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Describe a unique festival/holiday/celebration/custom you have experienced or heard of. Min Keun: There is a festival called Thaipusam held in Singapore and Malaysia which the Hindu people pierce themselves to worship their gods. Suzy: Children’s Day in South Korea is on May 5th every year. Parent’s give their children presents and spend quality time with their children in places like amusement parks, zoos, museums, and parks.



Scott: El Colacho also known as the Baby Jumping Festival is a festival in Spain where anyone who has a newborn addition to their family can bring their baby along to this festival. This festival is held every year and started way back in the 1620’s. These babies are laid on the ground in swaddling clothes and grown men that are dressed up as devils, jump over the babies. This is suppose to cleanse them of all evil doings.

Wooshik:

The running of the bulls- In Pamplona, Spain, people run from the paths of bulls. It is semi-dangerous, and many are injured, while a few are even killed. 

What are some interesting folktales/fables/fairy tales/legends you’ve heard?

Suzy: - Why the Sea Is Salty - The Disobedient Frog - Chinese Zodiac Story - The Story of Poseidon

Scott: - Cinderella - Godzilla <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">- Hercules <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">- The Tortoise and the Hare

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;"> Min Keun: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">- The Frog Prince <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">- Little Red Riding Hood <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">- Rapunzel <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">- Hansel and Grethel

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">Wooshik: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">-Paul Bunyan is about an American man who grows to the size of a giant. He befriends a similarly-sized blue bull and has adventures.