HOLIDAYS
Martin Luther King was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, USA.He was a great defender of human rights. He studied sociology . Later he became pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church, in Montgomery, Alabama, this being the place where he began his fight for civil rights, leading actions against bus lines for 382 days for discriminating against the African-American population.
During his time of activism in the 1950s and 1960s, Martin Luther King led various protests under the principle of civil disobedience without violence. In this way he was able to gain fame in the movement for equal civil rights. he led peaceful mass demonstrations that white police forces fought with police dogs and fire hoses, generating great controversy in the headlines of various newspapers around the world. Peaceful protests and boycotts in the city resulted in his arrest in April 1963. While in prison, Luther King wrote the popular Letter from Birmingham jail.
Independence Day, also called Fourth of July or July 4th, in the United States, the annual celebration of nationhood. It commemorates the passage of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776.
The celebration was initially modeled on that of the king’s birthday, which had been marked annually by bell ringing, bonfires, solemn processions, and oratory. Such festivals had long played a significant role in the Anglo-American political tradition. Especially in the 17th and 18th centuries, when dynastic and religious controversies racked the British Empire
The ritual of toasting the king and other patriot-heroes—or of criticizing them—became an informal kind of political speech, further formalized in mid-18th century when the toasts given at taverns and banquets began to be reprinted in newspapers.
Thanksgiving Day, annual national holiday in the United States and Canada celebrating the harvest and other blessings of the past year. Americans generally believe that their Thanksgiving is modeled on a 1621 harvest feast shared by the English colonists of Plymouth and the Wampanoag people. The American holiday is particularly rich in legend and symbolism, and the traditional fare of the Thanksgiving meal typically includes turkey, bread stuffing, potatoes, cranberries, and pumpkin pie. With respect to vehicular travel, the holiday is often the busiest of the year, as family members gather with one another.
Why turkey? Video: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Thanksgiving-Day/images-videos
WEDDINGS
Propositions.
Wedding traditions in the USA are not very different from the ones we have in Spain. Moreover, during these last decades we have borrowed many traditions directly from the United States. However, there are enough differences to speak of a typically American wedding style. One that starts with the big propositions.
That romanticism is not unique to weddings in the United States, it has been the Americans who have invested the most creativity and resources in marriage proposals.
There are many things that cannot be missed on the wedding day, and many details that could be overlooked, however obvious they may be.the most important are:
Something new
something old
Something Borrowed
something blue
Flats or comfortable shoes
Handkerchief
3 bouquets
Rings, arras and bow
DIVERSY
The immediate family is the basic unit of American society. Traditionally, the average household consisted of a mother, father, and two or more children. Presently, families are increasingly more diverse—married couples without children, single-parent households, same-sex couples, and unmarried couples. Children may live with or be cared for by grandparents, especially if the parents are young and unmarried.
Recently, the number of multigenerational households has grown due to an increase in young adults returning to live with their parents after college.
Native Americans, also known as American Indians, First Americans, Indigenous Americans and other terms, are the Indigenous peoples of the United States; sometimes including Hawaii and territories of the United States, and other times limited to the mainland. There are 574 federally recognized tribes living within the US, about half of which are associated with Indian reservations. "Native Americans" are Indigenous tribes that are originally from the contiguous United States, along with Alaska Natives.
A pow wow is a gathering of indigenous peoples of North America . The term derives from the voice narragansett powwaw which means 'spiritual leader'. A modern powwow is a specific type of event where Native Americans come together to sing, dance, socialize, and honor their culture. There is usually a dance competition, with significant financial prizes. The powwows have a variable duration, from 6 hours to 3 days. Powwows on special occasions can last up to a week.