Fancy Chicken Feet
Learn about
International
Traditions
and
Customs
MEXICAN TOMALE
1) Hot Dog Eating Competition
• Legend has it that on July 4, 1916,
four immigrants gathered at the
very first Nathan's Famous hot
dog stand in Coney Island and
made eating contest history. They
were competing to see who was the
most patriotic (爱国）. How did they
determine the winner?- With a hot
dog-eating contest, of course!
and....Hamburgers too.
2) CHINA’S PEPPER EATING
COMPETITION
— There is yearly chili pepper festival
in China's spice-loving Hunan province
with a chili-eating contest in which,
the recent winner ate 50 peppers in
just over a minute.
3) Weddings! - CUTTING THE CAKE
In fact, the first “wedding cakes” go as
far back as the Roman Empire, when
the husband broke bread over the
wife’s head. ... These days the hand of
the groom is over the hand of the
bride when cutting the cake to show
his support for her and her promise to
take care of him and their family.
4) “TOMATO CRAZE”
SPAIN
How did La Tomatina Start? The
tomato fight has been a strong
tradition in Spain since 1944 or 1945.
No one is completely certain how this
event began. ... One popular theory is
that unhappy townspeople attacked
city leaders with tomatoes during a
town celebration.
5) Formal Dinner
6) Informal “GET TO TOGETHER”
You will hear a person describing
an experience.
• What event are they
describing?
Answer with a complete sentence • They just went to ————————。
• They were at ————————。
• They must have went to ——————。