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1. CHEESE-ROLLING
FESTIVAL
SOFÍA MARTÍN DE LA CALLE 2BCI

2. The Cheese-Rolling festival is
one of the most unique event
observed in the world till now.
It is organized every year
during the month of May in
England.

3. It’s held on the Spring Bank
Holiday at Cooper´s Hill, near
Gloucester County
Cooper’s Hill

4. This traditional festival began primarily with and for the
people who lived in Brockworth (the local village), but it has
now become a popular world event

5. The festival traces its origin back in history, at least 200 years
before, although nobody knows its roots.

6. Participants run down the hill after a cheese, and the first person to
arrive at the finish line at the bottom of the hill wins the cheese

7. The cheese used in this
festival is Double
Gloucester, which is a
hard cheese typically
made in a circular shape
and its weight is 4 Kg
approximately.

8. Each year the event becomes more and more popular with
competitors coming from all over the world to participate or to
see it.
A notifying factor of this event is that the cheese rolls down and
can reach speeds up to 112 km/h, enough to injure a spectator.

10. LAURA VILLA GONZÁLEZ 2BCI

11. INDEX
1. WHAT IS DAY OF DEAD?
2. WHEN IS DAY OF DEAD AND HOW
PEOPLE CELEBRATE IT?
3. WHAT ARE THE OFFERINGS?
4. SYMBOLS
5. REFERENCES

12. ¿WHAT IS DAY OF DEAD?
Day of the Dead is a holiday day that reunites the living and dead. It is
celebrated in México.
The Day of the Dead developed from ancient traditions among its pre-
Columbian cultures.

13. WHEN IS DAY OF DEAD AND HOW PEOPLE
CELEBRATE IT?
DAY OF THE LITTLE
ANGELS
Spirits of children
Nov 1st
DAY OF DEATH
Spirits of the adults
Nov 2nd
Midnight
DAY OF DEAD
Spirits of all the
dead
Nov 2nd
Noon

14. WHAT ARE THE OFFERINGS?
Families create offerings to honor their departed family members that have
passed. These altars are decorated with bright yellow marigold flowers, photos
of the departed, and the favourite foods and drinks of the one being honored.

15. SYMBOLS
 SKULLS
skulls may be manifested in masks, sugar creations and even poems.
SUGAR SKULLS SKULL MASKS

16.  MEXICAN MARIGOLDS
Marigolds are yellow flowers. It´s believed that they are the pathways that
guide the spirits to their offerings.
 PAN DE MUERTO
It is made of wheat, bathed
in red sugar that
symbolized spilled blood,
and shaped bones on top.

17.  CATRINAS
Is the image of a skeleton dressed in elegant women’s clothing. It was created by
the artist José Guadalupe Posada in the 1900´s. It is the best known symbol and
can be found in just about every aspect of the celebration.

18. REFERENCES
• https://dayofthedead.holiday/traditions/who-is-la-catrina
• https://www.cityexpress.com/en/travel-blog/5-day-dead-symbols-
and-their-history
• https://www.vallartadaily.com/twelve-symbols-of-dia-de-los-
muertos-you-should-know-this-week/
• https://dayofthedead.holiday/

19. LAURA VILLA GONZÁLEZ 2BCI

21. INDIA
India is an Asian country whose capital is New Delhi. Some of their important
cities are Calcutta, Agra and Mumbai.
This country has a great area and one billion of population more or less.
Most people speak Hindi, although in many places they can speak
English.

22. You can see varied animals like Bengala's tiger or elephants and a typical flower
called loto flower that it is very beautiful.

23. The typical costume for women is a dress whose name is “sari” and for the men
its named “dhoti”.
Lamb Briyani is the most popular meal. They eat it at the Ramadan time. It is
made with lamb and rice mainly.

24. DIWALI
It is a festival in which people wear new clothes, they share sweets and there are
fireworks and many lights.
It is a very important event because it is the beginning of the new year in the
Hindu calendar.

25. ORIGIN
 The origin of this event depends on the area.
 In the north, it is celebrated the arrival of the king Rama in the past and
people turned on lights so that he knew where the road was.
 In other places it’s a crop festival.

26.  It is celebrated every year between 21 October and 18 November and it lasts
for about 4 or 5 days.
 People put in their houses many lights that light up at the sunset, and they
clean their houses very throughly.

27.  In those days, families get together every day and they share
presents.

29. OKTOBERFEST
Pablo Montero Álvarez
2ºBCI
28-10-2019

30. INDEX
1-INTRODUCTION
2-HISTORY
3-HIGHLIGHTS
3-BEERS
4-FACTS AND DATA
5-BIBLIOGRAPHY

31. INTRODUCTION
 The Oktoberfest is a typical festival
of Munich(Germany), which is
associated with beer, but it´s more
than that.
 It is a 16- to 18-day folk festival
running from mid or late September
to the first Sunday in October

32. HISTORY
Oktoberfest began as a wedding celebration more than 200 years ago when Bavaria’s
Crown Prince Ludwig married Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen on Oct. 12,
1810. The wedding was celebrated with multiple days of drinking, feasting and horse
races.
The celebration then became an annual event.

33. HIGHLIGHTS
WIESNWIRTE ARRIVE:the parade is led by the
Münchner Kindl, followed by the mayor of Munich.
This is followed by the decorated horse carriages and
floats of the breweries and the carriages of the other
restaurateurs and showmen. The music bands from
the beer tents accompany the parade.

34. BEER BARREL TAPPING: after the parade of the restaurateurs on
carriages from downtown to the festival grounds, at exactly 12:00 clock
the lord mayor opens the first beer barrel in the Schottenhammel tent.
With the initial pass and the exclamation "O'zapft is!" ("It's tapped!")
the Oktoberfest is declared as opened.

35. COSTUME AND RIFLEMEN PARADE:Since 1950, this parade is
organized annually and has become one of the highlights of the
Oktoberfest and one of the world's largest parades of its kind. On the
first festival Sunday, 8000 participants march in the parade in their
historic festival costumes from the Maximilianeum on a seven kilometer
stretch to the festival grounds

36. BEERS
Only beer brewed within the city limits of Munich and conforming to the
Reinheitsgebot, can be served at the Munich Oktoberfest. They are
Spatenbrau,Paulaner, Lowenbrau and others

37. FACTS AND DATA
Some facts about this festival are:Around 7
millions of visitors,6960000 litres of beer,an
area of 420000 𝑚2, 14 large beer hall tents,
around 140 restaurants and food stands and
many others.

38. BIBLIOGRAPHY
• https://www.edreams.com/blog/fun-facts-oktoberfest/
• https://www.oktoberfest.net/numeros-del-oktoberfest/
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oktoberfest
• https://time.com/4944930/what-is-oktoberfest/

39. OKTOBERFEST
Pablo Montero Álvarez
2ºBCI
28-10-2019

40. BELTANE FIRE FESTIVAL

41. What is?
Beltane fire festival is a
tradicional event in Scotland.
Festival stars on 31st April and it
finishes on 1st May. This
happens in Calon Hill, Beltane.

42. Origin
This comes from a celt tradition. It
indicated star of summer. People
carried the cattle to mountain
pastures. In the ceremony, they
made bonfires and they sang and
danced around them.

43. At present
It is a procession with May Queen
(goddess of spring) and Green Man
(boyfriend) accompanied by people
dressed as characters from the celtic
mythology. May Queen and Green Man
lighted big bonfire in order to start the
summer. In the festival, we can see
shows with fire and torches.