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Festival vocabularies

Festival vocabularies
Word
Meaning
April Fool's Day
1 April
A day for playing tricks and practical jokes on other people

Carnival
Usually during February
A festive season of intense partying, dancing and parading

Chinese New Year
Begins late January or early February
A traditional festival at the turn of the Chinese year
Christmas
25 December - 5 January
Traditionally a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ
Easter
Late March or early April
Christian holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ
Guy Fawkes Night
5 November
A British festival commemorating the failure of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot
Hajj
12th month of the Islamic lunar year
Muslim pilgrimage (special journey) to Mecca in Saudi Arabia
New Year's Day
1 January
The first day of the year in the Gregorian (Western) calendar
Ramadan
9th month of the Islamic lunar year
A month of fasting for Muslims
Valentine's Day
14 February
An occasion for expressing romantic love by giving cards and gifts


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