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Boże Narodzenie w różnych krajach
Temat: Historia i kultura
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When you think about Christmas then what crosses your mind? Probably a Christmas tree, gifts and Christmas carols. But the celebration of Christmas can be totally different in other countries. Here a short list of interesting Christmas traditions:
1) Peru
First on the list is the Takanakuy festival. It starts around the 22 December and lasts until the 25 December and it is held by the inhabitants of the Chumbivilcas Province in Peru. After three full days and nights of drinking and dancing they meet in the morning of 25 December in the bull arenas of their towns and fight. All the fights are one on one and men, women, children and elderly people participate. That way they resolve personal differences and quarrels - instead of going to court they beat each other up. After the fights they usually hug each other and drink more alcohol. We should introduce that into our justice system.
2) Catalonia Region in Spain
A widespread Christmas tradition in Catalonia is the pooping log, Caga Tió. It is a hollow log which stands on four little sticks and has a painted face. Every night, beginning December 8th, Caga Tió is "fed" and covered with a blanket (so that he doesn't catch a cold). On Christmas Eve or Christmas day Caga Tió is put in the fireplace, beaten with a stick and ordered to "poop". He is encouraged, along with the beating, by singing songs with catchy lyrics.
When he is done pooping candies, nuts and other sweets Caga Tió will give one last push to poop out an onion, a salt herring or a head of garlic.
3) Venezuela
In Caracas, Venezuela, between December the 16th and December the 24th people go to an early mass. Well, to tell the truth, they don't go but get there on roller skates. The streets are blocked off for cars until 8 am and children, the night before, tie one end of a piece of string to their big toes and hang the other end out the window. When a roller skater goes by the window the next morning, they give a tug to all the strings. I wonder how many childred lost a toe because of that.
4) Japan
In Japan for many Japanese traditional Christmas dinner is ... Kentucky Fried Chicken. Yes. It is so popular that reservations have to be made to eat at a KFC on Christmas in Japan.
5) Norway
According to a Norwegian legend on Christmas Eve witches and evil spirits are looking for brooms to ride on (this is obviously a bad omen). So all brooms in the house are hidden and men go outside and fire a shotgun to scare the bad spirits away. No broom has been stolen by an evel spirit or a witch in Norway for a long time, so it must be working.
6) Czech Republic
In the Czech Republic On Christmas Eve, if an unmarried Czech woman wants to know whether she will get married during the next year or not she has to stand with her back to a door and toss one of her shoes over her shoulder. If it lands with the toe facing the door it means that she will get married within the year. If it lands with the heel facing the door she will have to wait for another year. But what happens if it lands sidesways, neither the heel nor the toe facing the door?
