English culture and traditions - PowerPoint Presentation

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English culture and traditions

JOAQUIN BALLESTASlide2

Outline

English festivals

English food

Sports

Media

Traditional clothes and costumes

Transport

ReligionSlide3

English festivals (1) - Christmas

T

he most important festival

of the year

A carol serviceHouses are decoratedChristmas treeGiving presentsFather Christmas and a long sock at the end of the bedChristmas Day – 25th DecemberSlide4

English festivals (2)

Boxing Day

– 26th December, a public holiday

New Ye

a

r‘s Eve – celebrating of coming of the year at midnight on 31st DecemberSt. Valentine‘s Day – 14th February, sending cards, flowers and chocolates to someone you loveAsh Wednesday – the day in February, the Christian period of Lent beginsPancake Tuesday – the day before Ash Wednesday, people eats lots of pancakesSlide5

English festivals (3)

Easter

–

Easter

Sunday

- chocolate eggs, a new birth, Good Friday – hot cross-buns, Easter Monday – a holidayApril Fools Day – a day of fun and jokesSt. George‘s Day

– 23rd April is a national day in England, St. George is a patron of England, people do not celebrate it much

May Day – 1st May, celebration of the end of the winter, connected with dancing

Ascension Day

– a

christian

holiday, it is the 40th day after Easter SundaySlide6

English festivals (4)

Pentecost

(Whitsunday) – 10 days after Ascension Day, the coming of holly spirit

Harvest festival

- Thanksgiving ceremonies and celebrations for a successful harvest, usually in September

Halloween – 31st October – holly evening, connected with witches and ghosts, strange costumes, pumpkin laternAll Saints Day – 1st NovemberAll Souls Day

– 2nd NovemberBonfire Night – 5th November, the anniversary of the Gunpowder plot, huge fireworks, burning an effigySlide7

English food (1)

traditionally based on beef, lamb, pork, chicken and fish

generally served with potatoes and one other vegetable

no national food, but the most common and typical foods include fish and chips, sandwiches, pies and puddings a selection of Indian, Italian, Chinese and Greek restaurants take-away meals

Fish and chipsSlide8

English food (3)

Three main meals a day : breakfast, lunch and dinner (sometimes called supper)

Dinner is usually the main meal of the day

A

typical English breakfast - a bowl of cereals, a slice of toast, orange juice and a cup of coffeeA 'packed lunch‘ - this typically consists of a sandwich, a packet of crisps, a piece of fruit and a drinkA typical British meal for

dinner is meat and usually the vegetables (

one of the vegetables is almost always potatoes) Slide9

English food (3) – Christmas dinner

the main Christmas meal

eaten at mid-day or early afternoon

roast turkey, Brussels sprouts, roast potatoes, cranberry sauce, rich nutty stuffing, tiny sausages wrapped in bacon and lashings of hot gravy a rich, fruity pudding which you douse in flaming brandy – said to ward off evil spirits.Slide10

Pictures of Christmas Dinner

Roast potatoes

Roast turkey

Brussel

Sprouts and chestnuts

Parsnips and Swede

Stuffing

The Christmas puddingSlide11

English food (4) – Food at Easter

On Good Friday

- warm 'hot cross buns'

with their combination of spicy, sweet

and fruity flavours have long been an Easter tradition, it is also traditional to eat fish instead of meat Easter day - roast lamb is the traditional meat for the main meal, served with mint sauce and vegetables, the traditional puddings are custard tarts sprinkled with currants and flat Easter biscuits,

Simnel cake is baked for tea, chicken

has long been a modern favourite for Easter Sunday dinner mainly due to the baby (spring) chicken being associated with birth and new life

Hot cross bun

Simnel

cakeSlide12

Sports

An important part in the life of Englishmen

A popular leisure activity

Many of the world’s famous sports began

in England, including cricket, football, lawn tennis and rugby England’s national sport is cricket To many people football (soccer) is seen

as their national sport Rugby

is similar to football but played with an oval ball

The world’s famous

tennis

tournament

is Wimbledon

Horse racing

, the sport of Kings

,

is a very popular sport (The Grand National)

Polo

is played by men on horses.

Table tennis

(ping pong) was invented

in England in 1880

Fishing

(angling) is also one of the most

popular sports in EnglandSlide13

Media

Three public bodies are responsible for

television

and radio throughout EnglandThe British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) The Independent Television Commission (ITC) The Radio Authority People in Britain watch TV on average 25 hours of every week Television viewing is Britain's most popular leisure pastimeThere are five main channels in Britain (BBC1, BBC2, ITV1, Channel 4 and Channel 5)

The BBC has been providing regular television broadcasts since 1936 There are about 130 daily and Sunday

newspapers British newspapers include the following:

The Daily Mail, The Daily Telegraph, The Financial Times,

The Guardian, The Independent, The Times, Western Mail

and Echo, The Sun, The Mirror, The Herald

,

Written by Rachel.Slide14

Traditional costumes and clothes

England has no national dress

Some people think men

in England wear suits and bowler hat but it isn’t trueEnglish customs and traditions involve a variety of costumes – Beefeaters (the nearest thing to English national costume

)

„

Typical Englishman“

BeefeaterSlide15

Transport

Most people in England travel by

car

Goods are transported by

lorries The red double decker buses in London In London, taxis are black The name of London’s underground system is “

The Tube” In England there are also Euro trains

There are 470 airports in England Slide16

Religion

The main religion is Christianity

Most Christians belong to the Church of England

there are also Roman Catholics, Hindu, Jewish and Muslim communities

The Queen is head of Church of England.