Christmas is a religious festival and more secular party strongly influenced by the local culture. As a result, Christmas traditions are also various worldwide is diverse in cultural terms.
At United States, for example, Christmas traditions are a literal Medley by immigrants, particularly European Christmas traditions. For example, Yule log (in English), trees (German), songs or noels (France), Santa Claus (Dutch) when more lately, the traditions of Christmas arrived with more recent immigrants as luminaires (Mexico) and wishes "Feliz Navidad!"(Latin America generally).
Here's a tour of some Flash fun and different traditions of Christmas around the world.
Africa
The traditions of Christmas in Africa are culturally rich and diversifiée.Au Ghana, Christmas Eve is marked by children will parade through the streets of Christmas songs and shouting "Christ comes, Christ comes!" It is near! "Church services are held both Christmas Eve and Christmas day. After the religious services, families and close friends celebrate a meal of FUFU, past leave yams with soup and rice stew or okra, oatmeal and meats.
In Liberia, decorated with bells oil palms are used for a tree of Noël.Le Christmas day, simple gifts exchanged between friends and family, such as cotton, SOAP, candy, pencils, and books are exchanged. Christmas morning church services usually have a reconstruction of the first Christmas. Christmas, which consists of rice, beef and biscuits, dinner takes place outside.Friends and family enjoy the games and Fireworks night.
Asia
Whereas the peoples and cultures of Asia are very remote and Christianity Christmas traditions, the local Asian Christians mixed single Christian faith with their cultures locales.Par example, Christmas in China (the birth Festival Saint) has many traditional symbols of Christmas. Chinese Christian families decorate Christmas or light with red paper chains tree trees (red is the color of happiness in Chinese culture), lanterns and flowers. Children are waiting eagerly awaiting the arrival of Dun Che Lao Ren, Chinese, meaning "Christmas Old Man".lorsque permitted by local law, Asia gather in churches on Christmas Eve and Christmas day to celebrate the birth of Christ.
Although the vast majority of the Asian is not Christian, secular aspects (trees and Christmas gifts) Western Christmas traditions have become fashionable among many other Middle Asia and classes supérieures.Dans throughout Asia for Christmas, you will find large stores, decorated with Christmas trees, Christmas lights and occasional Santa.
Europe
An American to find himself perfectly at home with Christmas celebrations throughout Europe since both traditions of Christmas in America in Europe.Course, the many traditions of Christmas in England have been adopted in America - GUI, Yule logs, Christmas songs ("" Hark! Herald Angel Sings "," game room ""), singers, Christmas Stories ('Dickens' "A Christmas Carol"), roasted chestnuts, wassail, low hanging by the fireplace.
But even in England, there are Christmas single traditions - Christmas with chestnut stuffing the Turkey dinner grilled OIE with Yorkshire pudding cake currants, grapes of Christmas. The day of Christmas, the Queen offers a Christmas greeting by radio and television.Perhaps more confusing for their American cousins is the boxing day, the day after Christmas when people give small gifts at the service provides and merchant with whom they associate in the year.
Every European country has its unique traditions of Christmas as well as the traditions that are shared with other Western cultures.By Germany children has always count the days before Christmas with a calendar of Advent when Holland, children expect the arrival of Sinterklaas St. Nicholas Day December 6 and a letterbanket, cake-shaped in the form of the first letter of the surname of the family.In Sweden, in Sweden, Christmas starting December 13 on the day of St. Lucia, the patron saint of light.Early in the morning of the day of St. Lucia, the eldest daughter of a Swedish family dressed as the "Queen of light" (with a long white robe and a Crown of leaves).It enters in the bedroom for each family member to serve treats.
Latin America
The Navidad (Christmas) is a colourful, exciting holiday throughout Latin America.While celebrations vary, the religious meaning is always the focal point of the celebration.The Mexico is a typical example of the emphasis on the history of Christmas original.Au Mexico, Las Posadas, reconstitution of nine days of travel Mary and Joseph in Bethlehem began on 16 December.For the evening next 8, the celebrants recreates Mary and Joseph, research housing up door to door with two children in period costume, carrying pictures of Mary Joseph.La night before Christmas (Noche Buena) children lead the procession to the local church and place the Mary and Joseph in the nacimiento (crèche or day nursery) .Masse is held at midnight followed by bells and Fireworks.
Poinsettia, basketry, farolitos (lighting) and the tamales are all happy part of the season at Mexique.poinsettias, with their red star-shaped flowers decorate Mexican houses, serve to remind the boy went to the Church of the Nativity scene, but had no gift infant Christ.Sur his way, he found a few green twigs introduced and worn by the Nativity scene as its don.certaines people laughed at his sincere gift but humble.Cependant, these small branches soon blossomed with flowers gorgeous red poinsettia.
During the season of Christmas and the Christmas day, pinatas, paper-reversing Christmas figures and symbols, are filled with sweets and suspended in the air by a rope, while blindfolded children try to break open with a bâton.lorsque piñata is broken, candy spill on the ground and the children to extract as much as they can rush.
6 January (day of the three kings or elders) marks the end of the celebration of Christmas long months almost everywhere in America latine.Au Mexico, on the eve of January 5, children leave their shoes on the edge of the window and are filled with sweets and small gifts after matin.Au Venezuela, children leave straw bed 5 January and the next morning to find that straw has been replaced by donations.
