Here are some activities at Jane’s birthday party on Saturday evening, April 22nd.

Which will you take part in?

Here is a guide to the largest and most popular yearly cultural celebrations in different places. Maybe you will be interested in some of them.

	Alice’s Day Festival, Oxford, England Each year on the first Saturday of July, mad batters can join the festivities celebrating Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland in Oxford. Dress up as favorite characters, take a walk through the story’s history, and feel the city that inspired Lewis Carroll’s classic children’s tale.
	Smithsonian Folk Life Festival, Washington D. C, America May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, a celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the US. It shows Asian art and culture with live performances by musicians and artists. Pan-Asian food, Kung Fu and lion dance, cultural displays, and interactive activities.
	Stockholm Folk Festival, Sweden It is celebrated in early August for four days. It is celebrated in a very grand and obvious way for music lovers. The beautiful settings add to the perfect atmosphere to the music festival. Many professional musicians from every part of the world display their unique talent in folk as well as world music.
	International Garden Festival, Château Chaumont-sur-Loire, France The Festival began in 1992 and has become a key part of the gardening calendar. Garden designers from the world compete to design gardens in the castle. Each year there is a different theme. During the summer (1 July to 31 August) the gardens can be visited in the evening and you can take a candle tour at night.

Almost all cultures celebrate the end of one year and the beginning of another year in some ways. Different cultures celebrate the beginning of a new year in different ways, and at different times on the calendar.

In western countries, people usually celebrate New Year’s Day from the midnight on December 31st to the morning of January 1st. People may go to the party, sometimes dressing in formal (正式的) clothes, and they may drink champagne (香槟) at midnight. During the first minute of the new year, people cheer and wish each other happiness for the year ahead. But some cultures like to celebrate New Year’s Day by waking up early to watch the sunrise. ▲

Many cultures also do special things to say goodbye to bad luck at the beginning of the new year. For example, in Ecuador, families make a big doll and burn it to show the bad things from the past year are gone and the new year can start. There are also other common traditions that can keep away bad luck in the new year, such as throwing things into rivers or seas, or saying special things on the first day of the new year and so on.

People around the world think some New Year traditions can bring good luck in the new year. One widespread Spanish tradition for good luck is to eat grapes on New Year’s Day. The more grapes a person eats, the more good luck the person will have in the year. In France, people eat pancakes for good luck on New Year’s Day. In the United States, some people eat black-eyed peas for good luck—but to get good luck for a whole year you have to eat 365 of them.

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