ghosts and witches and much
highlights the colors orange, black purple
*People go to great parade organized
whereIrish music bands with their dances
,costumes elves hats and colorful clothes.
*At night people you go to a bar to drink and
listen to Irish music.There is also a great
castle with fireworks and people gather there
to see
*This celebration is held on November.It is
believed that souls come to visit the earth
*Drivers make a tour of yhe main roasds
in the city and home carmen de apicala a
reign is done
*There is no specific place of
fireworks,they are expelled into the air
during the day
ST.PATRICK Vs VIRGIN DEL CARMEN

3. TOMATINA Vs
CARNIVAL BARRANQUILLA.
WHATER FIGHT Vs BLACK AND WHITE CARNIVAL.
*the latter is done , it is August each year
*It stands out as being the great battle of
food in this case are tomatoes
*It is held from Saturday until Tuesday
before Ash Wednesday
*are local cultural events , folk music and
dancing.
*Your date is on between april 13 and 15 of
each year
*there prades processions of buddha which
are the first day of celebretion
*be cataloges as the new year in thailand and
ist`s place is in songkran
*the thai people clean the house to welcome
the new year
*everyone plays with hoses,pumps or water
balloons so everyoneis very wet.
*Your celebretion is from 2 to 7 january
of each year
*there are parades where dance cultures
show
*It is a tradition that ariginated in grass
and shows the diversity of cultures such
as the andes the amazon and the pacific
*this carnival makes representation to
freedom of negritude of popayan
*A tradition is that in parades face
painted many colors and depending on
where they represent.
* Your last festival is the Lantern where
people hang lanterns decorated in temples
and carry lanterns to a parade at night, the
important part of the parade is the dragon
which measures more than 30 meters long
and made of silk , paper and bamboo
* Here use inside yellow for "good luck"
and he turns to the place where we live
with a suitcase so you can travel a lot in
the coming year, these are omens withOnly it held for a day, but usually gives
rest on special dates December.
*Here a similar situation is the day of the
candles held on 7 and 8 December by
devotion to the Virgin Mary, Here in in
Colombia is the old year a doll made up of
old clothes and items like stuffing cotton,
wood and gunpowder.
*People use red clothes, give them money to
children "lucky money" use red to stop bad
luck because it means fire
* Family members gather for extravagant
meals.
NEW YEAR IN CHINA Vs NEW YEAR IN COLOMBIA

4. *this is the main carnival that represents
the Colombian nation.
TOMATINA Vs
CARNIVAL BARRANQUILLA.
* They light the lamps outside their homes to
symbolize inner light that protects them from
the darkness.
*Biggest and most important of the year in
India Fiesta.
* It is very important because Lara Hindus
consider them as Christmas for Christians.
* It is celebrated for 5 days in October or
November of each year; Where it is tradition
that housewives clean the house and will buy
kitchen utensils are days where activities
decorating, parties where families gather to
pray and launch fireworks, delivery of gifts
are made and best wishes to season, also
brothers dress married sisters who are
welcomed with love and food.
*Visitors can tour at night the streets are
filled with light during December
villaleyvanas*They are aimed at all families to
celebrate the tradition of the candles and
lanterns Every December 7
*They bring together the best craft
polvorerías the country, paragraph
present a wonderful show and
only.
*Day 7 make a collective prayer and
perform variety of fireworks and this
people and share food vesitan
*those participating in this festival must be
white to red reflects the people at the end of
this great battle
*trucks unload all tomatoes at night in the
main squares
DIWALI Vs
NATIONAL FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS
*constumbre is popular or throw the
whole population to demonstrate what
flour carnival and festivity are also those
involved in this no DISCRIMINATION in
any part .