SPRING FESTIVALS

From (16) _______ times people have celebrated the end of winter and the new life that spring brings. One of the most important Christian festivals is Easter, (17) ______ Christians remember the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Easter, however, is not the (18) ___________ spring festival. In Sweden, people celebrate the end of the winter by making (19) _________ bonfires. Fire also plays an important part in the Hindu festival of Holi. In some villages children are (20) _______ round bonfires by their mothers to protect them (21) __________ danger in the coming year. Buddhists in Thailand soak (22) __________ in water when celebrating their New Year, which (23) ___________ in the middle of April. In Antigua in Guatemala they carpet the streets with flowers. Chinese spring parades are (24) ___________ colourful, but (25) ______ flowers they have large dragon puppets which dance in the streets.

Câu hỏi (24) ___________ colourful,