WHAT CELEBRATIONS CAN HELP STUDENT GET FAMILIAR WITH OTHER COUNTRY'S CULTURE?
The integrations of cross cultural environments will aid children to have a broader vision of the world and then a greater understanding of places they are foreign to. So, aiming for the meaningful experience this can offer we have created a place where students can freely interact with multicultural celebrations all over the world.
SAINT PATRICK'S!
In addition to wearing green clothing, watching or participating in a parade is the perfect way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Interestingly, the largest St. Patrick's Day parades are held outside of Ireland, as the expatriate Irish communities take these festivities very seriously.
On Saint Patrick's Day, it is customary to wear shamrocks, green clothing or green accessories. Saint Patrick is said to have used the shamrock, a three-leaved plant, to explain the Holy Trinity to the pagan Irish. This story first appears in writing in 1726, though it may be older. In pagan Ireland, three was a significant number and the Irish had many triple deities, a fact that may have aided St Patrick in his evangelisation efforts.Patricia Monaghan says there is no evidence that the shamrock was sacred to the pagan Irish. However, Jack Santino speculates that it may have represented the regenerative powers of nature, and was recast in a Christian context—icons of St Patrick often depict the saint "with a cross in one hand and a sprig of shamrocks in the other. Roger Homan writes, "We can perhaps see St Patrick drawing upon the visual concept of the triskele when he uses the shamrock to explain the Trinity".
SAINT VALENTINE'S DAY
Valentine’s Day, also called St. Valentine’s Day, holiday (February 14) when lovers express their affection with greetings and gifts. Given their similarities, it has been suggested that the holiday has origins in the Roman festival of Lupercalia, held in mid-February. The festival, which celebrated the coming of spring.
At the end of the 5th century, Pope Gelasius I forbid the celebration of Lupercalia and is sometimes attributed with replacing it with St. Valentine’s Day, but the true origin of the holiday is vague at best. Valentine’s Day did not come to be celebrated as a day of romance until about the 14th century.
Some popular valentine's day traditions include exchanging gifts such as roses or chocolates, and a romantic night out or dinner. School children often exchange valentine's card that may contain chocolate.
WOMEN'S DAY
Happy Women's Day. On the occasion of Women's Day, I want to tell you that you are the most special woman in my life and I am so happy to have you in my life. You are the reason that I am a better person today... Thanks for all your love, support and confidence in me.
A message of empowerment and love, for all those great women in our lives, the one whofight against all the odd to bring us up. So, The sutdents showed their special ones a great message to let them feel their love.
“Here’s to strong women: May we know them. May we be them. May we raise them.” –Unknown
“A charming woman doesn’t follow the crowd; she is herself.” –Loretta Young
So, for all the experiences shared students will learn something that can't be taught by simple class practice, they will see the world as a different place, as an outside universe to their own experience, and maybe, just maybe, they will start dreaming of traveling the world far beyond their own borders.
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