Sara Young CP #3


Date/Time: 07/11/19
Location: CIES Lounge
Topic discussed: 4th of July and National Festivals
Cultural and/or linguistic topics you and your partner learned: Since Ally and I did not meet that week on Tuesday, we talked about how the fourth of July holiday went - as well as how people in Colombia celebrate holidays (such as Semana Santa - the Catholic “Holy Week” celebrated throughout Latin America): we don’t really have fireworks but we have street festivals depending on the occasion and during typical holidays we usually spend it with both our immediate and extended families and have reunions similar to BBQs in the US. Ally gave a lot of traditional details about the 4th of July, and how people similarly usually group up and watch fireworks and eat popular American street foods such as hot dogs and BBQ, as well as listen to popular American music. Ally also noted how some families just sit in and host BBQs or events to celebrate the holiday and how some families even set up fireworks for themselves instead of going to a public event showing them.

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