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What is Culture?

Culture describes the way a group of people lives. There can be different cultures in the same country because different groups can have different beliefs and also different traditions. A culture is passed on by learning. It can be seen in people's writings, religious beliefs, music, clothes, food and other things they do.



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Traditional Maltese Food

ALJOTTA – Fish Soup

Ingredients:

• 450g white fish
• 2 onions, chopped
• 12 garlic cloves, minced
• 450g tomatoes, peeled & sliced
• 1 tsp tomato paste
• 1 tsp olive oil
• pinch of marjoram & dry mint
• 5 peppercorns
• 1/2 cup cooked rice
• 4 cups fish stock or water

Method:

1. Fry chopped onion in olive oil until soft
2. Add garlic, herbs, & tomato paste. Cook for a few minutes
3. Add tomatoes and fish stock or water. Bring to boil
4. Add fish, bring to boil & simmer for about 10 minutes
5. Before serving add cooked rice

Christmas



Christmas is a traditional Christian Holiday.

It is a celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.

It is celebrated on the 25th December each year. During this time of the year people give gifts to each other. They put up a Christmas tree and decorate it with ornaments. They also make a nativity scene or a crib with baby Jesus in it. They sing Christmas songs too.





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Dia de Muertos - Day of the Dead

Dia de Muertos is a festival celebrated on 31st October and 1st and 2nd November, especially in Mexico. During this time, families and friends gather to remember the souls of those who have died. The festival is famous for the colourful decorations put up around graves and in churchyards. Gifts of food, drink and flowers are left for the souls of the dead. In some places parties and parades are held.



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Hungry Ghost Festival

The Hungry Ghost Festival is a holiday celebrated on 15th August in many Asian countries, like China and Japan. It is a festival for remembering and honouring those who have died. The souls of the dead are said to wander the land of the living during the whole month of August, which is sometimes called Ghost Month. After two weeks, these ghosts are extremely hungry, so during the Hungry Ghost Festival people make offerings of food and fake money or useful objects made from paper.



Festivals and Holidays of Different Cultures





Festivals and Holidays of Different Cultures

Diwali

Diwali is a festival in India. It is the festival of lights. It is celebrated in the months of October or November and marks the start of the Hindu New Year. The festival is called Diwali because of the rows of clay lamps that the Indians light outside their houses. There are many legends about this festival, but they are all about the victory of good over evil. Diwali celebrated the return of lord Rama to his kingdom after defeating the evil king Ravana. The people of the kingdom lit thousands of lights to celebrate the return of Rama. Today, Indians celebrate Diwali with family gatherings, decorating their homes, lighting clay lamps, sharing sweets and gifts. They worship lord Ganesha and the goddess Lakshmi.



Hanukkah

Hanukkah or Chanukah is a Jewish festival of lights. It starts on the 25th day of the Jewish calender month, usually in December. The festival lasts for 8 days. An eight-branched candlestick called a Hanukkah menorah is lit every night, and special blessings are said. One candle is burned on the first night, two on the second night and so on until all 8 candles are burning together on the last night. The lighting of the Hanukkah menorah reminds Jews of a miracle in which the Menorah in the temple of the sacred city of the Jews, Jerusalem, kept burning for 8 days with only a little oil. It is a tradition for children to receive small presents for each night of the festival. Traditional food for this festival are fried food like latkes, potato cakes and doughnuts.



Festivals and Holidays of Different Cultures

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