Holiday Traditions

1. Songkran Water Festival

2. Easter Egg Roll

3. Festival of Scrambled Eggs

4. Walpurgis Night

5. Las Fallas

6. Spring Equinox

7. Holi

8. Holla Mohalla

9. Passover

10. Cooper's Hills Cheese Rolling

1. Songkran Water Festival

• Celebrated in Thailand.
• 3 day New Year's celebration.
• Meant to be cleansing and to share good wishes.

2. Easter Egg Roll

• Celebrated at the White House
• The activity was forbidden in 1876.
• Pres. Hayes passed a law allowing it in 1878.

3. Festival of Scrambled Eggs

• Celebrated in Bosnia
• People cook eggs together on the river to celebrate the first day of spring.

4. Walpurgis Night

• Celebrated in N/C Europe.
• Bonfires and festivities
• Meant to ward off evil with pranks and costumes.

5. Las Fallas

• Celebrated in Spain.
• Celebrates St. Joseph the carpenter.
• The figures can cost up to 75,000 dollars
• They are filled with fireworks and lit at midnight March 19th.

6. Spring Equinox

• Celebrated in Mexico
• People believe they are closest to the sun.

7. Holi

• Celebrated in India
• Meant to throw off the gloom of winter.
• Connected to Hindu beliefs of gods and Vishnu saving one of her believers.

8. Holla Mohalla

• Celebrated in India by the Sikhs
• Shows off defensive exercises, mock battle and fire breathing

9. Passover

• Celebrated by the Jewish people
• 8 day festival that celebrates freedom from Egyptians
• The Sedar plate remembers the importance of the Jewish escape

10. Cooper's Hills Cheese Rolling

• Celebrated in England.
• Next event is Monday May 30th!
• Roll a 9 lb round of Double Gloucester cheese 70 mph
• Thought to have started either as a fertility ceremony or for grazing rights.