Major CelebrationsTeam 4:

Dan Glasband

Crystal Valencia

Jeff Way

Brian DeBono

Richard Giang

Introduction

• Topic

• Presenters

• Agenda

Agenda

• The Celebration

• Traditions

• Family Values

• How We Celebrate

• Meaning

• Food

Bar Mitzvah

Dan Glasband

What is a Bar Mitzvah?

• Translation

• Purpose

• Becoming Bar Mitzvah

• Training

The Service

The Service

The Reception

The Reception

The Reception

The Reception

The Reception

The Reception

The Gifts

Where Am I Now?

Quinceañera

Crystal Valencia

Acknowledged passage into young womanhood/ manhood

Rites of passage

Quinceañera

• Started With Aztecs • Taught by One Generation to the Next• Importance in Maintenance of Culture

Traditions

Customs• Misa de acción de gracias

• Symbolic changes de niña a “mujer”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6_lO_HBS18

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DW9n9TWJfk&feature=related

• Padrinos Food

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1DWtHFH9gQ&feature=related

Generations

Weddings

Jeff Way

The Celebration

Family Values

• Frugality

• Family Time

• Practicality

• Achievement

• Optimism

How We Celebrate

Food

Food

Meaning

• New Phase in Life

• Become a Responsible Adult

• Greater Acceptance by Family

Christmas

Brian DeBono

The Celebration

Traditions

Meaning/Values

The Way I Celebrate

What Christmas Means to Me

Food

Chinese New Year

Richard Giang

•Lunar New Years

•Clean the House

•Spend Time With the Family

Chinese New Year

Traditions

•Dress in New Clothes

•Chinese Dishes

•Visit Family

•Red Envelopes

Meaning &Values

•Time Spent Getting Together

•Wishing Family Good Luck

•Money

What it means to me•Time Seeing Family Members

•Starting Fresh

•In With New Out With the Old

Summary/Conclusion

• Similarities

• Differences

• What We Learned