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May Day Maypole dancing Morris dancing
May Day

On 1 May people around the world celebrate
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the end of a long winter. In England, children
and adults dance around a Maypole. Morris
dancing is popular there too. Morris dancers are
usually men and they wear white clothes and CULTURE FOCUS
coloured belts. They hold handkerchiefs and Serbian people celebrate 1 May and the
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sticks and shake them. coming of spring by having picnics and
In some places, on the evening of 30 April it barbecues at one of the numerous parks found
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is time for bonfires. Men light fires and lots of throughout the country, or at places like the River
people jump over them three times for good Drina, Palic Lake or Prerasts of Vratna. Halloween
luck. is not celebrated in Serbia, but there are carnival
celebrations that take place in Pančevo and Vrnjci
during the summer months.
Do you know of any other popular Serbian festivals/
celebrations?

Halloween

Halloween is on 31 October.
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In the United States, in England and in many other places around the world,
people have lots of fun on Halloween. They make Jack-o-lanterns. How?
They make a scary face on a pumpkin, put a candle inside and put it in the
Trick-or-treating window. Children dress up as witches and ghosts and go trick-or-treating.

Some of them knock on their neighbours’ door and run away. Others stay
and get a treat. Children also go to parties and play lots of games, like
‘apple bobbing’ or treasure hunt.

1. What do people celebrate on May Day? 5. What trick do children play on
2. What do Morris dancers wear? their neighbours?
3. When do people celebrate Halloween? 6. What games do children play
Apple bobbing 4. What do they use to make a on Halloween?
Jack-o-lantern?

PROJECT
Do a class survey!

Do a survey on how your classmates like to celebrate May Day.
Ask them the following questions and take notes:
Jack-o-lantern
Jack-o-lantern
• Who do you celebrate with? • Do you dance?
Dressed up • Where do you go? • Do you light bon ires?
as a ghost
• What do you eat?
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