What festival is March 17?

St Patrick's Day is held on March 17 every year to commemorate St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland.

This festival originated in Ireland in the late 5th century and has now become Ireland's national day.

There are usually parades, church services and dinners. Irish people in the United States like to wear clover, decorate their rooms with the colors of the Irish flag-green and yellow, wear green clothes and give clover ornaments to their guests.

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In Dublin, the capital of Ireland, despite the cold weather, as many as 500 thousand locals and tourists took part in the festival carnival. The United States has celebrated this festival for more than 200 years, and many Irish descendants dressed up for the parade that day. In addition, many people around the world celebrate this festival.

Although the weather in Dublin in March is still quite cold, people attending the festival seem to be very cold and enthusiastic. Cheerful music, bright colors, festivals in Dublin, singing and laughing in every corner of the city.

Although St Patrick's Day is a traditional festival in Ireland, it has gradually become the same festival in western countries with Irish descendants spread all over Europe and America for hundreds of years.

A grand parade was held on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, new york, USA to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. This year, the number of participants exceeded 65,438+million.

Tokyo, Japan, 15 Tokyo St. Patrick's Day Parade was also grandly opened. The melodious sound of bagpipes makes Tokyo seem like Ireland.

References:

St Patrick's Day-Baidu Encyclopedia