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Happy New Year !!

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It's time to travel !!

     Our class will have a New Year's celebration to learn about the cultural and religious differences and similarities between ourselves and other diverse cultures. 

Task I

     Form a group of 5 for the Travel Agency and access the website given to learn the New Year traditions from a different country. Then select one of the countries or cultures (see the list below) and research the New Year traditions of your country to include the following:

     - Location
     - New Year Date
     - Origins
     - Traditions
     - Food
     - Gifts

     Working together, and plan an oral presentation for the class.  As travel agents, you have to persuade as many customers as possible to visit your country for the New Year's celebration. 
     
    At the end of class, we will vote the most interesting travel agent of the class.

Task II

    
Each of you will be required to complete a New Year Comparison Chart (attached file below) of 5 contries or cultures that you are interested in. I would like you to finish this task in 30 minute and send me via e-mail at [email protected]


     Select the countries or cultures below for your research.

     - Yuan Tan (Chinese)
     - Songkran (Thai)
     - Shougatsu (Japanese)
     - Festival of Saint Basil (Greek)
     - Sylvesterabend (Austrian)
     - New Year (American)
     - Diwali (India)
     - Tet Nguryen Dan (Vietnamese)

 PS. You can find more informations by searching other website as you please. 

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