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    Celebrations Around The World: Peru: Festival of The Sun

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    The document discusses celebrations that take place around the world between June and August, including the Festival of the Sun in Peru in June, the Rose Harvest Festival in Bulgaria also in June, the Yam Harvest in Ghana and Nigeria in August, the History of Aboriginal Australians celebrated in Australia in July, the Dragon Boat Festival in China in June, and Independence Day in the United States on July 4th. Many of the festivals involve traditional costumes, dancing, and celebrating important agricultural harvests or historical events.

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    Celebrations Around The World: Peru: Festival of The Sun

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    The document discusses celebrations that take place around the world between June and August, including the Festival of the Sun in Peru in June, the Rose Harvest Festival in Bulgaria also in June, the Yam Harvest in Ghana and Nigeria in August, the History of Aboriginal Australians celebrated in Australia in July, the Dragon Boat Festival in China in June, and Independence Day in the United States on July 4th. Many of the festivals involve traditional costumes, dancing, and celebrating important agricultural harvests or historical events.

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    The document discusses celebrations that take place around the world between June and August, including the Festival of the Sun in Peru in June, the Rose Harvest Festival in Bulgaria also in June, the Yam Harvest in Ghana and Nigeria in August, the History of Aboriginal Australians celebrated in Australia in July, the Dragon Boat Festival in China in June, and Independence Day in the United States on July 4th. Many of the festivals involve traditional costumes, dancing, and celebrating important agricultural harvests or historical events.

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    Celebrations Around The World: Peru: Festival of The Sun

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    The document discusses celebrations that take place around the world between June and August, including the Festival of the Sun in Peru in June, the Rose Harvest Festival in Bulgaria also in June, the Yam Harvest in Ghana and Nigeria in August, the History of Aboriginal Australians celebrated in Australia in July, the Dragon Boat Festival in China in June, and Independence Day in the United States on July 4th. Many of the festivals involve traditional costumes, dancing, and celebrating important agricultural harvests or historical events.

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    Celebrations around the World

    Countries around the world take part in different celebrations throughout the year. The world map shows some of those

    countries.

    Peru: Festival of the Sun

    The Festival of the Sun in Peru takes place in June. That is the time of year when the sun is farthest away from Peru and

    daylight is shortest. The festival honours the sun.

    Bulgaria: Rose Harvest Festival

    The Rose Harvest Festival in Bulgaria takes place in June. People

    celebrate with folk music, dances, and traditional costumes. Many

    roses grow in Bulgaria. Those flowers are used to make products

    such as perfume and chocolate.

    Ghana and Nigeria: Yam Harvest

    The Yam Harvest Festival takes place each August. A yam is a

    vegetable that grows in some African countries. People in Ghana

    and Nigeria wear traditional costumes and carry yams to celebrate

    this holiday.

    Australia: History of Aboriginal Australians


    In July, people in some places in Australia celebrate the history of Aboriginal Australians. Aboriginal Australians are the

    native people of Australia. As part of the week-long celebration, people wear traditional costumes, paint their faces, and

    perform dances. One dance is called, “shake a leg.”

    China: Dragon Boat Festival

    The Dragon Boat Festival takes place in China each year in June. People in this country take part in boat races. The boats

    are decorated to look like dragons, a Chinese symbol of luck. The

    festival celebrates good luck for the next year.

    United States: Independence Day

    Independence Day takes place on July 4. It is the day the United

    States celebrates its freedom from British rule. People often

    wear the colors of the American flag, march in parades, and

    watch fireworks to celebrate this holiday

    A.Choose the correct option

    1. Which celebrations include dressing up in traditional costumes?

    a. Festival of the Sun, Independence Day and Yam Harvest

    b. b. Rose Harvest, Yam Harvestand History of Aboriginal Australians THIS IS THE CORRECT

    c. Rose Harvest, Dragon Boat Festival and Independence Day


    d. Festival of the Sun, Rose Harvest and Dragon Boat Festival

    2. Which celebrations include dancing?

    a. Festival of the Sun and Independence Day

    b. Yam Harvest and Dragon Boat Festival

    c. Rose Harvest and Yam Harvest THIS IS THE CORRECT

    d. Rose Harvest and History of Aboriginal Australians

    3. The author included a map in the article to

    a. show where the celebrations take place. THIS IS THE CORRECT

    b. teach about the seven continents.

    c. provide the reader with a pretty picture.

    d. give the reader more information about the dances.

    4. What do all of these festivals have in common?

    a. They all have folk dancing.

    b. They all take place sometime between June and August. THIS IS THE CORRECT

    c. They all celebrate a harvest.

    d. All of the above.

    B. Answer

    a. How are the Yam Harvest and the Rose Festival similar, and how are they different?

    ___Both celebrations are about a harvest, one of roses and the other of yams, in both costumes are used.

    In the differences is that one is in June and another in August, in addition to the roses, dances and activities are

    practiced__________________________________________________________________________________________

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