Postcard from Qatar

 

Shrove Tuesday

The other name of this holiday is Pancake Day, because everyone eat pancakes. It is celebrated in Ireland, United Kingdom, Canada and many others. The name of this holiday in France is Mardi Gras .
  
History :
The origin of eating pancakes arose from Christians who observe Lent .The favourite toppings are: lemon juice, chocolate spread ice cream, especially stramberry jam. Today, everyone celebrates Pancake Day regardless of religion. On Pancake day, they do pancakes races, cook fighting and many other things. The famous pancakes race takes place at Olney (next to London). It is forbiden to men, woman competitors have to be local housewives.

South Africa

South Africa is located in the southern hemisphere.

The capital of South Africa is Pretoria. The country is surrounded by the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean.

There are several famous cities and places:

• Robben Island


• Cape Town


• Soweto


• Johannesburg (its nickname is the City of Gold)


• Pretoria


• Kruger National Park

South Africa's most famous animals are: the Red-Billed Oxpecker, the rhinoceros, the ostrich, the impala, the giraffe, the African rock python, the chimpanzee, the lion, the zebra, the elephant.


The languages spoken in South Africa are :

• Sésotho


• Setswana


• SiSwati


• Tshivenda


• Xitsonga


• Afrikaans


• English


• isiNdebele


• isiXhosa

The colours of the flag are blue, yellow, black, green, red and white.
The Y symbolizes the unity of the people.

Let's discover English-speaking countries!

Many countries in the world have English as an official language. We'll introduce some of them. Hopefully we'll visit them all one day!

Australia

SYDNEY

SYDNEY

MELBOURNE

Australia is divided into sereval parts, it is  located in Southern Asia and north of Antarctica. In its flag, there is the Union Jack, the flag of the United Kingdom, because  Australia was colonized by the United Kingdom.

Hogmanay

Hogmanay is on the 31th December , it's celebrated on the Eve of the 1st January .
It's celebrated in Scotland, in Glasgow and Edinburgh.
During Hogmanay we sing « Auld lang syne ».
Hogmanay is celebrated during 2 days.
The activity planned for the 1st day in Edinburgh is the Torchlight Procession and on the 2nd day they do « Loony dook » and « New year sprint final ».
The 2 traditions for Hogmanay are « cleaning the house »and « first footing »

By Ines.h and Rakia

Canada

 

Canada

~ The capital city is Ottawa, there are 10 provinces and 3 territories.
~ The Canadian flag is white and red, the symbol of Canada are the Maple leaf and the beaver, the Canadian coat of arms, the Canadian horse.
~ Some Canadian animals are the Moose, Polar Bear, Caribou, Bison, Wolf and Loon …


HiSTORY:Jacques Cartier

~ Jacques Cartier (1491-1557) was a French explorer who did three expeditions to Canada in 1534, 1535 and 1541.
Canada was named by Jacques Cartier «Kanata».
« Kanata » means a village or settlement in the Huron-Iroquois language.
In 1969, English and French became Canada's official languages. Montreal is one of the largest French-Speaking cities in the world

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