venerdì 20 febbraio 2015

                                            ROSA PARKS

Rosa Parks was born in 1913, she was an African-American Civil Rights activist. On December 1,she refused to obey bus driver James F. Blake's order to give up her seat in the colored section to a white passenger, after the white section was filled. She attended the Highlander Folk School, a Tennessee center for training activists for workers' rights and racial equality. She was also active in the Black Power movement and the support of political prisoners in the US.In her final years, she suffered from dementia

                                         HALLOWEEN 

Halloween  is a yearly celebration observed in a lot of countries on 31 October, the eve of theWestern Christian feast of All Hallows' DayTypical festive Halloween activities include trick-or-treating, attending costume partiesdecorating, carvingpumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns, lighting bonfiresapple bobbing, visiting haunted attractions, playing pranks, telling scary stories and watching horror films.  

                                        THANKSGIVING

Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated in the United States and Canada as a day of giving thanks. It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States and on the second Monday of October in Canada.  Thanksgiving has its historical roots in religious and cultural traditions and has long been celebrated in a secular manner as well. 

                                        BLACK FRIDAY

Black Friday is the Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the United States,it has been regarded as the beginning of the Christmas shopping season in the USBlack Friday is not a public holiday, but California and some other states observe "The Day After Thanksgiving" as a holiday for state government employees.

                             BLACK HISTORY MONTH


Black History Month is an annual observance in the United States,Canada and the United Kingdom for remembrance of important people and events in the history of the African Diaspora. It is celebrated annually in the United States and Canada in February and the United Kingdom in October. The precursor of Black History Month was created when Carter J. Woodson and the Association for the study of Negro Life and History decided that the "Negro History Week" was the second week of February.

sabato 7 febbraio 2015

                                         SUPER BOWL

The Super Bowl is the annual championship game of the National Football League. The day on which the Super Bowl is played is called "Super Bowl Sunday". It is the second-largest day for U.S. food consumption, after Thanksgiving Day. In addition, the Super Bowl has frequently been the most-watched American television broadcast of the year. 

                                       ROBERT BURNS

Robert Burns was born on 25th January 1759 in Alloway and he died on 21th July 1796. He was a Scottish poet and He's regarded as the national poet of Scotland. He was a pioneer of the Romantic Movement.His poem (and song) "Auld Lang Syne" is often sung at Hogmanay, and "Scots Wha Hae" served for a long time as an unofficial national anthem of the country.Other poems and songs of Burns include:"A Red, Red Rose";"A Man's a Man for A'That";"To a Louse";"To a Mouse";"The Battle of Sherramuir";"Tam o'Shanter and "Ae fond kiss".

A RED RED ROSE 
O my Luve's like a red, red rose
That's newly sprung in June; 
O my Luve's like the melodie
That's sweetly play'd in tune.

As fair art thou, my bonnie lass,
So deep in luve am I:
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
Till a' the seas gang dry:

Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi' the sun:
I will luve thee still, my dear,
While the sands o' life shall run.

And fare thee well, my only Luve
And fare thee well, a while! 
And I will come again, my Luve,
Tho' it were ten thousand mile. 

HAGGIS

Haggis is a savoury pudding containing sheep's pluck  minced with onionoatmealsuet, spices, and salt.Haggis is a traditional Scottish dish, considered the national dish of Scotland as a result of Robert Burns' poem Address to a Haggis of 1787. Haggis is traditionally served with "neeps and tatties and a glass of Scotch whisky.


WISKY

Whisky is a type of distilled alcoholic beverage made from fermented grain mash. Whisky is typically aged in wooden casks, generally made of charred white oak.