Novosibiram is one of the holidays that symbolizes our country. There are a lot of traditions in Novosibiram that we are following. Unfortunately, some of them are fading away. As an example, jumping over the fire was a very popular tradition among our ancient and additionally they created it by themselves and it was like really funny and entertaining they were doing this and they felt a strong relationship with them and it was really not close to me. However, it’s becoming less popular by now. The actual reason is not found yet, but in my opinion this is because our generation is growing, and most of people are just forgetting about this tradition. Now this is just replaced with another tradition like to bank a samanee and now jumping over the fire but just watching to eat and throwing away something useless into this fire. I genuinely think that this traditions should be preserved because it reflects our traditions tradition and the holiday itself. It’s a very significant part of the country itself.
Band 5+: Describe a tradition in your country that is rarely practiced nowadays. You should say: what the tradition is, how it was traditionally celebrated, why it is becoming less common, and explain whether you think it should be preserved.
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Nowruz is one of the holidays that symbolizes our country. There are a lot of traditions in Nowruz that we are following. Unfortunately, some of them are fading away. As an example, jumping over the fire was a very popular tradition among our ancestors, and they created it by themselves, and it was really funny and entertaining. They were doing this, and they felt a strong relationship with it, and it was really close to me. However, it's becoming less popular by now. The actual reason is not found yet, but in my opinion, this is because our generation is growing, and most people are just forgetting about this tradition. Now this is just replaced with another tradition like to bank a samanee, and now jumping over the fire is just watching to eat and throwing away something useless into this fire. I genuinely think that this tradition should be preserved because it reflects our traditions and the holiday itself. It's a very significant part of the country itself.
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