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Although it has always been celebrated as a traditional d Answer the questions according to the paragraphs.
festival for many years, people from all over the world
have begun to come and join the celebrations as a 1 What does Holi Festival aim to create?
touristic event in recent years.

Boryeong Mud Festival 2 What are the religious sides of Holi Festival?

2 Boryeong Mud Festival has been celebrated as

an annual festival since 1998 in Boryeong, South
Korea. It lasts about two weeks and the last week is 3 What is Boryeong Mud Festival famous for?
famous for its final weekend. Actually, it began as a
promotion of cosmetics companies using mud in their
products. It turned into a festival afterwards. People 4 What do the cosmetic companies want people
get together on the Daecheon beach full of mud, to learn?
which is trucked the day before the festival starts.
Mud pools, mud slides, mud prisons, mud skiing
competitions... There are many events for people 5 Why did Napoleon tell the cook to collect all
who want to lose themselves in mud. There is also the eggs in the village?
coloured mud for body painting. Besides having fun,
companies also want people to learn the benefits of
mud when it is used in skincare products. However, 6 What does Giant Omelette Festival symbolise?
some people have allergies after the festival because
of their sensitive skin.
Though it is a local festival, it also attracts visitors
from all over the world. Last year, more than two
million people joined it, which means double of the e Match the words to their definitions below.
Boryeong’s own population.
1 inequality

Giant Omelette Festival
2 conflict
3 Giant Omelette Festival is a traditional celebration

in Bessieres, France. According to the legend, Napoleon
was travelling through the South of France with his 3 benefit
army and decided to stay for the night in Bessieres. He
was served an omelette and he got delighted with the 4 attract
taste of it. He told the cook to collect all the eggs in the
village and prepare a huge omelette for his army the
next day. The soldiers and the people of the village ate 5 scramble
that huge omelette altogether. Since that day, it has
turned into a traditional celebration to feed the poor a serious disagreement or argument
of the village. Every year at Easter, very famous cooks to mix together
who come from various countries around the world, an advantage or profit gained from
scramble approximately five thousand eggs in a huge something
pan. The giant omelette is served to the people and
the children of Bessieres. Besides its being a festival, it lack of equality
has also become the symbol of a worldwide friendship to cause someone to have a liking for or
and cultural exchange. interest in something

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