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Celebrations & Special Events

Celebrations: special events, cultural events, special days, feast days, national holidays, national celebrations, elements of a celebration, reasons for celebrations, how do celebrations effect people, organising special events.

NSW Country Areas Program Online Research Modules
My Christmas http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/stage1_Modules/xmas/celebrations.html
Holiday http://www.cap.nsw.edu.au/bb_site_intro/stage1_Modules/holiday/holiday.htm

Celebrations and Commemorations
Learn about important Australian celebrations
http://www.abc.net.au/civics/celebrations/web.htm  

Celebrating Diversity
Provides information on the origins and history of celebrations around the world. Search celebrations by month.
http://www3.kumc.edu/diversity/  

Multi-Cultural Calendar
Search for celebrations by country.
http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/holcountryindex.html  

The Olympics
Official website of the Olympic movement.
http://www.olympic.org/uk/index_uk.asp  

Holidays On The Net
A full listing of all our holiday celebrations and information about them.
http://www.holidays.net/  

Australian Customs
Information on life in the Australian community and some common customs.
http://www.immi.gov.au/settle/states/customs.htm  

Australian Big Things
Images and information about some large Australian landmarks.
http://www.wilmap.com.au/bigstuff/default.htm

Food and Celebrations
This site explains how countries use food in different ways to help celebrate special occasions like Christmas, New Year, weddings and birthdays
http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Food_and_celebrations?OpenDocument  

Chinese New Year
Introduces the current year and how each year is designated by one of the twelve animals.
http://www.chinapage.com/newyear.html  

Dreaming Stories
All over Australia, Dreaming stories tell of the ancestor spirits who created the land and everything on it
http://www.dreamtime.net.au/dreaming/storylist.htm  

Easter In Australia
Easter is celebrated in a variety of ways in Australia. This site explains some customs
http://www.theholidayspot.com/easter/worldeaster/in_australia.htm  

Easter
Information on various customs associated with Easter
http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/easter/  

Ramadam: The Month of Fasting
Information on customs associated with Ramadan.
http://www.islam-australia.com.au/revert/information_ramadam.htm

Holidays, Traditions And Customs
Links to sites related to holidays, traditions and customs around the globe.
http://library.smsu.edu/resources/holidays.shtml  

Yahooligans: Religions
Links to sites related to major world religions
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/School_Bell/Social_Studies/Religion/

ANZAC Day
This site includes a host of educational and historical information on ANZAC Day, the Spirit of ANZAC and all conflicts in which Australian forces have served
http://www.anzacday.org.au/  

ANZAC Biscuits
History of Anzac biscuits
http://www.anzacday.org.au/miscellaneous/bikkies.html  

Birthday Traditions In Different Countries
Short summary on birthday customs in different countries.
http://www.kidsparties.com/traditions.htm#Birthday%20Traditions%20in%20Different%20Countries  

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