On March 17th, the Irish celebrate their biggest day, St. Patrick's Day. With this, they're commemorating the death of their patron, St. Patrick. Even though this celebration started in Ireland, because of Irish immigration to other countries, it's now celebrated in many other places, such as the USA, Canada and Australia. In those countries, this day has become a big celebration of Ireland's culture, rather than a Catholic commemoration of St. Patrick, as it originally was. The tradition of wearing green, for example, which is internationally spread nowadays, actually began in the USA, since that colour reminded Irish-Americans of the old Irish flag, despite the fact that green is considered an unlucky colour in Ireland.
St. Patrick's celebrations in the world include, besides wearing green, drinking Irish beer, eating Irish food and dancing Irish folk music. It's the day when people from all over the world who share an Irish origin feel proud to be Irish.
If you'd like to know more about the origins and celebrations of St. Patrick's Day, watch this video:
And since we're talking about Ireland, would you like to know something more of this amazing country? Here's a selection of videos for you to enjoy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htyHUX7Wg9U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iUPb7y0hgE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycNMpT4fwnc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-59cRW8m_ag
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLACdPtyX-s
Slán go fóill! (See you in Irish Gaelic)
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