Saint Patrick’s Day is a well-known cultural and religious feast held on
17 March in order to celebrate the saint patron of Ireland. Although the celebration
originally was set to commemorate the arrival of Christianity in Ireland, it
now became popular all over the world. It is believed that, according to the
legend, Saint Patrick explained the idea of Holy Trinity to the pagans, by using
the three-leaved shamrock. That is why the official color of the feast is
green. Celebrations involves parades and festivals of Irish folk music. The
biggest one is held in Dublin and lasts few days. But the most impressive one
is the one in Chicago where the whole river is being dyed green. Everything
becomes green on St. Patrick’s day: the Fountain in front the White House, The
London Eye, Empire State Building, Niagara Falls, even the Palace of Culture
and Science in Warsaw. According to the statistics each year, worldwide consumption
of Guinness equals 13 million pints.
We’re all used to Polish Christmas traditions and they don’t seem to be weird for us but some foreigners might find them unusual. Just like we consider many of their habits quite bizarre. Here’s the list of 8 that I find particularly different. 1. In Austria, parents threat their children with Krampus- the evil brother of Santa that comes overnight on 5 th and 6 th of December and punishes bad kids. He’s truly scary and has goat’s horns on his head. During this night we may encounter many people dressed as Krampus in the streets. 2. Japanese eat KFC on Christmas Day. 3. In India the traditional Christmas tree is a banana or mango tree. 4. Women in Czech Republic have a tradition to make some predictions or foretells during the Holiday. For example they throw a shoe over the shoulder and if it lays in the way that the...
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