Archive for January, 2010
Author: Johnsiver
The Winter Olympic Games is a sporting event that takes place in a different city every four years. It includes many of the best athletes from all over the world. The first modern Games were held in Athens in 1896. The Motto of the Olympic Games is “Citius, Altius, Fortius,” which means, in English, “Faster, Higher, Stronger.”There are separate games for the summer and winter. The Summer Olympic Games has many sports, including athletics (track and field events such as sprint, marathon, and discus), swimming, gymnastics, cycling, boxing, soccer, weightlifting, wrestling, brasketball, and many other sports. The Winter Olympic Games also have many sports, but they are played in the winter.
These include curling, skiing, speed skating, luge, bobsled, figure skating, and ice hockey.Athletes win medals made of gold, silver, and bronze for coming in first, second, and third place in the Winter Olympics.The most recent Summer Olympics were held in 2008 in Beijing, China; before that, they were held in Athens, Greece in the year 2004. The next ones will be held in London, Great Britain, in 2012.The most recent Winter Olympics were held in 2006 in Torino, Itraly; before that, they were held in Salt Lake City, United States, in 2002. The next ones will be held in Vancouver, Canada in 2010.
In the opening ceremony, the stadium is opened. Special events happen like songs, performances, dances, etc. The Olympic theme song is played, written by John Williams. The torch is brought in after being carried around the world, from Olympia, where the original olympics were held. Doves are released. Then, every athlete from each country comes into the stadium in alphabetical order, except for Greece, which comes first in as they created the games, and the country where the games are held, which goes last. The Olympic Rings became the symbol of the Olympic Games in 1913. The five rings represent the fact that countries from all five continents of the world take part in the games. Each ring is a different color, and at least one of the five colors (Blue, Yellow, Black, Green, and Red) can be found on the flag of every country in the world. The rings do not represent particular continents. The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, will be held on February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the resort town of Whistler nearby. Both the Olympic and Paralympic Games are being organized by the Vancouver Organizing Committee (VANOC).
The 2010 Winter Olympics will be the third Olympics hosted by Canada, and the first by the province of British Columbia. Previously, Canada was home to the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary. These will also be the first games to be held in a National Hockey League market since the league allowed its players to participate, starting at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.Following Olympic tradition, then Vancouver mayor Sam Sullivan received the Olympic flag during the closing ceremony of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy. The flag was raised on February 28, 2006, in a special ceremony, and will be on display at Vancouver City Hall until the Olympic opening ceremony. The event will be officially opened by Governor General Michaëlle Jean.
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Epiphany, meaning “to show,” “to make known,” or “to reveal,” is also known as Twelfth Night, Three Kings Day, or Little Christmas. It marks the end of the Christmas Season. Epiphany is also the feast of the Baptism of Christ.
Epiphany is celebrated in many countries as the day the Three Wise Men or Magi arrived in Bethlehem and found the Christ child. In Eastern Christian traditions and in some countries, this is the day that people exchange gifts, commemorating the giving of gifts to Jesus by the Wise Men.
Epiphany is also the 12th Day of Christmas. It is the last official day of the Christmas Season and the beginning of the Carnival Season.
Author: Ronnie Tanner
Mardi Gras actually has its beginnings in the medieval time period of Western Europe, France in particular. For hundreds of years European Christians have celebrated both the 12 days of Christmas and indulged in feasting before fasting began for the Lenten season. It was the combination of both events that ultimately led to the celebration and season of Mardi Gras.
The celebration of Carnival actually begins on January 6, known as Twelfth Night or Three Kings Day, and ends in a culmination of festivities on Fat Tuesday (always the Tuesday before Ash Wednesday). With this understanding, one begins to get a clear picture of how the 12 days of Christmas and the beginning of Lent have been combined in to one long celebratory picture.
According to CRIvoice.org, “The season of Lent spans 40 weekdays beginning on Ash Wednesday and climaxing during Holy Week with Holy Thursday (Maundy Thursday), Good Friday, and concluding Saturday before Easter. Originally, Lent was the time of preparation for those who were to be baptized, a time of concentrated study and prayer before their baptism at the Easter Vigil, the celebration of the Resurrection of the Lord early on Easter Sunday.”
To understand the timing of the celebration, one must look back and see exactly what January 6 represents. Although most Christians around the world celebrate December 25 as the Christ Child’s birth date. Mainly Catholics have celebrated the tradition of the Epiphany. The Epiphany is celebrated on the 12th day of Christmas, January 6, and is said to be the date when the wise men found and worshipped the baby Jesus. Thus the commencement of Carnival begins on this date although the actually Mardi Gras parades may not start until much later, the two weeks that precede the Lenten season to be exact, the Mardi Gras season itself begins on January 6
It is on January 6, that many King cakes are traditionally served for the first time during the season as well; though it can and is served any time during the Mardi Gras season at a King Cake Party. As with other things concerning this period of time, the King cake also has religious origins. The King cake is a celebratory pastry honoring the Kings who came in search of the newborn King, Jesus. Traditionally, a small baby is baked inside the cake to represent the baby Jesus. It is considered lucky to be served the piece of cake with the baby inside and the person receiving that piece is honored with hosting the next party. Unfortunately, the tradition of placing a plastic baby inside of the cake has fallen out of favor in recent years because some felt that a foreign object inside something edible presents a choking hazard. That says much about this day and time.
Because many take reveling and partying to the extremes, Mardi Gras has received a negative image over the past few decades however many devout Catholics still few the time with reverence and seek only to enjoy a time of fellowship with family and friends.
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Ronnie Tanner is a contributing writer at Toomey’s Mardi Gras. He writes about Mardi Gras Throws and other industry specific topics.
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Author: Sean Carter
Whether it’s your birthday or the birthday of some one close to you, it’ll always be an occasion that remains the reservoir of happy memories, lots of laughter and wholesome family fun! Birthday is one of those occasions where the strong emotional bonds, warmth of heartfelt best wishes go beyond the barrier of language and sincere and cordial birthday wish always becomes successful in conveying with its true glory.
Other than the usual party, celebrations, good food and sparkling birthday gifts, it is a day when the spotlight shines on friends, relatives, parents and cheerful memories. It is the day when the birthday boy or girl is in his or her most emotionally vulnerable state. Feelings, thoughts previously unspoken, may be in fear of denunciation are expressed on this day as it is the perfect occasion to share feelings and emotions along with best wishes.
When it comes to wishing your loved ones on his or her birthday, originality and uniqueness is the key to make your dear one feel surprised and delighted. It’s hard to put in to words what you want to express to the birthday boy or girl on that special day, but once you tell them how wonderful you feel on their birthday, the expression on their face with bright smile and cheerful look makes the day all the more special. To brighten up the birthday of your loved ones you may be finding the right word to express your heartfelt best wishes can be a difficult task, so why don’t you go beyond the barrier of language and wish happy birthday in different languages. It’s sure to make your friend, relative or whoever is the birthday boy or girl, feel fascinated and really excited at this unique birthday wish. Even if it is the birthday celebration of a little kid, wishing happy birthday in different languages can be a quite an educating way of wishing someone happy birthday. Kids can learn those languages a little and feel fascinated in exploring more, consequently stirring their learning faculty in an indirect way.
Here is a list which will help you to wish “Happy Birthday” in different languages of the world. So next time you are at a birthday party you can share the joy and excitement in different languages. It can be an amusing at the same time a unique learning experience for both of you.
Brazil: Parabéns a você! nesta data querida muitas felicidades e muitos anos de vida.
Chinese-Cantonese: Sun Yat Fai Lok!
Chinese-Mandarin: qu ni sheng er kuai le
Croatian: Sretan Rodendan!
Czech: Vsechno nejlepsi k Tvym narozeninam!!
Danish: Tillykke med fodselsdagen!
Dutch: Hartelijk gefeliciteerd! or Van harte gefeliciteerd met je verjaardag!
Esperanto: Felichan Naskightagon!
Farsi: Tavalodet Mobarak!
Finnish: Hyvaa syntymapaivaa!
French (Canada): Bonne Fete!
French: Joyeux Anniversaire!
German: Alles Gute zum Geburtstag!
Greek: Eytyxismena Genethlia! or Chronia Pola!
Hawaiian: Hau`oli la hanau!
Hebrew: Yom Huledet Same’ach!
Hungarian: Boldog szuletesnapot! or Isten eltessen!
Italian: Buon Compleanno!
Japanese: Otanjou-bi Omedetou Gozaimasu!
Russian: S dniom razhdjenia! or Pazdravliayu s dniom razhdjenia!
Spanish: Feliz Cumpleaños!
Swedish: Grattis på födelsedagen
Taiwanese: San leaz quiet lo!
Thai: Suk San Wan Keut!
Ukrainian: Mnohiya lita! or Z dnem narodjennia!
About the Author:
Sean Carter writes on holidays, events and celebrations around the world. He also writes on family, relationships, birthdays
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