Well, when talk about traditional costume from my country, I would say it’s the Mid-Autumn Festival. My country is China, where people would celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival. And the most typical part is that they would eat mooncakes. These traditions have already lasted for many years. Every year when almost the Mid-Autumn Festival, people would buy many mooncakes online. There are different flavors like chocolate, strawberry. And this Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated in September. And in this festival, usually family gather together and eat a dinner together. and also kids will hold a Latin and like go picnic and look at the moon as the moon at the mid-autumn festival would be really round Usually everyone participates in this Mid-Autumn Festival and this tradition eating mooncakes everyone would like to do it, except for those who do not like to eat mooncakes. I think this is important to preserve because maybe this is the only time for a whole family to eat together, which is like family reunion dinner. And as nowadays people are always work hard in doing work so do not have a particular time to eat together. Mid-Autumn Festival is a good time to eat together.
Band 6+: Describe a tradition or custom from your country that is not widely known abroad. You should say: - What the tradition is - When and how it is celebrated - Who typically participates And explain why you think it is important to preserve this tradition.
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Well, when talking about traditional customs from my country, I would say it's the Mid-Autumn Festival. My country is China, where people celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival. The most typical part is that they eat mooncakes. These traditions have already lasted for many years. Every year when the Mid-Autumn Festival approaches, people buy many mooncakes online. There are different flavors like chocolate and strawberry. This Mid-Autumn Festival is celebrated in September. During this festival, usually families gather together and eat dinner together. Also, kids will hold lanterns and go on a picnic to look at the moon, as the moon at the Mid-Autumn Festival is really round. Usually everyone participates in this Mid-Autumn Festival, and this tradition of eating mooncakes is something everyone would like to do, except for those who do not like to eat mooncakes. I think this is important to preserve because maybe this is the only time for a whole family to eat together, which is like a family reunion dinner. And as nowadays people are always working hard, they do not have a particular time to eat together. The Mid-Autumn Festival is a good time to eat together.
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