Festival

April Fool's Day

• A day for playing tricks and practical jokes on other people

• A festive season of intense partying, dancing and parading

• A traditional festival at the turn of the Chinese year

• A British festival commemorating the failure of the 1605 Gunpowder Plot

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Carnival

• An occasion for expressing romantic love by giving cards and gifts

• A festive season of intense partying, dancing and parading

• A month of fasting for Muslims

• The first day of the year in the Gregorian (Western) calendar

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Easter

• Traditionally a Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ

• A month of fasting for Muslims

• Christian holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ

• A day for playing tricks and practical jokes on other people

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New Year's Day

• Christian holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ

• The first day of the year in the Gregorian (Western) calendar

• A traditional festival at the turn of the Chinese year

• A festive season of intense partying, dancing and parading

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Rio has the most famous __________ in the world.

• carnival

• celebrations

• culture

• decorations

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When the festival starts, people __________ in the town square.

• held

• join

• meet

• gather

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We have parties and other __________ throughout the festival.

• celebrations

• decorations

• culture

• fireworks

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Our annual festival lets us show visitors our local __________.

• fireworks

• culture

• costume

• celebrations

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The Chinese New Year festivities include the lighting up of these small, but really noisy things. What are these things?

• radio

• firecrackers

• volcano

• balloons

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New Year in Thailand comes every April, and is celebrated with the festival called Songkran. What kind of element is usually associated with its celebration?

• air

• water

• fire

• metal