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Text One.

There are few events in British sports life that attract as much attention as this boat race. This competition is between students. There are no prizes given to the winners, but to take part in this race is a great honor. The boat race between Oxford and Cambridge takes place on the River Thames every year. This tradition started in the eighteen thirties. The crews of the boats train together for twelve weeks before the race. On boat race Saturday, the banks along the Thames and the bridges are crowded with people who come to watch the race and support either Oxford or Cambridge.

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In summer Scottish people traditionally meet together for competitions called Highland Games. After Queen Victoria visited the games in eighteen forty eight, the games became the most famous tradition in Scotland. Today thousands of visitors come to see Scottish national sports. The games always include Scottish dancing and bagpipe music.

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In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Scottish clans were like huge families, ruled by powerful chiefs. Sometimes there were fierce battles between different clans, but nowadays the MacDonald's and the MacKenzie's, the Campbell's, and others live in peace with each other. Wearing tartans or colored checks was common in the Highlands. Each clan had its own tartan. Kilts became popular in the eighteenth century and are worn by both men and women. Tartans are now part of international fashion.

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Every year Americans celebrate Thanksgiving. Families and friends get together for a big meal. The meal usually includes roast turkey, sweet potatoes and pumpkin pie. The tradition of Thanksgiving began in sixteen twenty when the first colonists arrived in America from Britain. They survived their first winter in the new land thanks to friendly natives who helped them with food. A year later, the colonists invited the natives to share a meal with them. That was the first Thanksgiving dinner.

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On this day Americans celebrate Christopher Columbus's arrival in America in fourteen ninety two. People go out into the streets to watch colorful processions taking place everywhere in the country. Families and friends arrange picnics or visit each other. Anyhow, American Indians, the native population of the country, often say that Columbus Day is not a holiday for them as because of Columbus and his expeditions, their land was taken away from them.