Similar holidays are celebrated in many parts of the world.Here are four famous festivals!
Carnival(狂歡節(jié))
Brazil's most popular and festive holiday is Carnival.In fact,many people consider Carnival as one of the world's biggest celebrations.Each spring,on the Saturday before Ash Wednesday,the streets of Brazil's largest city,Rio de Janeiro,come alive with wild parties,festivals and thrilling balls.And the Samba School Parade is the highlight of the four-day event.About 3,000 performers,wearing colorful costumes with feathers,beads and thousands of gold coins,dance down the parade route.Judges award a prize to the most brilliant group of dancers.
Cocuk Bayrami
Each April 23,Turkey celebrates Cocuk Bayrami,or Children's Day.Turkish leader Mustafa Kemal Atatürk declared the holiday in 1920,as Turkey was becoming an independent nation after the fall of the Ottoman Empire,to symbolize children were the future of the new nation.Children all over Turkey dress up in special costumes or the national costumes for Cocuk Bayrami.Many children perform in plays or musicals.The centerpiece of Cocuk Bayrami takes place in Turkey's capital,Ankara,where children from around the world sing and dance in a spectacular pageant(盛大慶典).
Day of the Dead
Day of the Dead is celebrated on November l in Mexico,Ecuador,Guatemala and other parts of Central and South America.Families gather to pray to the souls of dead relatives,asking them to return for just one night.People decorate altars(祭壇)in their homes and gravesites with food,candles,candy skulls and marigolds to welcome the souls back to earth.Skeletons are displayed throughout cities,and people dressed as skeletons parade through the streets.Day of the Dead sounds like a terrifying event,but it's a time to celebrate and remember the lives of dead family members.
Diwali(排燈節(jié))
Diwali,the Hindu festival of lights,is the best known of Hindu celebrations and certainly the brightest.It is celebrated on New moon day of Kartika,although the celebrations begin two days before that date and end two days after that date.In the darkest skies of autumn,lights brighten homes throughout India—a sign of welcome to the gods Rama and Lakshmi.Families get together and celebrate with gifts and feasts.Many families decorate their homes with flowers and draw a colorful rangoli,a pattern made in rice flour,at the entrance of the home.
(1)From which festival can people be awarded? AA
A.Carnival.
B.Cocuk Bayrami.
C.Day of the Dead.
D.Diwali.
(2)Which festival is celebrated in South Asia? DD
A.Carnival.
B.Cocuk Bayrami.
C.Day of the Dead.
D.Diwali.
(3)What can we infer from the text? BB
A.Brazil's Carnival can be yearly celebrated for a whole week in spring.
B.Children in Turkey celebrate Cocuk Bayrami as their Children's Day.
C.Day of the Dead is to remember the lives of dead family members in North America.
D.During Diwali Festival families gather and celebrate with gifts and feasts for four days.
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