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 * __[[file:Irish culture.pptx]]Seth's Culture__ **


 * __//ikung/Bushmen culture//__ ** [[image:http://www.africaboundadventures.com/sites/default/files/images/3_bushmen.jpg width="61" height="41"]][[image:http://www.gudigwa.com/images/zoom/gudigwa-bushmen-hunting.jpg width="75" height="50"]]

-religion-San -live in southern Africa -been there for over 6,000 years -can marry between 7 and 9 years old -they get there food from hunting and gathering -men usually hunt for meat while women make clothing and hunt for fruit -they walk barefoot -not unusual to find drawing from them on rocks -talk by clicking there tongue -They refer to themselves as the Zhun/Twasi,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushmen

__//**Irish culture**//__

-The Twelfth of July, which commemorates William III's victory at the Battle of the Boyne and the beginning of the Protestant Ascendancy -Roman Catholicism is the most widely practiced religion in Ireland -The Leprechaun figures large in Irish folklore. A mischievous fairy type creature in emerald green clothing who when not playing tricks spend all their time busily making shoes, the Leprechaun is said to have a pot of gold hidden at the end of the rainbow, and if ever captured by a human it has the magical power to grant three wishes in exchange for release. Halloween is a traditional and much celebrated holiday in Ireland on the night of October 31 -Irish and English are the most widely spoken languages in Ireland. English is the most widely spoken language on the island overall, and Irish is spoken as a first language only by a small minority -Honey seems to have been widely eaten -A world famous pint of Guinness along with a slice of wheaten soda bread -The potato would appear to have been introduced into Ireland in the second half of the 16th century, initially as a garden crop -The Irish Film industry has grown rapidly in recent years -While some areas of Ireland received signal from Wales earlier, BBC Northern Ireland began broadcasting television programs in 1959 -The first known radio transmission in Ireland was a call to arms made from the General Post Office -Hurling ball and Hurley Gaelic football -Sport in Ireland is popular and widespread. Throughout the country a wide variety of sports are played, the most popular being Gaelic football, hurling, rugby union, soccer and hockey. -Gaelic football is the most popular sport in Ireland in terms of match attendance and community involvement, and represents 34% of total sports attendances at events in Ireland and abroad, followed by hurling at 23%, soccer at 16% and rugby at 8% -Smoking’s not allowed in there pubs [|Good Friday] (//Aoine an Chéasta//) is not a public holiday, though all state schools and some businesses clos ||
 * ~ Date ||~ English Name ||~ [|Irish] Name ||~ Notes ||
 * 1 January[|[][|2][|]] || [|New Year's Day] || //Lá Caille// or //Lá Bliana Nua// || Most also take time off work for New Year's Eve (//Oíche Chinn Bliana//). ||
 * 17 March[|[][|2][|]] || [|Saint Patrick's Day] || //Lá Fhéile Pádraig// || National day. ||
 * //[|Moveable] Monday// || [|Easter Monday] || //Luan Cásca// || The day after Easter Sunday (//Domhnach Cásca//) – also coincides with the commemoration of the [|Easter Rising].
 * //Monday// || [|Labor Day][|[][|3][|]] || //Lá an Lucht Oibre// || The first Monday in May. Sometimes called "May Day" (//Lá Bealtaine//). First observed in 1994.[|[][|4][|]] ||
 * //Moveable Monday// || June Holiday || //Lá Saoire i mí Mheitheamh// || The first Monday in June. Previously observed as [|Whit Monday] until 1973.[|[][|5][|]] ||
 * //Moveable Monday// || August Holiday || //Lá Saoire i mí Lúnasa// || The first Monday in August. ||
 * //Moveable Monday// || [|October Holiday] || //Lá Saoire i mí Dheireadh Fómhair// || The last Monday in October. (//Lá Saoire Oíche Shamhna//). First observed in 1977.[|[][|6][|]] ||
 * 25 December[|[][|2][|]] || [|Christmas Day] || //Lá Nollag// || Most start Christmas celebrations on Christmas Eve (//Oíche Nollag//), including taking time off work. ||
 * 26 December[|[][|2][|]] || [|St. Stephen's Day] || //Lá Fhéile Stiofáin// or //Lá an Dreoilín// || The day after Christmas celebrating the feast day of [|Saint Stephen]. //Lá an Dreoilín// translates as the //Day of the [|Wren]//. ||

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_culture