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England

Geographical information

t is bordered by two fellow countries of the United Kingdom to the north by Scotland and to the west by Wales.

As England is on an island, it is surrounded by the water of the Irish Sea , North Sea and Atlantic Ocean .

The most important rivers in England, because of their ports of London, Liverpool, and Newcastle, are the tidal rivers Thames346 kilometers in lenght), Mersey and Tyne.

The Pennines , known as the "backbone of England", are the oldest range of mountains in the country, originating from the end of he Paleozoic Era around 300 million years ago. The total length of the Pennines is 400 kilometres, peaking at Cross Fell in

Cumbria.

Stereotypes

1) British people drink a lot of tea.

2) It rains 24 hours a day and seven days a week.

3) The English are no good at learning foreign languages.

4) In England trains never run on time.

5) In England, the food is terrible.

6) The English love their pets more than other people.

7) English people are very punctual.

8) They eat a big breakfast in the morning with bacon, eggs, baked beans

9) The English are very serious, they dont use body language10) The English dress in a strange way (ex. socks with sandals)

Traditions

hrove Tuesday

hrove Tuesday is a term associated in English-speaking countries, especially the United Kingdom, Canada , Ireland , Australia] New Zealand, and parts of the United States for the day preceding Ash Wednesday, the first day of the season of fasting andrayer called Lent. In the United Kingdom and many other countries, the day is often known as Pancake Day. Making and eating

uch foods was considered a last feast with ingredients such as sugar, fat and eggs, whose consumption was traditionallyestricted during the ritual fasting associated with Lent. Charity and school events are organized on Pancake Day: in a "pancakeace" each participant carries a pancake in a frying pan. All runners must toss their pancakes as they run and catch them in therying pan. This event is said to have originated in Olney, England in 1444 when a housewife was still busy frying pancakes to eatefore the Lenten fast when she heard the bells of St Peter and St Paul' s Church calling her to the Shriving Service. Eager to geto church, she ran out of her house still holding the frying pan complete with pancake, and still wearing her apron and headscarf.ancake Day is widely celebrated in Australia.

Guy Fawkes NightGuy Fawkes Night, also known as Guy Fawkes Day and Bonfire Night, is an annual celebration held primarily in Great Britain, onr about 5 November. Originally known as Gunpowder Treason Day, it can be traced directly to the events of 5 November 1605,

when Guy Fawkes, a member of the Gunpowder Plot , was caught guarding a hoard of explosives placed beneath the House of

Lords , and arrested. Celebrating the fact that King James I had survived the assassination attempt, bonfires were lit around
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London, and months later the government introduced the Observance of 5th November Act, which enforced an annual public dayf thanksgiving for the plot's failure.

Romania

Geographical informationRomnia is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe , north of the Balkan Peninsula, on the

Lower Danube , within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea.

Romania shares a border with Hungary and Serbia to the west, Ukraine and the Republic of Moldova to the northeast,nd Bulgaria to the south.

At 238,391 square kilometers, Romania is the ninth largest country of the European Union by area.

t has the seventh largest population of the European Union with 21.5 million people.

ts capital and largest city is Bucharest (Romanian : Bucureti ), the sixth largest city in the EU with about two million people.

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Traditions

Paparudaaparuda is a Romanian and Bulgarian rain ritual , probably of pagan origin, performed in the spring and in times of severe drought.

A girl, wearing a skirt made of fresh green knitted vines and small branches, sings and dances through the streets of the village, stopping atvery house, where the hosts pour water on her. She is accompanied by the people of the village who dance and shout on the music. Theustom has attributed a specific type of dance and a specific melody.

A similar Romanian rain ritual is the Caloian .

he name is probably derived from Perperuna , which in its turn is a Slavic (south slavic) goddess, or as Sorin Paliga suggests, is a divinity fromhe local Thracian substratum.

DragobeteDragobete is a traditional Romanian holiday, celebrated on February 24. Dragobete was the son of Baba Dochia .
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he day is known as "the day when the birds are betrothed". It is around this time that the birds begin to build their nests and mate. On this day,onsidered locally the first day of spring, boys and girls gather vernal flowers and sing together. Maidens used to collect the snow that still lies onhe ground in many villages and then melt it, using the water in magic potions throughout the rest of the year. Those who take part in Dragobeteustoms are supposed to be protected from illness, especially fevers, for the rest of the year. If the weather allows, girls and boysick snowdrops or other early spring plants for the person they are courting. In Romania, Dragobete is known as a day for lovers, rather like

Valentine's Day.

is a common belief in some parts of Romania that, during this celebration, if you step over your partner's foot, you will have the dominant rolen your relationship. Dragobete customs vary from region to region.

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