Hello friends,
Thanks for the introductions. It was a lot of fun reading the entries. I love that we all speak many languages J
Like a lot of you (Ahmed, Jonathan, walter, Miguel, Samantha, Brian, Luis), most kids here enjoy playing soccer. Others that don’t like to play will mostly likely watch the national teams play. The city has many soccer fields, some are very nice with fake grass and others are a dirt area. In the rural areas, most fields are a dirt area with rocks for goal posts. Also, the kids in the rural areas often play barefoot! Is soccer a big sport in Anaheim?
Our town soccer team is El Hispano. The team’s mascot is a “burro” (donkey). One of the largest rivalries is between the two capital city teams, Olimpia and Motagua. The annual game between these two teams is called “El Clasico” (the Classic). Maybe Walter can tell you all more about this rivalry?
Like in the States, cell phones are very common here. They offer the best calling rates to the United States which is where a lot of their family members have immigrated too. Kids love to text message here. And most everyone likes to listen to music. The most popular music genre is probably reggaeton. I’m sure you’ve all heard this type of music living in Southern California.
However, in the North Coast, the most popular music genre is probably punta. This music is original to the Garifuna community, an African ethnic group. Maybe Ms. Garcia can help explain how Honduras came to have an African community. Actually, Honduras counts with many ethnic groups (see the map). Some of these groups have their own language like Mayan, Garifuna, Pech, and English. Yes, some Hondurans speak mostly English like the Afro-Caribbean on the Island of Roatan. As you can imagine, these ethnic groups have their own cultural traditions that makes them unique.
One of the most celebrated traditions take place during Christmas. Hondurans love to make their favorite holiday foods like torrejas (a sweet corn dessert) and tamales. They also burn a lot of fireworks. It is very common to see fireworks with any celebration here. For example, for New Years the kids make a human size doll that represents the Año Viejo (Old Year) and stuff him with firecrackers. Once midnight strikes, they light him to represent the burning of the “bad memories” of the past year. Another important holiday is Semana Santa (Holy Week). The week is filled with religious processions. In my site, the town is decorated with alfombras (carpets made of colored sawdust) Holy Thursday.
Tell me a bit about your family or cultural traditions. What do you celebrate?
I hope you are all doing great. I know you are weeks away from summer vacation so I hope to read from you soon. J
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ReplyDeleteI am Gagandeep Tahim. I am from India. Me and my family celebrate traditions from India. One tradition I most like is Rakshabandhan. Its in August. In this day sisters tied a lucky thread for their brothers wrist.Brothers give money or presents to their sisters. on this day sisters are lucky because they get presents and money. Last year, I got $4oo its was fun and I bought a laptop. I am the only one girl at home and i got all the gifts. I feel very happy to celebrate the culture from my country because its connects me to India. :)
WELL me an my family celebrate navidad and EL DIA DE MUERTOS, as most of my family celebrate new year.on these days we cook some food as are tamales,ponche,cafe, mole and many other foods.
ReplyDeleteHI again my name is miguel from ELD2 of class of ms. Garcia and i am from mexico where a lived there was a culture about feria del mole beacause where a lived there were a lot of fabric of mole and all the town haved a festival of mole and 9 and 10 of january we celebrate a feria of la virgen maria and there is more that I well not end put those are the principal and bye
ReplyDeletewhats up again my name is osvaldo am from Mexico and am going talk about my culture we like to do a lot of culture like we to celebrate dia de la independencia dia de los muertos and Christmas and turkey day and that's all
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ReplyDeleteHi, this is Luis Arias again. My Family celebrates Christmas and make tamales for New Year's. People in Tegucigalpa, Honduras burn a scare Crow and they put fireworks inside. For the Holy Week, my family makes "torrejas" and they go to the beach. They eat a lot of watermelon.
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ReplyDeleteHellOoOoOoOooOoO0o0o :D ;;) This is Ahmad Najm, from Ms. Garcia's account.
ReplyDeleteToday i want to talk about my family and our celebration ...
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(-) we have in our country celebration After ramadan ( Month for muslims to fast from 5am to almost 7pm ) after ramadan we have Eid el feter in this Eid im going with my family to visit our friends and going to mosqe to pray .
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ReplyDeleteHi again! .I like soccer and in Anaheim too because i saw many people watched the soccer game :D. In my country( Vietnam) people love soccer too ♥♥♥. ( Walter & Luis are good at soccer ;) ).
ReplyDeleteI think i heard reggaeton before but i don't like it at all because of it's beat...:D.
I think the culture you tell with us look like the culture in some of country in Asian too. Because everyone want to (wash) anything bad of old year and they use fire to destroy the thing they fell it can breathe in the badthings. In my country, people celebrate in Tet-holiday, they eat (Banh Chung) and visit their friend. That mean a second Newyear holiday. :D. Thank for share and good luck to you.
Hi Ms. Monica!
ReplyDeleteMy name is Thuy-Vi Thach. I was born in Vietnam. I Came to America one and half years ago. I came to U.S with my brother and my mom. My brother's name is Linh. He is 17 years old. He is a good brother. My mom's name Suong. She is very good mother because she takes care me, she loves me, and she teaches me to be a good person. My dad came here a long time ago. He works so hard in here because he wants my family to have a good life and a good future. In Vietnam have alot celebrate cultures. Special celebrate cultures in Vietnam is TET (new years). TET is special days to all Vietnamese. Tết Nguyên Đán, more commonly known by its shortened name Tết or "Vietnamese Lunar New Year", is the most important and popular holiday and festival in Vietnam.Vietnamese people believe that on New Year everything right, to change, from external objects to our people, so about ten days before the New Year they paint, paint the door. They too busy to go buy new clothes to wear correct on this occasion. In the New Year they abstain not angry and fighting. Tet is an occasion for people to heal the past and encourage hostility is a chance to atone. People visiting each other and wished each other the words meaningful. Children after the big Tet is also a lucky money in red envelopes containing money for them to spend New Year. 3 Year in North, Central and South Vietnam also have different things. This my favorite celebrate culture.
Hello MY people from Honduras I'm maria ayala I want to tell you about my family, we are originally from Guerrero, MX
ReplyDeletei have 3 brothers,1 sister and i have a kid names Edgar P.Jr.and he is my valioso tesoro:)
my dad lives in oregon with my siblings and my mother lives in tijuana,mx well yea i live in a foster home, my foster parenths are from venezuela ok take care evebody:)
well today is one of the last days of school
ReplyDeleteand i can't wait until wenesday to the end
so we will be on vacation oready.
Thanks Jenny! I just checked out your blog. You are mui talented! Very impressive.this website
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