HOLIDAYS IN MY COUNTRY

New Year’s Eve

In Colombia, every family prepares special day for dinner, because in the night, all families are together. There music, liqueur, food, and dance.  All people are happy; they are waiting for 12 p.m. In every neighborhood, sounds a siren announcing the New Year. And all people hug to wish a happy year.

New Year’s Day

In Colombia is free day; the families are together to prepare a trip to special place. Many people are in vacations; they decide what place visit.

January 06

In Colombia is holyday; we celebrate the day of the kings magus. It is a religion day; in house every one prepares gifts to the family, and friends. It is allusive at the nativity., when the kings magus visited at baby Jesus in Belen whit gifts like incense, myrrh, and gold.

Mother’s day

All mothers receive gifts and cards. All families together enjoy foods, liquor, and dance.

Father’s day

All fathers receive gifts and cards. All families together enjoy foods, liquor, and dance.

May 01

Labor Day. Schools and companies are closed, but the stores are open.

July 20

Independence Day, all people have a free day; many people decide to go to different places like farm, parks, or visit families.

August

In August, when Medellin known as the "City of Eternal Spring" flourishes in all its splendor and the balconies, terraces, gardens and fences full of flowers, begins the famous fair or festival.

The Flower Fair has duration of approximately 10 days and takes place every year, in the first weeks of August. This annual event offers visitors more than 140 cultural events, traditional and modern, such as: National Equine Fair, Festival of Orchestras, the National Festival of the poems, parade of classic and antique cars, walk dogs, music and cultural places, Festival Memory and Popular Song, Female Talent Contest, chivas caravan, National Championship Sound on Wheels, among others.

The Flower Fair is one of the cultural events of Colombia more laden assertion of identity and the event that brings together all the Antioquia and thousands of tourists who visit the city of Medellín, converted, these days, in a space that vibrates with flowers, joy, music and enjoyment.

       

BOB DYLAN AND MAYA ANGELOU

       Freedom of expression is a human right, each of us, as individuals, have the right to express our opinions, writing them, and publish or communicate such expressions must be, if not shared, respected.

     Bob Dylan and Maya Angelou, with their voices and instruments in hand, manage to express their disgust and pain for the social situation that exists; songs in the future will become a reference to change ideas or actions that occur at the time.

    I think that everyone express them free ideas, is necessary listen what is the problematic, like the war, the pain, the poverty, It is the principal topic of the world. The music is an instrument to do understand the needs of everybody as deceptions, happiness, amorousness, in fact to nature. When the people recognize that there things that not are good to alive in community, the songs are a nice form to communicate.

    In conclusion, freedom of expression is not only expressed in songs but in other scenarios, such as television, literature, or film, where people get information about what is happening in their country, and so it is not occult.

THE AMERICAN LABOR MOVEMENT

     Many people have lost their lives unjustly, people who have fought for their rights and that one way or another, life paid them unfairly. Because of this, some authors like James Oppenheim, and others have been writing poems, hymns, and songs expressing human rights, and responsibilities of nations towards them. The authors have been recognized as protest singers, and then became emblems.

     The song "Bread and Roses" by James Oppenheim, is a hymn to the American Labor Movement after the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, especially in this paragraph, where he talks about women who fought for the their daily bread and then die injustice of the law.

As we come marching, marching, a dead-numbered women

Go crying through our singing Their ancient call for bread,

Small art and love and beauty Their spirits knew trudging

Yes, it is bread we. fight for, but we fight for roses, too.

     Thanks to the protests, injustice has become more fair, in many countries, such as Colombia, workers have benefited from the inhuman maltreatment, and there have been reforms in employment contracts, such as food, clothing, rest, good deal, overtime and holidays, and the realization of courses that make it possible personal growth, professional and competitive.

     To conclude, sad to say, but past mistakes benefit others, so that in the future will not be repeated this type of adversity, but it all depends on who shout for their rights, passively, with marches, poems, songs, and hymns.

      

DIVERSITY OF CULTURES 

        All countries have different customs, cultures, and languages. When we are in others countries, we can make the difference about clothing, expressions, language, foods, dance, gratings, and celebrations. Is very important know the culture where we are now, because we need inculturate to understand the difference.

                In Colombia, when the people go to work, they wear formal, because in every company is very important that everybody have a good presentation. This is the face of the company whereas in America, the people wear very informal; they wear whit T-short, sandals, and shorts.

        Language are different. Is for this that every culture have different accent, when they speak English, we can make the difference. For example, Puerto Rico people, Arabic people, China people, and Colombian people. The most important is learn expressions when we have conversation whit their, because we learn about others cultures. 

        The dance in every countries are different, it depend of the different places, rituals, and customs. For example, In Colombia the tropical music is from coast, as cumbia, and porro. They wear very informal, because the climate is hot, whereas in the middle of the country, the people listen romantic music, because the climate is warm, but in the weekend at night, all people dance in discotheques, all types of music. When there special day as mother day, father day Christmas, or new year, many people dance in the streets.


        The foods are different in very countries. In Colombia all people cooking different foods every day. The principal food is the lunch, but when the families closed in weekend, they enjoy there food end the day. when there special day, the dinner is most important, because after they drink liqueur , dance, and enjoy all night.

        In conclusion, is very important that we have knowledge about different cultures, because we need understand why we are different.