The Imbolc Fire Festival – level 1

09-02-2018 07:00

There is a village in England. It has a festival that is thousands of years old. It is called the Imbolc Fire Festival. It celebrates the beginning of Spring and the end of Winter.

This year, thousands of spectators come to the festival. They want to see the procession. People carry torches and wear Druid costumes.

The festival organiser says that the procession has two giants in it this year. The giants are supposed to be Winter and Spring. They have a battle. Spring wins.

Difficult words: spectator (a person who watches an event), procession (a large group of people moving together), Druid costume (clothing of a person from an old religion of the United Kingdom), giant (a very big person).

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