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课件网) unit 1 Festivals Around the World Culture Understanding Festival of the Dancing Masks in Africa Africa is a land full of festivals. Throughout the whole continent, colorful festivals cover music, religion, culture, etc. The Festima mask festival takes place every two years in la C te d'Ivoire. People from around forty different villages attend it, bringing their own styles of masks, and the mask dances last throughout the day. The costumes range from simple affairs to full body outfits made from grass, with masks up to two metres high on the heads of the performers. This is a celebration of traditional culture, and also a time for music and storytelling. Dong Year of Dong Ethnic Group in China People of Dong ethnic group in Hunan and the southwest Guizhou province of China celebrate Dong Year with various traditional activities. The exact date for Dong Year varies from village to village, but falls during the period of late October to early November. Public celebrations include the Lusheng Festival as well as Bullfighting. In the days up to their new year, the Dong people make new clothes, clean their houses, make glutinous rice cake so, and slaughter pigs and cattle for the preparation of the Dong Year feast. On the eve of the Dong Year, the Dong usually prepare a dish called “cold dish” for the ancestor worship. 1.科特迪瓦 2.芦笙节 3.斗牛赛 4.年糕 5.屠宰 非洲———面具舞蹈节 非洲是一个节日丰富多彩的地区。在整个非洲大陆，有包括音乐、宗教和文化相关的多种多样的节日。 非洲面具节每两年在科特迪瓦举行一次。来自约四十个不同村落的人们戴着各具特色的面具前来参加，面具舞蹈活动持续一整天。活动服饰用草制成，从简单小物件到全身行头一应俱全。表演者头上的面具更是长达两米。这是传统文化的盛宴，也是欣赏音乐和讲述故事的美好时刻。 中国﹣侗族新年 湖南省和贵州省黔西南的侗族人民通过各种传统活动庆祝侗年。侗年的准确日期在每个村落都有不同，但基本在每年十月下旬至十一月上旬之间。公共庆典活动包括芦笙节和斗牛赛。 在临近新年的几天里，侗族人要制新衣服、扫房屋、做年糕、宰猪牛来准备新年宴席。侗年前夕，侗族人民通常会准备“冷盘”来祭祀祖先。 Festival of the Dancing Masks in Africa 非洲———面具舞蹈节 Africa is a land full of festivals.非洲是一个节日丰富多彩的地区。 Throughout the whole continent, colorful festivals cover music, religion, culture, etc. 在整个非洲大陆，有包括音乐、宗教和文化相关的多种多样的节日。 a land full of festivals 充满节日的土地 full of 充满，装满 throughout the whole continent 遍及整个大陆 cover 覆盖，包括 throughout prep.自始至终；遍及；遍布；adv.始终；一直； 用于时间或地点名词的前边 throughout the year 全年 throughout Africa 整个非洲 The Festima mask festival takes place every two years in la C te d'Ivoire. 非洲面具节每两年在科特迪瓦举行一次。 People from around forty different villages attend it, bringing their own styles of masks, and the mask dances last throughout the day. 来自约四十个不同村落的人们戴着各具特色的面具前来参加，面具舞蹈活动持续一整天。 la C te d'Ivoire 科特迪瓦 take place ... ...
