Festivals in their cultural context
Describing festival

The Taipei Lantern Festival is held at the time of China’ traditional Lantern Festival, which falls two weeks after the Chinese New Years and features children parading about the streets at night carrying homemade lantern. Lanterns remain the focus of the festival. The most spectacular of all is the theme lantern at the Chiang Kaishek Memorial Hall.

Chinese New Year’s Day will normally fall between January 10 and February 19. It is the grandest holiday for all Chinese around the world and is celebrated in many ways during the course of the season, depending on your age, sex, and marital status. It celebrates the birth of a new year, a time for renewed hope.

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There are big celebrations on New Year’s Day.

New Year’s Day is celebrated in many ways.

The festival celebrates the New Year.

It was a public holiday and everyone was in a celebratory mood.

The festival is a time of renewal.

Each year, the festival renews the national spirit of the people.

The success of the cancer drugs gave her renewed hope.

The festival is held in March. [special day(s) event]

The festivities go on for days. [enjoyable activities]

 

There was a festival mood in the village during the spring holiday.

The parade in the town square was a very colorful spectacle.

 

The parade is always very spectacular.

Many customs have their origin in pagan ceremonies.

 

A ceremonial procession is held through the streets of the city.

excerpt from English Vocabulary in Use (Advenced) 

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