Slideshow for a 9th grade English textbook exercise.

1. Traditions
Karel Peter Kalda
9.a

2. Similar
traditions
• Recent the traditions mentioned in text have become
more general.
• However, Christmas has been celebrated in Estonia
for centuries.

3. Other Festivals
• Bolludagur (vastlapäev) - the last day before the seven week fast
in the early spring before Easter
• Easter (lihavõtted) - holiday commemorating the resurrection of
Jesus from the dead
• Good Friday (Suur Reede) - holiday commemorating
the crucifixion of Jesus
• All Souls' Day (Hingedepäev) - day of prayer and remembrance
for the dead
• St. Martin's Day (Mardipäev) - ancient New Year's Eve, by then
all field work must be completed
• Saint Catherine's Day (Kadripäev) - commemorates the death
of Saint Catherine of Alexandria

4. Financial
decisions
• None of the holidays encourage
people to spend a lot of money.

5. Thank you for listening!

6. Used sources
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolludagur
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good_Friday
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Souls%27_Day
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Martin%27s_Day
https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mardip%C3%A4ev
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Catherine%27s_Day
• https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.history.com%2Ftopics%2Fholidays%2Fhistory-of-
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• https://i.natgeofe.com/k/dfc7bec2-0657-4887-81a7-6d024a8c3f70/WH-XmasTree.jpg
• https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fkodu.ohtuleht.ee%2F905670%2Ftulekul-on-mardipaev-7-lustakat-
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