lunes, 27 de enero de 2014
jueves, 23 de enero de 2014
St. Patrick's Day.
This tradition is celebrated on March 17 in the republic of Ireland,
Nothern Ireland, Newfoundlandand, Labrador and Montserrat, and is also
celebrate in some countries of America (Canada, the United States, Argentina
etc). Is the anniversary of the saint’s dead, in this day commemorates St
Patrick and de arrival of Christianity in Ireland, also is celebrated the
heritage and culture of ireland in general. Irish people have this day as a
religious holyday for over 1000 years. The prohibitions are: the consumption of
meat, dance, drink and feast.
Is celebrated with parades and public festivals, “ceilithe” and most
traditional is to use green clothes or spades.
The legend say that St Patrick used the three-leaved shamrock to
explain the holy trinity to Irish pagans, one of his methods of teaching was
the use of the shamrock to explain the Christian doctrine of the trinity to
Irish people, and after nearly thirty years of evangelism, he died on 17 March 432,
accorded to the legend he was buried at Downpatrick.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/03/120316-saint-patricks-day-2012-march-17-facts-ireland-irish-nation/
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/03/120316-saint-patricks-day-2012-march-17-facts-ireland-irish-nation/
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