•Cheese-rolling:
Cheese-rolling takes place every May in England. Competitors run down a hill, following a big cheese that rolls down the hill. A special guest launches the cheese and the person who arrives at the bottom of the hill first wins the cheese!
•Zorbing:
Zorbing is a new sport from New Zealand. The 'zorb' is a gigantic inflatable ball. A person stands inside the zorb, and rolls down the hill. The inflated sphere is very soft, like a cushion, so it isn't dangerous!
●Sepak Takraw:
Sepak means 'kick', and Takraw means 'ball'. It combines football, volleyball and gymnastics in one game!
There are two teams and the players use feet, knees and head to pass a synthetic ball over the net.
●Bossaball:
Bossaball is a combination of volleyball and trampolining.
The players can use their hands, feet or head to hit the ball over the net. They jump on a trampoline and try to keep the ball in the air.
My favourite sport.
My favourite sport, but it is also considerated an art, is dance!
It is performed in many cultures as a form of emotional expression, social interaction or exercise.
I practice social dance and caraibic dance at the 'Mayimbe School Dance'.
I go to dance three times a week and I really love it.
Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year.
It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States and on the second Monday of October in Canada. Thanksgiving has its historical roots in religious and cultural traditions, and has long been celebrated in a secular manner as well.
In the English tradition, days of Thanksgiving and special Thanksgiving religious services became important during the English Reformation in the reign of Henry VIII.
Thanksgiving Day is traditionally a day for families and friends to get together for a special meal. The meal often includes a turkey stuffing, potatoes, cranberry sauce, gravy, pumpkin pie and vegetables.
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is an annual parade presented by the U.S. chain store business Macy's. The tradition started in 1924.
The Parade has always taken place in Manhattan.
Black Friday
Black Friday is the Friday following Thanksgiving Day in the United States, often regarded as the beginning of the Christmas shopping season.
Black Friday is one of the busiest shopping days in the USA. There are two popular theories as to why the day after Thanksgiving Day is called Black Friday. One theory is that the wheels of vehicles in heavy traffic on the day after Thanksgiving Day left many black markings on the road surface, leading to the term Black Friday.
The other theory is that the term Black Friday comes from an old way of recording business accounts. Losses were recorded in red ink and profits in black ink. Many businesses, particularly small businesses, started making profits prior to Christmas. Many hoped to start showing a profit, marked in black ink, on the day after Thanksgiving Day.
I go to dance three times a week and I really love it.
