‘Halloween’ in the United States, ‘Obon’ in Japan, ‘Day of the Dead’ in Mexico, ‘Los Finados’ in Gran Canaria. Check this website in which we are told about the different ways we celebrate ‘Halloween’ around the world. Then, let us know if you have ever participated in any of these traditions. What do you do? What do you eat? Any special customs? Tell us all about it!
Carmen Martín
Thanks a lot for the link. It’s quite interesting. I usually don’t take part in Halloween celebrations because October the 31th is a sad day in my family but I love to see others enjoying it.
I love visiting your blog. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Best wishes,
Carmen Martín, from Madrid.
Eva Suárez
Love to hear you enjoy our blog so much.
Rayco
Hello everybody,
I’ve never been in Halloween celebrations because I haven’t had any opportunity for it. However I like this party because is different so you can enjoy and have a very good time. On the other hand I don’t think that is a sad day because it gives you the opportunity to get together with family and remember those who are not here now although they will be in our mind forever.
I would like to thank all those who make it possible for me to write and try to improve my English. Thanks once again.
Rayco
Carmen Martín
Thanks for your nice words, Rayco. I agree with you but It’s not a good day for me. I’m so sorry.
Carmen Martín
marbri31
Thank you very much for your comments, Rayco and Carmen. It feels good to know there are people out there reading our posts and finding an excuse to practise their writing skills outside the English ‘classroom’. On another note, isn’t it great to read about how cultures around the world face the same topic (death)? I find those differences and similarities fascinating, don’t you?
Carmen Martín
I leave you two English links:
1.- ALPOZO’S PHONETICS an excellent blog in my opinion. Learning and teaching phonetics through songs.
2.- Collectif blog: http://tinglado.net/?category=Ingl%E9s (an interesting idea)
And my own blog you already know: http://www.madremiraqueluna.blogspot.com (just in case).
Thanks a lot Marbri. I love visiting English blogs because I know working cooperatively with others is good for improving languages being a way of keeping contact with different people that love the same things that you, too.
Death is a question that everybody thinks about it and that’s the reason every culture faces its inexorable arrival differently but making fun of it in order to survive, I think.
If you find any mistake, please let me know so that your students learn “the right way” with us.
Happy Halloween, Thanks a lot for your kind words.
Carmen
Eva Suárez
As always, thank you very much for your enriching contributions.
Carmen Martín
This is the link I was talking about:
http://allphonetics.blogspot.com/2011/10/logical-song-for-syllabic-consonants.html
Carmen Martín
I wanted to say: …keeping contact with different people that love the same things THAN you…