February 27, 2015 - March 15, 2015
Holidays and Events of Australia
Early March there is a Festival of Wine and Food in Melbourne, which annually attracts hundreds of thousands of gourmets to Australia. From year to year, the festival presents a two-week world-class program consisting of more than 250 events. March 15, 2015
Holidays and events of Australia
Formula-1 - the most important and most prestigious event in the world of auto racing, rightly called the "queen of motorsport", has long become the dream of almost every rider in the world, and, among other things, is also the most expensive kind of motor sport . October 31, 2015
Holidays and events in Australia
International The gathering of evil forces occurs every year on October 31, immediately after dark. It is on the night of November 1 that Halloween is celebrated all over the world, dressing up in witches and ghouls, wearing masks of dead and vampires and walking around in the streets or dancing in nightclubs. February 27, 2016
Holidays and events of Australia
The annual Festival of beautiful birth takes place at the end of February in Adelaide, the capital of South Australia. The holiday is dedicated not only to the birth of a new person and his importance for each particular family, but also to the issue of motherhood and upbringing in general.
This state celebrates the New Year on January 1, but in the summer. In Australia, there is even such a post as a minister of fireworks and fire! No holiday is complete without volleys and illuminations. ±$ At the end of December, the day after the Catholic Christmas, Australians pack gifts in boxes and give them to people who are poorer.
The day after the Catholic Christmas, on December 26, Australians pack gifts in boxes and hand them to poor people. The holiday has a name - Boxing Day, or St. Stephen's Day.
This day in stores are arranged giant sales. Any favorite thing can be purchased at half price.
On the first Sunday of September, people of Australia celebrate Father's Day. Children give flowers, chocolate and painted cards to all important men in their life. The most popular gift on this day is a tie. Labor Day in Australia is not at all like ours. It is dedicated to the eight-hour working day, which the inhabitants of the state achieved only in 1948. In different states it is celebrated at different times - the first Sunday of March, April, May and October.
One of the main and favorite holidays of the inhabitants of the continent is celebrated on January 26. It's Australia Day. In 1788, European settlers installed a British flag over the bay of Port Jackson. But only 19 years ago the holiday became national. Regattas and parades are held all over the country. And, of course, it does not do without grandiose fireworks. The third largest city in the country Perth turns into an endless light show.
On Australia Day in Sydney, a music festival starts, in Adelaide - a cricket match. In Canberra, there is a live music concert, and also it is awarded from the most honorable awards of the country - the Australian of the year.
And Australians celebrate "fat Tuesday" - in French it sounds like Mardi Gras. But if in the whole world this is a religious event before the Lent, albeit cheerful - for example, the carnival in Rio de Janeiro, then in Australia it is a procession of representatives of sexual minorities. The parade of gay and lesbian pride is one of the largest in the world, it is held in February and lasts for several weeks!
Mardi Gras hosts cabaret, comedy shows, theaters, literary forums, exhibitions, and the parade ends with a large disco.
The first parade was dispelled by the police 35 years ago, today Mardi Gras is part of Australian culture. And a multimillion-dollar article of income to the same!