CHAPTER 2. FESTIVALS IN GERMANY

CONTENT

INTRODUCTION………………………………………………………………...2

CHAPTER 1. GENRAL NOTION ABOUT FESTIVALS …………………….3

CHAPTER 2. FESTIVALS IN GERMANY …………………………………....5

CHAPTER 3. FESTIVALS IN UKRAINE……………………………………13

CONCLUSIONS ………………………………………………………………...15

BIBLIOGRAPHY………………………………………………………………..16

APPENDIX………………………………………………………………………17

INTRODUCTION

There are more holidays and festivals in Germany every year than any other European country (except maybe France and Ukraine, of course). And most of these holidays are paid ones.

In fact, there are so many of them that we thought to give you a month by month list of them. So, next time you come and visit Germany you will know why everything is close on this or that date.

Aim: to ascertain the peculiarities of development of festivals celebration in Germany.

Determinate intention conditions the solution of the following targets:

- to give a precise depiction of festivals and determine it;

- to characterize the main festivals in Germany;

- to summarize the evolved information.

Main terms:festivals, celebrations, Easter.

Structure and content:The structure of the report is defined by aim (intention) and targets, consists of contents, body (divided into two parts), conclusions and references witch number 5 sources. The amount of research is 15 pages.

CHAPTER 1. GENRAL NOTION ABOUT FESTIVALS

The basic notions about festivals in Germany differ not much. Generally it is dependent from three fundamental fields like culture, politics and social background.

According to the dictionary “festival” can be explained as:

- a series of performances of music, plays, films/movies, etc., usually organized in the same place once a year; a series of public events connected with a particular activity or idea [1];

- a day or period of the year when people stop working to celebrate a special even, often a religious one [2].

There are several festivals celebrated in Germany. We added the short list of them:

1. The New Year Eve (Silvester)

2. The New Year’s Day

3. Christmas (Weihnachten)

4. Easter

5. Advent

1. Silvester is the day of the Feast of Pope Sylvester I, a saint who served as Pope of the Catholic Church from 314 to 335 and oversaw both the First Council of Nicaea and Roman Emperor Constantine I’s conversion to Christianity.

2. The New Year’s Day is observed on January 1, the first day of the year on the modern Gregorian calendar as well as the Julian calendar. Other global New Years’ Day traditions include making New Year’s resolutions and calling one’s friends and family.

3. Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed most commonly on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world.

4. Easter is a festival and holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial after his crucifixion by Romans at Calvary.

5. Advent is a season observed in many Western Christian churches as a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas. The term is a version of the Latin word meaning “coming”.

CHAPTER 2. FESTIVALS IN GERMANY

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