Unique Customs, Extra Practice (Optional)

UNIQUE CUSTOMS
Reading-Comprehension Exercises

Material elaborado por la Prof. Viviana Giménez ©

A. Match the custom with the celebration.

1. St. Anthony’s Day.
2. Chusok
3. The festival of Rakhi
4. New Year’s Eve in Argentina
5. Setsubun

a. Familes get together for a big meal.
b. Men promise loyalty to women; women give men a bracelet.
c. Family members throw dried beans around the house and then they pick them up and eat one for each year of their age.
d. People bring their animals to church, dressed up in flowers and ribbons.
e. Families honor their ancestors by going to the cemeteries, taking food and cleaning gravesites.

B. Something in each sentences is wrong. Correct the mistakes in the following statements.

1. On St. Anthony’s day, people ask for protection for their family.
2. Chusok is also known as Korean Christmas.
3. Indian women give men a ring in exchange for a promise to be loyal to them.
4. Argentine families meet on New Year’s Eve for lunch.
5. Setsubun celebrates the end of someone’s childhood.

ANSWERS

A. Match the custom with the celebration.

1.St. Anthony’s Day. People bring their animals to church, dressed up in flowers and ribbons.
2.Chusok. Families honor their ancestors by going to the cemeteries, taking food and cleaning gravesites.
3.The festival of Rakhi. Men promise loyalty to women; women give men a bracelet.
4.New Year’s Eve in Argentina. Familes get together for a big meal.
5.Setsubun. Family members throw dried beans around the house and then they pick them up and eat one for each year of the age.

B. Something in each sentences is wrong. Correct the mistakes in the following statements.

1.On St. Anthony’s day, people ask for protection for their animals.
2.Chusok is also known as Korean Thanksgiving.
3.Indian women give men a bracelet in exchange for a promise to be loyal to them.
4.Argentine families meet on New Year’s Eve for a big meal in the evening (so, it’s dinner).
5.Setsubun celebrates the end of winter.

Check out the following links to know more about these unique customs:
St.Anthony's Day in Mexico
www.banderasnews.com/0710/nr-petsgetblessing.htm
San Antón en España, con un imperdible: la "Santa Meada" de un perrito en la provincia de Santa Fé, que sigue sin inmutar a la iglesia
http://www.diarioveloz.com/notas/16234-dios-no-bendice-todas-las-mascotas
Chusok
asiasociety.org/countries-history/traditions/chusok-the-korean-thanksgiving
The Rakhi Festival
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raksha_Bandhan
Setsubun
www.japan-guide.com/e/e2285.html