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Band 6+: What is your favorite holiday or celebration?

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What's your favorite holiday or celebration? My favorite holiday and celebration is in August because for us Kazakhs, this celebration has a valuable meaning. It signifies the start of the new year, the end of winter, and the beginning of spring. During the celebration, we meet with our relatives and ask them about themselves and the new things in their lives. It makes us friendlier and improves our connections with each other.

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What’s your favorite holiday or celebration? My favorite holiday and celebration is in August because we in the Kazakh this celebration have a valuable sense for us. It means that the start of the new year and of the winter and the start of spring. In celebration we meet with our relatives and asking them about themselves and the new things, it makes us more friendly and more improve our connection to each other.

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B2 - Upper Intermediate
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favorite: 2

holiday: 2

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Pronunciation

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