Due to the prevalent coronavirus situation, we are moving on to distance learning for the rest of the course. It is a pity that our face-to-face lessons have gone, but this is the safest solution for all - to prevent everyone from spreading the virus as best as we can! Hope you all stay healthy!

The Topic is "Festivals and Celebrations". Please try and do the Festivals quiz and vocabulary excercise below. The answers will appear a week later.

For Homework - Write about any Festival / Celebration that you can remember, in Finland, or in another country? - Or just make notes in case we can discuss later.

Glastonbury news article to read: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-51942898

Question: What do you think about the cancellations happening around the world with regard to the Coronavirus? (e.g. The Olympics, Glastonbury, Eurovision...)

Festival Quiz

1. The Burning Man Festival that takes place in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada each year is named Burning Man because...
   a. it is so hot that everyone gets sunburnt
   b. at the end of the festival a huge wooden man is burnt
   c. it commemorates Guy Fawkes
   
   
2. Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is based around a competition where teams compete in...
   a. football
   b. carnival floats
   c. samba
   
   
3. La Tomatina is a festival that ends in a huge food fight where people pelt each other with tomatoes. This takes place in...
   a. Mexico City
   b. Valencia, Spain
   c. Cape Town, South Africa
   
   
4. Songkran is the traditional New Year celebrated in Thailand over much of Southeast Asia. This day falls on...
   a. 1st January
   b. 21st October
   c. 13th April
   
   
5. Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated on 17th March. The colour traditionally associated with this festival is...
   a. blue
   b. yellow
   c. green
   
   
6. Montreux in Switzerland is famous for music festivals. What sort of music is played at these festivals?
   a. heavy metal
   b. jazz
   c. classical
   
   
7. The Mevlana Festival in Turkey is associated with the Whirling Dervishes. Whirling Dervishes are...
   a. small fish
   b. whirlwinds
   c. spinning dancers
   
   
8. Timkat, celebrating Epiphany, is Ethiopia's largest festival. Epiphany is...
   a. a Buddhis feast day
   b. a Muslim feast day
   c. a Christian feast day
   
   
9. Glastonbury festival is one of the largest festivals in the world with about 200,000 people attending. This is held in...
   a. Southern Britain
   b. Southern France
   c. Southern Ireland

Vocabulary Exercise
Check the definition of these words and write which Finnish festivities and traditions they could be connected with?

parade
costumes
chant
willow twigs
doughnuts
streamers
casseroles
shrove buns
summer solstice
graduation cap
sledge
funnel cake
carols
mead
birch branches
procession
mulled wine
mashed swede