Traditions and everyday life in USAFestivals, family customs, favourite places and everyday traditions, written by members of Global Penfriends who live in USA. Each cultural keepsake is a short note about life where they are.
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A Texas rodeo is a lively celebration of cowboy culture! There's often several events such as bull riding, barrel racing, steer wrestling, calf roping, and bronc riding. There are also yummy and classic fair-style foods such as…
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Whenever it snows enough, everyone old enough to sled down dangerous hills but young enough to come out uninjured goes sledding down these huge slopes in the forest next to my home. There are multiple hills, ranging in size and…
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Bull riding or rodeos are a normal form of entertainment down here. Somebody would first get on a bull, and that bull will be released in a arena for people to watch. its to note that the person ridding the bull often has little…
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Every year on Memorial Day Weekend people from Wisconsin (USA) gather for an annual Cow Chip Throw in my home town (and across the street from me!) in Prairie Du Sac. The event is two days long with an arts and crafts fair, a…
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A view of C Street on a quiet day. All of the buildings are original, as is the boardwalk. There are many beautiful things to browse and to take home as a memory. We have some wonderful B&Bs up here too! So much history, so much…
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For home games, we get all dressed up in our school colors and any clothing that has our school logo/name on it. Sometimes we tailgate beforehand by eating lots of game-day food (classic American food like burgers, hotdogs…
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Every 4th of July holiday, cities around the United States have parades, firework shows, and most invite family over to eat a nice meal. The parades showcase the flag the most (they always try to have the biggest flag possible…
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This day celebrates the beginning of summer (Northern hemisphere). It's not done so much anymore, but one tradition (and of which I did as a young child), is leaving small baskets (ours were small woven paper baskets made from…
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Everything! There’s parades and fireworks, lots of food and most of the day is spent outdoors with friends/family. United States themed food and clothes are sold everywhere, and everybody celebrates our independence together! My…
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Colorado, a western U.S. state, has a diverse landscape of arid desert, river canyons and snow-covered Rocky Mountains, which are partly protected by Rocky Mountain National Park. Elsewhere, Mesa Verde National Park features…
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The Statue of Liberty is iconic. It symbolizes our country and what we stand for as a nation. It represents the American dream. For so many immigrants, the Statue of Liberty is the first thing they see when they arrived on Ellis…
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Under the town of Punxsutawney Pennsylvania (USA) lives a groundhog named Punxsutawney phil. on February second, the legend goes that when Punxsutawney Phill comes out of his burrow, if he stays out, we will have an early spring…
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When the afternoon rolls around, even if that afternoon starts before noon, having a cocktail is a great way to prepare for, or unwind from, the stresses of the day. This particular cocktail was created by my fiance. She whipped…
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Since 1993 the City of Saint Augustine has dazzled residents and visitors from around the world with its display of over 3 million lights as part of its annual Nights of Lights celebration. The event runs from mid-November to the…
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A couple buddies and I try to get away at least twice a year. Usually head to the Wichita Mountain Wildlife Refuge, just a short 90 minutes away. Drive past free-range Bison, and Texas Longhorn cattle to the campsite. Usually see…
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Every Friday our family has Friday Family Fun night. Each week it is a different family member's turn to choose what we will do. Our kids usually choose pizza and watching a video at home. My partner and I try to mix it up…
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Here on the twisty backcountry roads of southern virginia, sometimes a wayward animal gets squished. While it is sad and unfortunate, my friends and I try to honor the animal by collecting it, saving it's skin, paws, and tail, or…
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This is a festival that happens every year in my city! It is one of my favorite parts of the year, it happens in the spring, and all of the high school bands play songs! It has a theme each year, and they also have all these…
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Each year my family does Sectet Santa for Christmas since we are a large family. To become someone's Secret Santa you are drawn a name and have to keep a secret from the family who you have. We often try to guess who has each…
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The U.S. Space & Rocket Center is a museum operated by the government of Alabama, showcasing rockets, achievements, and artifacts of the U.S. space program. Sometimes billed as "Earth's largest space museum", astronaut Owen…
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Where I live, we have the mail boats that, during the summer months, are used to deliver mail to the manors on the lake. People must jump from the boat to the docks, deliver the mail, and return to the boat quickly while the boat…
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Image result for tipping for services explanation A gratuity (normally called a tip) is a sum of money customarily given by a client or customer to certain service sector workers for the service they have performed, in addition…
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My town is very skee yee. Every year at the Fourth of July, kids find turtles and decorate the shells (approves decorations that won’t hurt them and their shells!). They then put them in a circle enclosure inside a bigger circle…
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The Amish people have attracted tourists to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania for decades. In our hyper-modern technology-driven era, visitors want to see those who intentionally choose not to use modern conveniences. Lancaster is…
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I live in the upper Midwest of the United States. When you step outside in the morning you will hear the chickadees singing. Even when it gets cold outside you will still hear them singing when most birds are too chilly. Its a…
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This is an observatory in Los Angeles, CA. I love coming here whenever I’m in LA. I love planning out day trips and one of my favorite places to go is LA. There’s always so much places to see and there’s always fun…
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9/11/2001 9/11 is hard for a lot of people the twin towers you may have heard of them they where in the home alone 2 they where two buildings in New York City and two people decided to tack over two plane ✈️ And the country was…
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My work is focused on planning and designing for outdoor recreation in natural areas. However, our natural areas in Wisconsin contain cultural vestiges of the indigenous people that lived here long before european settlement…
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Jazz on the Green is an Omaha tradition that dates back to 1975. Sponsored by the Joslyn Art Museum, Jazz on the Green is a free concert series bringing the best in jazz music from mainstream and fusion to swing, big band, and…
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