Special Dates & Times
When does the Abu Simbel Sun Festival take place?
Where does it take place?
Twice a year
February 22nd and October 22nd
Egypt
Where does the La Tomatina festival take place?
When does it take place?
Spain
Last Wednesday of August
What festival's purpose is "to explore the value of storytelling in bringing families together"?
Timpanogos Storytelling Festival
The Chinese Lantern Festival honor deceased ancestors and promote ________, __________, and _______.
reconciliation, peace, and forgiveness.
What time of cheese is at the Cooper Cheese Rolling Festival?
The cheese used is 3–4-kilogram Double Gloucester, a hard cheese traditionally made in a circular shape
What month does the Buenos Aires Tango Festival take place and what season is it there?
In September (Spring in the Northern Hemisphere)
Where does the Songrkan festival take place?
Where does it take place?
April 13th - 15th
Thailand
This festival is important because it “encompasses the three major values in the way of life”.
And what are those three values?
Songkran Festival
society, family, and religion.
The most significant event of the Buenos Aires Tango Festival is what?
What are the two categories of that event?
The most significant event of the festival is the Tango World Championship – “Mundial de Tango“. The contest has two categories:
The first is improvised dance when the competitors are required to improvise dancing to unfamiliar music.
The second is choreographed stage tango.
What festival is the world's biggest food fight?
What food is thrown?
La Tomatina
Tomatoes
When does the Chinese Lantern Festival take place?
What is special about the sky on that night?
It takes place in February or early March (the 15th)
It's usually a full moon
Where does the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival take place?
When does it take place?
It takes place in Utah in the USA
September 9th - 11th
The festival does not begin until one brave soul has climbed to the top of a two-story high, greased-up wooden pole and reached the coveted ham at the top.
La Tomatina Festival
During the Sun Festival a large crowd gathers around the temple to ___________ and __________.
witness the sunrise and to meditate
The Songkran Festival “is a celebration that embraces --------, --------, and -------” using -------- as the means of expression.
The Songkran Festival “is a celebration that embraces goodwill, love, compassion. and thankfulness” using water as the means of expression.
When does the Cooper Cheese Festival take place?
Where does it take place?
May 22nd (this year) but usually in May
It takes place in England
What three festivals are in September?
Timpanogos Festival
Hermanus Whale Festival
Buenos Aires Tango Festival
Hermanus Whale Festival boasts the world's only __________ ________.
What is their purpose?
Whale Crier
a man employed expressly to wander the towns cliff-tops announcing the presence and whereabouts of the Whales during the 6 month annual Whale watching season of June to December each year and the Whale Festival.
The Sun Festival has taken place for how long?
For over 3,200 years.
Timpanogos Storytelling Festival is a gathering of some of the best -------- spinners in the world.
Hint: It's a play on words (not obvious)
“yarn spinners” (story-tellers)
When does the Hermanus Whale Festival Take Place?
Where does it take place?
End of September, early October
South Africa
What festival happens twice a year and why is it twice a year?
Abu Simbel Sun Festival
On two days of the year the central chamber of the temple is illuminated by the sun.
What happens at the festival in England?
Cooper Cheese Rolling Festival is when teams will chase after a cheese rolling down a hill - the first one that gets to the bottom wins the cheese.
During the Chinese Lantern festival, how are the houses decorated? What is special about the decorations?
Houses have colorful lanterns, often with riddles written on them; if the riddle is answered correctly, the solver earns a small gift.
If Ms. Brower could go to any of these festivals for free which two would she go to and why?
Cooper Cheese Rolling Festival
La Tomatina
She loves food, especially cheese.