Cristmas around the world: Morocco

By Amina and Iman 2ºB

The Feast of the Sacrifice is the most important of the Muslim year and commemorates Ibrahim´s obedience to God by sacrificing a sheep and giving most of its meat to the poor. (Many people give money instead). This reminds us, the Muslims, that all things are from God and must be shared among his people.This feast is called Mailud .

Christmas around the world: Lebanon

by Zara Ghossein (2º B)

In Lebanon people plant wheat grains in cotton wool fifteen days before Chistmas. They water the seeds every day and they use the shoots to decorate tables or to sorround the manger in nativity scenes.
On Christmas Eve, they put up a Christmas tree and the whole family gathers for dinner. They eat the typical Lebanese meal: tabuli, salad, chips, kibby, chicken, turkey or sheep ( stuffed with rice, raisins and pine nuts). Our typical drink is Arak . We also have crushed boiled wheat with lots of sugar.
Christmas Day is a day for family. When we wake up, children open their presents they find under the Christmas tree and the families visit their families and they eat and drink all day along.

Christmas around the world: Colombia

by Vanessa Moreno 2ºB

Christmas in Colombia is a religious feast and the time when the families meet. We put up our decorations which must include the “pesebre” or nativity and the Christmas tree.
Christmas starts on the 16th of December. From that day all the families join to pray the “novena to the virgen” every night until the 24th(A novena is a set of prayers repeated for nine consecutive days).
On Christmas Eve, our dinner is usually “lechona” (rice with vegetables) and chicken; and “natilla, Pandebono and buñuelos” for desert. At midnight we open our presents and the feast starts.
On Christmas Day we wake up very late and relax.
On the 31st of December many families meet in their “fincas” (a rural property) to make a human size rag doll stuffed with fireworks. This doll represents the old year. At midnight we eat twelve grapes (like in Spain) and after that, we burn the doll and we have a feast called “rumba”
We don´t celebrate the Three Wise Kings.
Christmas in my country is great!
Happy Christmas!

Bienvenida

Os damos la bienvenida a este blog que se inicia hoy y que, como su nombre india, pretende ser un punto de encuentro para todos nuestros alumnos y sus familias. Dada la particularidad de nuestro IES, pretendemos que se convierta en un lugar de encentro de las distintas culturas que conviven en nuestras aulas.
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