All Around the World

By: Chris Deras

All around the world, countries from China to the United States each have their own beliefs, customs, and traditions that they practice. In China, when celebrating the New Year people will hand out red envelopes containing money to young children. The red on the envelopes represent good luck, and with putting the money in the envelope they believe that you`ll have good luck with money throughout the New Year. My heritage is from Honduras a small country located in Central America. Our New Year our tradition is similar to the Burning Man festival, except our burning man is supposed to represent the old year, and when it is set ablaze it signifies a fresh start into the New Year. Another one of our traditions is throwing a big parade during Honduras’s Independence Day, which is September 15th. The parade consists of a bunch of school children dressed in blue and white uniforms sporting 5 stars (the amount of stars on our flag) and marching through the streets of Tegucigalpa singing the national anthem and playing instruments. This is accompanied by fireworks and celebrating the rest of the day. Similar to our July 4th here in America.