hammer. The games always include Scottish dancing and bagpipe music.
Henley — a town on the Thames
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AUTUMN
The State Opening of Parliament. Parliament governs modern Britain. But traditionally the Queen opens Parliament every autumn. She travels from Buckingham Palace to the Houses of Parliament, in a gold carriage – the Irish State Coach. At the Houses of Parliament the Queen sits on a throne in the House of Lords. Then she reads the Queens Speech. At the State Opening of Parliament the Queen wears a crown and crown jewels.
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WINTER
Up-Helly-Aa. The Shetlands are islands off the coast of Scotland. In the ninth century the Vikings from Norway came to the Shetlands. They came to Britain in ships and took away gold, animals and sometimes people.
Now, 1000 years later, people in the Shetlands remember the Vikings with the festival, which they call Up-Helly-Aa. Every winter people of Zerwick, the capital of the Shetland Islands, make a model of a Viking longship with the head of a dragon at the front. Then, on Up-Helly-Aa night in January, the Shetlanders dress in Viking clothes and carry the ship through the town to the sea and burn it there. The festival is a party for the people of the Shetland Islands.
Carol Singing. Originally, carols were songs performed with dancing at Christmas and other festivals. They were often sung outside houses by costumed actors called Mummers. Many of todays carols have been written since the 19th century as Christmas hymns celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ.
1. Make home groups. Read one of the texts carefully. Find out more information about British traditions.
2. Answer the questions individually.
Text 1. SPRING
1. What holiday is
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