.ead t#e tet about two esti&als$ Are t#ese sentences about :o)manay *:,+ 8a Tomatina *8T, or bot#;
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8here are lots of customs connected to the festival.
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Celebrations start before the actual day of the festival.
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8he festival is held in different places.
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8he people in the town make special preparations for the occasion.
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8he festival attracts lots of tourists.
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Hogmanay is the Scots word for the last day of the year. The tradition goes back hundreds of years with many customs associated to it. Probably the most famous of these is the tradition of ‘first-footing’. This involves people visiting each other, with the visitor bringing a gift for the host. n the past this was often something simple such as salt or a cake, but in recent years the most popular gifts have been shortbread !a kind of biscuit" and whisky. f you want to #oin in with $ogmanay celebrations then probably the best place to head is %dinburgh, which holds the biggest $ogmanay party anywhere and attracts thousands of visitors. $owever there is one tradition connected to $ogmanay which is really well-known around the world& the singing of Auld Lang Syne at midnight.
La Tomatina is a special festival held every year on the last 'ednesday of (ugust. The festival takes place in the small town of )u*ol, about thirty-five kilometres from +alencia in Spain. )efore the day of the festival there is a week of parties including music, dancing, parades and fireworks. Thousands of people come from around the world and #oin in with the festivities. The day before a Tomatina the shopkeepers of the town put boards up on their windows to protect them. Then, on the morning of the festival, trucks carrying thousands of tomatoes arrive. (t ten o’clock the festival proper starts with all the people throwing tomatoes at each other. !6 points)