England

Festivals

Covent Garden May Fayre and Puppet Festival
Welcome to St Paul's Churchyard in Covent Garden, London. The diarist(/ʹdaıərıst/тот, кто ведёт дневник) Samuel Pepys noted seeing "Mr Punch" near here in May 1662: a plaque
(/plæk/дощечка с фамилией или названием учреждения) has been put up at the front of the church to commemorate this. Since 1976 this has become the location of an annual May Fayre and Puppet Festival.

Covent Garden May Fayre and Puppet Festival
Traditionally this event starts with a colourful procession, led by a brass band, which starts and ends in the churchyard

One of the organisers is a ventriloquist(/venʹtrıləkwıst/
чревовещатель)
Covent Garden May Fayre and Puppet Festival

Traditional entertainment at this event often includes Morris dancing and folk music
Covent Garden May Fayre and Puppet Festival
Maypole dancing is sometimes performed in front of the church

Puppet performances take part in the garden throughout the afternoon.
The space nearest to the front is reserved for children, but adults can enjoy the shows as well.
Covent Garden May Fayre and Puppet Festival

The Mime Festival
London International Mime Festival is the Capital’s longest established international theatre season.Inspired by Cologne's Gaukler Festival and Amsterdam’s Festival of Fools, the first edition took place in 1977 to showcase the work of British visual theatre artists

The Thames Festival
The Thames Festival is an annual free event which takes place in September along the banks of the River Thames in London. It celebrates the importance of the river to the life of the capital, and reflects the multicultural nature of the city.

A wide range of bands take part in the festival. Some perform on the pavements, while others play on stages.

Street performers entertain the crowds
St George and the Dragon
(in Hay's Galleria)
Transe Express play drums and bells
(in the air, next to the London Eye)

Stalls line the riverfront, selling many types of food and crafts

The Thames Festival has plenty to entertain children as well as adults, with everything from bubbles to beach balls

Customs and Traditions in England
Britain is full of culture and traditions which have been around for hundreds of years. British customs and traditions are famous all over the world. When people think of Britain they often think of people drinking tea, eating fish and chips and wearing bowler hats, but there is more to Britain than just those things.

Customs and Traditions in England
The love of gardens is deep-rooted in the British people. Most men's conversations are about gardens. It may be a discussion of the best methods of growing cucumbers, a talk about the plot which differs from all the others.
The British like growing plants in a window-box outside the kitchen or in the garden near the house. They love flowers very much.

English tea drinking traditions have a long history.
Traditional tea time in English is late afternoon, when world-famous 5 o’clock tea is served. Five o’clock tea is a ceremony, a work of art. It is not only about a perfect combination of the tablecloth, the napkins, the flowers, the vases and the tea setvi, it means a certain way of behaving and talking too. But tea is also drunk in the morning and during the day because the English believe it to be healthy and refreshing.

"Merry Christmas"
The first ever Christmas card was posted in England in the 1840s
Christmas decorations in general have even earlier origins. Holly, ivy and mistletoe are associated with rituals going back beyond the Dark Ages. (The custom of kissing beneath a sprig of mistletoe is derived from an ancient pagan tradition.)
Carols are often sung on Christmas Eve by groups of singers to their neighbours, and children hang a stocking on the fireplace or at the foot of their bed for Santa Claus (also named Father Christmas) to fill. Presents for the family are placed beneath the Christmas tree.

Famous People
Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie
15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was a British crime writer of novels, short stories, and plays. She also wrote romances under the name Mary Westmacott, but she is best remembered for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections (especially those featuring Hercule Poirot or Miss Jane Marple), and her successful West End plays.

Alan Alexander Milne (18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956)
He was an English author, best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various children's poems. Milne was a noted writer, primarily as a playwright, before the huge success of Pooh overshadowed all his previous work.A. A. Milne was born in Kilburn, London.

Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March 1947)
He is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor. He has worked with lyricist Bernie Taupin as his songwriter partner since 1967; they have collaborated on more than 30 albums to date.