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Unit 1 Festivals and celebrations Festivals and celebrations of all kinds _____ ______ ______ everywhere ______ ancient times. Most _________ festivals would __________ the end of cold weather,planting in spring and harvest in autumn. Sometimes celebrations would be held ________ hunters had caught animals. At that time people would _________ if food was __________ to find, _________________ during the cold winter months. Today’s festivals have many origins, some religious, some seasonal, and some ______ special people or events. Festivals of the Dead Some festivals are _________ to __________ the dead or __________ the ancestors, _________ might return either to help _____to do _______. For the Japanese festival Obon, people should go to clean graves and light incense ____ memory of their ancestors. They also light lamps and play music because they think that this will lead the ancestors back to earth. In Mexico, people celebrate the Day of the Dead in early November. ______ this important feast day, people eat food in the _________ of skulls and cakes ________ “bones” on them. They offer food, flowers and gifts _____the dead. The Western holiday Halloween also had its origin in old __________ about the return of the spirits of dead people. It is now a children’s festival, ________ they can dress up an go to their neighbours’ homes to ask ________ sweets. If the neighbours do not give any sweers, the children might play a trick ________ them. Fetivals to Honour People Festivals can also be held to honour famous people. The Dragon Boat Festival in China honours the famous ancient ________, Qu Yuan. In the USA, Columbus Day is in memory of the __________ of Christopher Columbus in the New World. India has a national festival on October 2 to honour Mohandas Gandhi, the ________ who helped ____________ India’s ________________________ from Britain. Harvest Festivals Harvest and Thanksgiving festival can be very happy events. People are _________ because