世界上奇特古怪有趣的节日-英文版-Odd-festivals-of-the-world.ppt

1、,Odd Festivals Of The World,广石化经英-121班,According to the American magazine Time，each May, the life and spirit of Mike, The Headless Chicken, is celebrated in in Fruita, Colorado. Mike was a Wyandotte rooster, born in 1945, who had the unfortunate mishap of having to live without a head. Mikes Festiva

2、l is to honor not his disability, but the spirit that kept him alive. To this end, Time makes an inventory of some special holiday in the world.,可爱的土拨鼠，春天的使者,(February 2) In the U.S., the day that the groundhog predicts whether spring will be coming soon. If, on emerging from his hole, he sees his s

3、hadow, there will be six more weeks of winter; if not, spring is imminent.,Groundhog Day,美国：“UFO节”,Every year on July 4,the UFO Festival will be held in Roswell, New Mexico. It is said that, in the summer of 1947, there was an extraterrestrial spaceship crashed near Roswell. More than 60 years later

4、, the legend is still a legend, no one knows the truth. However, whether or not to believe this legend, local residents would like to be dressed as an alien and hold a carnival on that day.,Twins Days Festival,Twins Days is a festival for biological twins which has taken place every summer since 197

5、6 in Twinsburg, Ohio.It is the largest annual gathering of twins in the world, and draws thousands of participants from all over the United States and elsewhere in the world.,Many western countries have festival about zombie.The annual Corpse Day was held on May 1st in Melbourne, Australia. On the d

6、ay, a real Dead Rising was staged in the streets. About thousands of people took part in this years rotten parade。,Corpse Day,僵尸节,Local time on May 1st, People who took part in the zombie activity dressed up as zombies in the movie.,Baby jumping (El Colacho) is a traditional Spanish holiday dating b

7、ack to 1620. During the act, men dressed as the Devil (known as the Colacho) jump over babies born during the previous twelve months of the year who lie on mattresses in the street.,西班牙跳婴儿节,Baby Jumping Festival,The festival has been rated as one of the most dangerous in the world.The origins of the

8、 tradition are unknown but it is said to cleanse the babies of original sin, ensure them safe passage through life and guard against illness and evil spirits.,Tomato Carnival,It is said that, one day ,a small band were playing the trumpet from downtown to the streets, the leader held the trumpet up to sky. Suddenly, there were some youngersters starting to throw tomatoes to the trumpet, wondering who can right achieve to hit the spot. This is the origin of Tomato Fight.,Origin,On the Carnival each year, tourists all over the world came to gather in the town,