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Weird festivals
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We've had a lesson plan about strange festivals:
http://www.developingteachers.com/newsletterplans/News_lplan_april2000.ht
Here's another article - a little shorter - that would make a
useful reading - have a read:
Five best ... weird festivals
The Glastonbury festival stomps defiantly into action this
weekend, but the odd druid, "chanting dome" and James Blunt
aside, you can rest assured that the truly weird festival action
is happening elsewhere.
1. Boryeong Mud Festival, South Korea
The rainy Glasto swamp has nothing on Boryeong city in the
Chungcheong province, three hours from Seoul, which has
9.9million square metres of squidgy brown mineral-rich mud on
nearby mud flats. In July it's put to good use in the form of mud
slides, mud fights, mud baths, mud wrestling, mock battles and
rodeo rides for a festival at Daecheon beach. All good clean fun.
July 12-20. See http://www.mudfestival.or.kr, charges for some
activities.
2. Festival of near death experiences, Spain
At the Santa Marta de Ribarteme festival in Las Nieves, Galicia,
people who've had near death experiences - surviving illnesses or
accidents - are paraded through the streets in open coffins.
Their relatives carry the coffin to church (god forbid any of
them has a heart-attack on the way), then locals gather round to
hear the story of their near misses, before fireworks to lighten
the mood.
July 29, free. See http://www.gospain.org
3. Water buffalo races, Thailand
Buffalo fancy dress, chaotic races (with jockeys riding
bareback), a buffalo procession and a Miss Farmland competition
lend a fun element to the serious business of buying and selling
buffalo at this annual market in Chonburi, 30 miles from Bangkok.
October 1-31. See tourismthailand.org.
4. Global Rainbow Gathering, Mexico
Peace and love and a fair bit of nudity are on the line-up at the
ultimate hippy fest, which has travelled around the world since
1972. It's free and non-commercial, drugs and alcohol are banned
(except marijuana, naturally) and days are filled with massages,
drumming and discussing how to heal the world etc. Not one for
cynics.
November 1-30 in La Paz, Mexico, also in Wyoming, US, July 1-7.
See welcomehere.org. Donation only.
5 Twin Peaks Fest, US
Set in North Bend, the town near Seattle where David Lynch made
his seminal television series, this celebratory festival includes
hikes and bus trips to film locations, a celebrity dinner with
some of the actors, Twin Peaks related games and a Lynch movie
night.
July 25-27. See http://www.twinpeaksfest.com. Tickets $200 or
$220 including bus tour.
The Guardian, Saturday June 28, 2008
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2008/jun/28/fivebest.festivals
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So what to do with it?
1. Put 'Festivals' on the board & elicit different ones from the
stds' country &, if they know any, around the world. You could
also brainstorm, & write up, all festival - related vocabulary.
2. Put the titles of the five festivals on the board & get stds
to discuss what they might be about.
3. Feedback - put up notes that they have come up with, for use
in the initial reading. 4. Stds then read to verify their ideas.
For the lower level you could doctor the text & grade it to make
it more accessible.
5. Pre-teach crucial vocab before the next reading task.
6. Set some detailed reading questions.
7. Stds read & then compare in pairs. >> feedback.
8. Discussion: 'response' to the article - in pairs/small groups
- which ones would they be interested in attending & why. If you
have access to internet, the stds could follow up the links for
each of the festivals to get some more info & pictures to share
with the rest of the class - maybe a homework task.
9. Feedback - you could then go on to give some 'live listening'
by giving a description of some of the festivals in the article
from the lesson plan mentioned above:
http://www.developingteachers.com/newsletterplans/News_lplan_april2000.ht
10. Speaking - stds come up with their own weird festivals - they
come up with the idea & then design a poster to promote it.
11. Stds then mingle & try to persuade everyone to go to their
festival. The 'purpose' is to see how many people they can
persuade >> feedback.
Alternatively, instead of using the whole article, you could give
each std a different weird festival. They work on it as a reading
& then a jigsaw task - a mingle where they tell each other about
their festival - with the aim of deciding on the most interesting
festival.
Comments & ideas, please post for all to use at:
http://forum.developingteachers.com/index.php?topic=1569.0
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