Holidays in the USA and Kazakhstan

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Great Britain do you know? What holidays in Kazakhstan do you

know? What holidays in the United Kingdom are celebrated in spring? At what time of the year is Halloween celebrated ? What is the capital of Great Britain? What is the state language in the UK? what river does Astana stand on? What river does London stand on?(

Halloween

Valentines Day

New Year

Christmas

the song «Cristmas» all together.

many holidays. Such as New Year’s Day, Valentine’s Day, Easter,

Independence Day, Halloween, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas and so on.

New Year, Kurban ait, Mother’s day ,victory day, Independence day,

the day of president, the day of Astana and so on.

celebrate New Year’s Day on the first day of January,

but the celebration actually begins on December 31, New Year’s Eve, the night before New Year’s Day. Some people blow horns and whistles at midnight to announce the beginning of a new year. Some people shake hands, kiss, sing, and shout ‘’ Happy New Year!”

New Year's Day

14. It is day of love and friendship. They send

greeting cards to their sweethearts and friends and ask them to “Be My Valentine”. This means be my friend or love.

or May. The week before Easter people color eggs. On

Easter Sunday children wake up to find that the Easter Bunny has left them a basket of candy.

Independence Day. It is called Independence Day, because on July

4, 1778, founding fathers declared that the United States would be free and independent from England.

American children celebrate Halloween on October 31. Children wear masks

and colorful costumes. The most popular costumes are ghosts, witches, and skeletons. The children walk door to door in the neighborhood and shout “ trick or treat!”. Most people give them a treat – candy or fruit.

Halloween

in November. This is a family holiday. On this holiday

American families meet for a special dinner, usually with turkey and pumpkin pie. They give thanks to God for the past year.

Thanksgiving Day

holiday and one of the happiest holidays of the year,

because it is the day that Christians celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ.

Christmas

kazakhs Nauryz is symbol of spring renew, grand of love,

fertility and friendship.  «Nauryz» means «spring's born». This is the most main and old festival for east nations. Properly speaking, the 22nd day of March is New Year in line with east calendary. It has other name, Ulys Kuni (New Year’s First Day) or Ulystyn Uly Kuni (People’s Great Day).  The main ritual course of this holiday is Nauryz-kozhe, which consists of 7 ingredients, which symbolized 7 elements of live: water, meat, solt, fat, flour, grass (rise, maize/corn or wheat) and milk. This ingridients symbolizes joy, luck, wisdom, health, welfare, speed, growth and divine protection.

Nauryz

celebrated annually on 16 December Kazakhstan is the world's largest

landlocked country by land area
The day is also a time to remember the victims of the events of December 1986. Resentment against the replacement of the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Kazakh SSR Dinmukhamed Konayev with Gennady Kolbin from the Russian SFSR erupted into mass demonstrations by young ethnic Kazakhs in December 1986. Government troops suppressed the unrest, resulting in the deaths of several people and the incarceration of many demonstrators.
Kazakhstan Independence Day is marked by festivities in the presidential palace and many Kazakhs will dress up in traditional clothes. Kurts (traditional tents) will be set up in many villages where local delicacies will be served.

Independence Day

a holiday for Kazakh women – Mother’s Day.
People in

the family try to help them.
On that day they visit their mothers, congratulate and give them presents and “A Mother’s Day Card”

Sunday
Boxing day
Halloween
Nauryz
Mother’s day
St. Valentine’s Day


Eggs
Postcards
Nauryz kozhe
Flowers
A pumkin
Christmas tree
boxes

Sunday
New Year’s Day
Day of the first president of Kz
Halloween
Nauryz
The day

of Astana,
St. Valentine’s Day

On the first of December
on the 14th of February
on the 31st of October
on the 25th of December
late March or early April
In July
on the 31st of December/
on the 1st of April

its ... 2. Better late, than... 3. First think, then... 4. It

is never too late to...
5. So many countries, so many ...
6. East or West , …is best.
7. Knowledge is ... (power, куат, сила) 8. In what month is Kazakh New Year celebrated? (March, Наурыз, Март)

Kazakhstan or in G.B?
What holidays in G.B are unusual ?
Is

the New year’s day in G.B. coincide (сәйкес келу) with the New year’s day in Kazakhstan?

have you learnt today?
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The home work is to write an essay about holiday you want.