World Festivals

• It is held during August.

• It started soon after world war 2.

• It is held in Spain.

• It started when some teenagers had

a fight at a tomato stand.

La Tomatina

• It is the worlds largest fair

• It is held in Munich

• It is held during October

• Over the 16 days of the festival peo-

ple drink 7.1million litres of beer.

Oktoberfest

• It started in 1823

• It is held before lent

• It was started to allow rival dance

schools to compete with each other

• It is held in Rio De Janeiro

Rio Carnival

• There have been 17 festivals.

• It is held in Korea.

• It is the biggest festival of it’s kind in

Asia.

• It is a festival for movies.

Busan film festival

• It is the largest arts festival in the world.

• There are 2,695 shows from 47 coun-

tries in 279 venues.

• It is mainly comedy and theatre, but

also contains art and music.

• It is held in the capital city of Scotland.

Edinburgh festival

• About 2 million people visit every year.

• There are thousands of different stat-

ues every year.

• It started when teenagers built 6 snow

statues in a park

• It is held in Japan

Sap-poro snow festival

Word Grid GameTourists Ammunition Festival Audience

Samba Carnival Contempo-rary

Tickets

Venue Event Establish Performer

Parade Entrance International Comedian

Talk with your partner.

• Please ask and answer the following questions with your

partner about the best festival you have been to.

• Be prepared to tell the class your partners answers.

• What is the best festival you have been to? Where/when

was it?

• What was the reason for the festival/ how did it start?

• What was good about the festival?

• Why do you think it is famous? Do you think it should be

famous? Why?