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THANKSGIVING
Mdlina Chiru,Velicu Elena-Cristina
Group 8103Faculty of Management, Economic Engineering in Agriculture and Rural Development
, Uasvm
Coordinator:Lecturer Andreea Constantin, Ph
keywords : family, holiday,folklore
Thanksgiving is one of Americas most treasured holidas and traditions! "hile there aresome constants in the #a #e o$serve the da, it can mean different things to different%eo%le!
Americans of all religions cele$rate Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursda of Novem$er!The tradition started #hen on Se%tem$er &', &'() a grou% of men, #omen and childrenleft *ngland,$ecause of King +ames #ho did not %ermit religious freedom, on a shi%
called aflo#er! The had earlier fled their home in *ngland and sailed to theNetherlands to esca%e religious %ersecution! There, the en-oed more religioustolerance, $ut the eventuall $ecame disenchanted #ith the .utch #a of life, thinking itungodl! After this e%isode, the %ilgrims still #anted to start a ne# life in the /Ne# "orld0!The shi% carried su%%lies to hel% them survive1 $arrels of #ater, seeds to %lant, clothesand tools to $uilt houses! The voage to the ne# land #as long and hard! There #erestorms and the shi% #as reall cro#ded! The suffered of hunger and $ad #eatherconditions, man of them died mean#hile! The voage took '' das !The landed on thenorth2east coast of North America, #hat toda #e kno# as 3lmouth 4ock,assachusetts ! The %revious ear5s harvests had failed and in the #inter of &'() half ofthe %ilgrims had starved to death! The *nglish %eo%le met a friendl Native AmericanTri$e called The "am%anoag Tri$e! The taught the %ilgrims ho# to gro# corn, ho# tohunt and ho# to fish! The summer harvest #as ver good and $ Novem$er, a ear aftertheir first arrival, there #as food for ever$od! The %ilgrims #ere ver grateful to theNative Americans for teaching them ho# to survive off the land and invited the tri$e to agreat dinner #here the gave thanks to God for the ne# friends, food, houses and thefreedom to go to an church the #anted! That #as the first Thanksgiving cele$ration,#hich lasted three das and the had a nice time together! This 0thanksgiving0 feast #asnot re%eated the follo#ing ear! an ears %assed $efore the event #as re%eated! It#asn5t until +une of &'6' that another .a of thanksgiving #as %roclaimed!
This holida is a s%ecial da for families and %eo%le travel great distances to $e #ith theirfamilies! The give thanks for everthing that the %osses!
A%art from food, the $iggest Thanksgiving traditions are foot$all and %arades! In ancientharvest festivals, %eo%le usuall cele$rated #ith games and s%orts! The tradition ofThanksgiving %arades goes $ack to the earl ()th centur, #hen %eo%le $egan toassociate Thanksgiving #ith the $eginning of the 7hristmas sho%%ing season!
So,in conclusion,Thanksgiving in our conce%t,is a s%ecial tradition and #e are e8cited toshare #ith ou the histor of it!"e think that kno#ing a$out others traditions is a $onus forour kno#ledge and if #e talk a$out food,#e can find a lot of interesting reci%es!
Hope you enjoyed our project !
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Author1 7atherine illard! Te8t e8cer%ted fromA Children's Companion Guide to America's History, Hori9on House 3u$lishers, 7am% Hill
3ennslvania! Used $ %ermission!
Author1 .avid :arton of "all :uilders! 3hotos su%%lied $ 7hristian Ans#ers! Article used #ith %ermission, "all:uilders, Inc!
Author1 ;aurie 7ollier mnigra%hics! %! ?(@!