Nauryz For Kazakhs Nauryz is symbol of spring renew, love 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, UlysKuni (New Year’s First Day) or
UlystynUlyKuni (People’s Great Day). It is believe, free
celebrating of Nauryz will bring happiness and success for
house for all year.
Celebrating is accompanied by universal fun, games, horses
races and other interesting activities.
The traditional food of this holiday is Nauryz-kozhe, which consists of 7 ingredients, which symbolized 7
elements of live: water, meat, salt, fat, flour, rise, corn or wheat and milk. This ingredients symbolizes
joy, luck, wisdom, health, welfare.
Answer the questions:
1. What holiday do Kazakh people celebrate in March?
2. What does Nauryz mean?
3.What do people do during Nauryz
4.What ingredients does Nauryz kozhe consist of?
La Tomatina
La Tomatina is a food fight festival held on a Wednesday towards the end of August each year in the
town of Buñol in the Valencia region of Spain. The week-long festival features music, parades, dancing,
and fireworks. The festival is in honor of the town's patron saints, Luis Bertràn and the Mare de
DéudelsDesemparats (Mother of God of the Defenseless), a title of the Virgin Mary.
The tomato fight has been a strong tradition in Buñol since 1944 or 1945. No one is completely certain
how this event originated. Possible theories on how the Tomatina began include a local food fight among
friends or the result of an accidental lorry spillage. One of the most popular theories is that angry towns
people attacked city local politicians with tomatoes during a town celebration.
Answer the questions:
1. What festival is La Tomatina?
2. What do the people do during week?
3. In honor of whom is this festival celebrated? When?
4. What happened during a town celebration?
