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Unit 4. What are your whereabouts?. Section 5. Keeping traditions - номер 97, страница 156.

Условие.

97 Read the texts about some traditional festivals and say which of the two meanings of the word "tradition" they represent.

1 THE HUNGER HOOTING FESTIVAL

(August, Ghana)

This harvest festival is celebrated by the Ga people from the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. According to Ga oral tradition, a severe famine broke out while they were travelling to the continent's western coast. After they settled their homes, they had the food they needed. The name of the festival, Homowo, means “hooting at hunger”, or mocking hunger. Citizens run around shouting “Thursday people!” which commemorates the day when the first settlers arrived in Accra. Most homes have enough food in them for a week during the festival. The following day is the day of twins which involves their mothers painting their children with white clay and cooking them a meal of yam and eggs.

2 LA TOMATINA

(August, Spain)

It is believed that this festival in Bunol started by chance. It happened in 1945 when a participant in a fit of rage started hitting everything around including a vegetable stall. People started throwing vegetables at each other until the police stopped the fight. The following year young people decided to repeat the experience and brought the tomatoes from home. La Tomatina was banned in the early 50s, which was not a problem for the participants who even didn't mind being arrested. The festival was finally allowed and became an official festivity. It is a free-for-all event which involves 110,000 kilos of tomatoes. Today it's one of the biggest food fights in the world and a very popular tourist attraction.

3 NAADAM

(July, Mongolia)

The major festival in this country is called “The three manly sports”. Those sports, which are considered manly, are wrestling, riding and archery. It's a traditional event and competitors wear tight-fitting shorts and a harness over bare chests. This uniform was introduced two centuries ago to confirm that those involved were, indeed, men. It became necessary after a champion wrestler turned out to be a woman. Genghis Khan must have turned in his grave when this happened.

4 THE CAT FESTIVAL

(May, Belgium)

Belgium is something of a surprise package on the festival scene. The Cat Festival in Ypres is only one of many, but given that (until 1817) it used to involve throwing live cats off a belfry to see if they would land feet down, it deserves a mention here. Today the cats are made of material but originally the event came about to control a rising cat population. No doubt there was a huge campaign not to ban the original event which probably at the time seemed quite logical. It should be noted that the annual goat-tossing from the church belfry in Manganeses de la Polvorosa (Spain), while outlawed in 1992, still continues and involves the almost certain death of an animal.

5 THE KEPPEL KRABTASTIC WORLD CRAB-TYING CHAMPIONSHIPS

(May, Australia)

Mud crabs are said to have the sweetest meat in the world, and this competition is an effort by their catchers to avoid being pinched, nipped or stabbed by the crabs’ fearsome defence weapons, while tying them up. The brave inhabitants of Keppel Sands step into an arena filled with big crabs and try to tie their claws together before getting nipped. On top of that they have to do that barefoot. The record is three crabs in under 22 seconds. Only someone with a great affinity for shellfish would consider this event an act of cruelty towards animals.

Решение.

Решение 2.

97 Прочитайте тексты о некоторых традиционных фестивалях и скажите, какое из двух значений слова «традиция» они представляют.

Ответ:

The texts represent two meanings of the word "tradition":

1. A long-established custom with deep historical or cultural roots, passed down through generations. This meaning is represented by:

1 THE HUNGER HOOTING FESTIVAL: It commemorates a historical event (a severe famine) in the history of the Ga people.

3 NAADAM: It is described as a traditional event with sports that have been considered manly for centuries.

4 THE CAT FESTIVAL: Although modified, it has historical origins dating back to before 1817.

2. A more recent practice that has become a regular, established event, but does not have ancient origins. This meaning is represented by:

2 LA TOMATINA: It started by chance in 1945 and was repeated by young people until it became an official festivity.

5 THE KEPPEL KRASTASTIC WORLD CRAB-TYING CHAMPIONSHIPS: This is a modern competition that has become a regular event.

Перевод:

Тексты представляют два значения слова «традиция»:

1. Давно устоявшийся обычай с глубокими историческими или культурными корнями, передаваемый из поколения в поколение. Это значение представляют:

1 ФЕСТИВАЛЬ НАСМЕШКИ НАД ГОЛОДОМ: Он посвящен историческому событию (сильному голоду) в истории народа Га.

3 НААДАМ: Он описывается как традиционное мероприятие с видами спорта, которые веками считались мужскими.

4 ФЕСТИВАЛЬ КОШЕК: Хотя он и видоизменился, его история берет начало еще до 1817 года.

2. Более современная практика, которая стала регулярным, устоявшимся событием, но не имеет древнего происхождения. Это значение представляют:

2 ЛА ТОМАТИНА: Он начался случайно в 1945 году и повторялся молодыми людьми, пока не стал официальным праздником.

5 МИРОВОЙ ЧЕМПИОНАТ ПО СВЯЗЫВАНИЮ КРАБОВ KEPPEL KRASTASTIC: Это современное соревнование, которое стало регулярным событием.