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Shrove Tuesday
Κατηγορία Culture, Great Britain, Teacher's Announcements , στις 21 Φεβρουαρίου 2012 από Lenia KToday it’s Shrove Tuesday in England. It’s the last day before Lent and it always falls 47 days before Easter.
Shrove Tuesday is also called pancake day.
Do you know why?
Because everyone eats pancakes!
Do you like pancakes?
During Lent, people are not allowed to eat eggs or milk.Shrove Tuesday is the last day that they are allowed to eat them, so they make pancakes!
In many places in England there are pancakes races on pancake day.The most famous is Olney Pancake Race.
Women wear their aprons and scarves and they run to the church. But they have a pan with a pancake in their hands.
The winner is the woman who can run AND toss the pancake THREE TIMES!
It’s so fun!
Nowadays men also take part in this traditional event.
If you would like to see some pancake race videos, click here.
Since it’s such a fun and tasty custom, we’ll have a Pancake Day at school this Friday.
We’ll make pancakes and there will be some serious pancake racing in our schoolyard !!!
Soooooooooooooo…….are you ready?
On your marks…get set…GO!
The Globe Theatre
Κατηγορία Culture, Great Britain, London, Shakespeare, Video , στις 18 Μαΐου 2011 από Lenia K
Shakespeare’s Globe, London
The Globe Theatre was a theatre in London associated with William Shakespeare. It was built in 1599 by Shakespeare’s playing company, the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, and was destroyed by fire on 29 June 1613. A second Globe Theatre was built on the same site by June 1614 and closed in 1642.
A modern reconstruction of the Globe, named “Shakespeare’s Globe“, opened in 1997 approximately 230 metres from the site of the original theatre. (info via this site)
William Shakespeare ( 1564-1616)
Stratford- upon- Avon: Shakespeare’s birthplace
This is a very interesting video about the Globe. You can see the theater from the inside.
And this is the trailer of the film ‘Shakespeare in Love’, which won many Oscar awards. It is about young Shakespeare and his first great love. It’s an exciting movie with beautiful costumes, humor and excellent performances!
