British culture,customs and traditions

1. British Culture, Customs and Tradition -Saloni Bedi

2. Bonfire night - Guy fawkes O n the evening of 5 th november , there are fireworks ,bonfires and people burn guy fawk’s images as they celebrate his failure to blow up the parliament in 1605

3. St. George's day St George's Day in England remembers St George, England's patron saint . April 23, his death anniversary, is seen as England's national day.

4. E aster Easter in Britain has its beginnings long before the arrival of Christianity.

5. Mayday First day of the month of may, warmer weather begins and trees start to blossom.. Traditional English may day celebration include dancing around a maypole

6. Trick-or-treating harks back to the Middle Ages, when poor people in Britain would beg for a sweet-bread treat, and pray for dead relatives in return .. HALLOWEEN

7. Orange and black are Halloween colors because orange is associated with the Fall harvest and black is associated with darkness and death.

8. Christmas   Santa Claus is referred to as Father Christmas in Britain

9. The first Christmas card was posted in England in 1840..

10. Queen’s telegram On his or her hundredth birthday, a British person gets a telegram from the Queen.

11. House of   Lords  In the House of Lords, Chancellor sits on the sack of   wool. This tradition comes from the old times when sheep wool made England rich and powerful.

12. Windsor castle is the oldest and largest royal residence in the world still in use .

13. Maundy   Thursday Maundy   Thursday  is the day before  Good   Friday . On   that day   the Monarch  ceremonially distributes small silver coins known as “Maundy money”  to a group of old people .

14. Shaking hands Hundreds  of years ago,  their soldiers  began this  custom .  They shook  hands  to show that they didn’t have a sword.      

15.   British people drink 165 million cups of tea every day.

16. British Literature It is split into three large time periods, each represented by a main author or work: Old English (Beowulf) , Middle English (Geoffrey Chaucer) , and Modern English (William Shakespeare ).

17. Thank you.. And Have A Nice Day !

18. Text & Photos :- Google.co.uk Britishroyalfamily.com Cyborlink.com Etsy Pinterest Google Images Medias.photodeck And some forgotten ones References Saloni Bedi