Festivals Celebrating Cultures and Traditions

• This TMA is allotted 35 marks of your continuous assessment
• Students are required to attempt both questions (A & B)
• You can refer to your course books as mentioned in the questions
• You must provide references are where appropriate
• AOU’s Plagiarism policy will be applied if a student is identified as using unfair means to complete the assignment
• The submission date (on LMS) of this assignment is …………………………

1. This question is based on Theme 1 of your course book. Read the short text below and answer the question that follows:                                                                                 (20 marks)

Festivals celebrate cultures, customs and traditions. These celebrations usually involve spending happy times with family and friends. Festivals ensure that people remember important religious and cultural events. They also bring people together and adds structure to our social lives.

Based on the text, below is a list of festivals from all over the world.

1. Cascamorras
2. Snow & Ice Festival
3. Up Helly Aa Fire Festival
4. Tomorrowland
5. Dia de los Muertos
6. Lantern Festival

• History of this festival
• Countries that celebrate these festivals
• How people prepare for this festival
• What people do on the day of the festival

• You can refer to pages 21,25,33,37,38 of your course book on the type of information that you would need to include
• You are allowed to research the topics on the internet.
• You are required to write the paragraphs in your words
• Copying from a website is not allowed and will result in penalties for plagiarism
• You are also required to give a list of references (the websites list / books..etc) after each paragraph.
• You are required to follow the structure of a paragraph

2. This question is based on Theme 3 of your course book. Write an extended paragraph         of about 200 words on magazines which include details and examples on:               (15 marks)                                                                    

• Magazines that people read if they like to travel
• The type of information found in these magazines
• How useful are these magazines