Embracing Cultures: The Chinese and The Scottish People

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There are billions of people in the world and each of us are different in lot of ways. We all have an event that symbolize our cultures in some way. USA has the 4th of July as a special event to celebrate America independence from the British. The events that take place represent some form of freedom and independence. Without these celebrations the world we live in would be different; we wouldn’t know about our history and why we celebrate these events. This is a way we can learn about who we are as a culture and celebrate how far we have come. The Chinese and the Scottish people also have special events that symbolize their culture. The Chinese have many different cultural events but one special one is the Chinese New Year also known as The Spring Festival. Scotland’s event is also to celebrate and to remember the history of their people. The name of the event is Up Helly Aa also known as the Fire Festival. Each culture has different events that teach their people about the past and not to forget how far they have come.
The Chinese have a cultural event that I always wanted to experience; since I don’t have the time or the money to fly to China, I watched it on YouTube. Their event is called the Chinese New Year. During this time they are celebrating their calendar New Year and it’s a weeklong celebration. While celebrating everyone is fixed on the festival. Businesses close to celebrate the New Year as they offer up sacrifices to the gods and light fireworks to scare off evil spirits. While researching different events, I also came across another interesting event that the Scottish people do every year. The name of this event is the Up Helly Aa Fire Festival. The Up Helly Aa Fire Festival is an event in Scotland, where they...

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Chinese New Year. (n.d.). History.com. Retrieved April 29, 2014, from http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/chinese-new-year
Traditional Chinese Festivals - china.org.cn. (n.d.). Traditional Chinese Festivals - china.org.cn. Retrieved April 29, 2014, from http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/Festivals/78322.htm
Chinese New Year family traditions. (2012, February 3). YouTube. Retrieved April 29, 2014, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noiouIzjJZE
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Up Helly Aa - Europe’s biggest fire festival. (n.d.). Scotland.org. Retrieved April 29, 2014, from http://www.scotland.org/features/up-helly-aa-europes-biggest-fire-festival
Up Helly Aa. (n.d.). - Official Website of the Lerwick Committee. Retrieved May 6, 2014, from http://www.uphellyaa.org

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