2008年10月27日月曜日

Corn Dolly



Modern corn dollies form based on traditional figures made of straw, previously connected with harvest customs of Europe. A corn dolly is made with the people of the district with one bundle of last wheat after finishing gain.
Some corn dollies were displayed in the church at the harvest festival, while some places had a tradition whereby the figure could be sent to make fun of a nearby farm which had not finished its harvest. Others often had a place of honor at the banquet table and they were hung up in farmhouse or barn until the following spring.
In England, materials are mainly wheat besides oats, rye and barley. In Ireland, they use rush.
Traditional corn dollies are named after counties or place names of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. For example, Cambridge shire Hand bell, Stafford Knot and Yorkshire Spiral or Drop Dolly. Other, there are corn dollies which are countryman's favors and other harvest designs. For example, Glory Braid, Harvest Cross and Harvest Wreath.
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2008年10月21日火曜日

Autumn Festival

The British makes celebration every year if harvest time is over safety. Then "Harvest Festival" is held traditionally in a school and church of each cities, towns and villages.
A doll of "corn dollies" is made with the people of the district with one bundle of last wheat after finishing gain. In the days of a full moon of the end of September, a festival is held. In the case of the school, they take fresh vegetables and fruits, the bread which a child made at each home to the school. The food which gathered is exhibited with corn dollies in a meeting hall. The few people who aren’t a farming family have begun to bring canned food than a handmade thing recently.
Religious services are held and divide the food which gathered since it is finished into the hall and distributes it to a local old man institution or hospital. Citizens gather in public halls as a second meeting at night on a day of the worship. Many people eat cooking and drink beer and enjoy the traditional folk dance. A lot of cakes and the delicious dessert which mothers of the village made open on a table.

2008年10月13日月曜日

Festival

There is "Yosakoi festival" in Kouchi prefecture, Japan. The biggest Yosakoi festival in Japan is this Yosakoi festival. Other Yosakoi festivals are YOSAKOI so-ran festival in Sapporo city, Hokkaido, Nippon Domannaka festival in Nagoya city, Aichi prefecture and so on.
Yosakoi is dancing with the Naruko. It is a unique style on Japan. There is various dancing style. For example, samba, rock and hip hop.
Yosakoi festival was hold from August 9th to 12th in this year. A national convention of Yosakoi was hold in August 12th. Many teams participated in this festival. There was a team from Tokyo. Many fireworks are displayed on the day after Yosakoi festival.
I want to visit Yosakoi festival!!!

Rio's Carnival is hold in Brazil. Rio's Carnival is particularly famous and gathers the tourists from the various countries in the world. Because this carnival is a large-scale and very showy.
There is dance music such as polka besides samba. In the case of a samba, they put on gorgeous clothes called fantasia in the body and dance samba and march with a performance by the percussion instrument. The parade becomes the contest form, and examination is performed.