What are the special festivals and cultural characteristics of the UK?

Festival name: New Year's Parade

Event features: The most traditional New Year's event in London is the New Year's Parade on January 1st. This American-style parade, including a total of about 10,000 bands, dancers, street performers, cheerleaders, clowns, etc., will march from Parliament Square to Berkeley Square, passing through special Trafalgar Square, Lower Regent Street and Piccadilly Circus.

Event location: London

Festival date: January 1st

Festival name: Christmas

Event features: Christmas in London The holidays are always dazzling, no matter how gloomy or rainy the weather is, when the Christmas decorations on Oxford Street and Regent Street are turned on, the entire center of London will definitely let you feel the warm festive atmosphere. When the lights on the huge Norwegian Christmas tree in Trafalgar Square are lit, it officially announces that Christmas is just around the corner. British people pay the most attention to food at Christmas. Food includes roasted pig, turkey, Christmas pudding, Christmas mince pies, etc. Everyone in the family had a gift, and so did the servants, and all the gifts were delivered on Christmas morning. Some Christmas carolers go from door to door singing good news. They will be invited into the house by the owner and treated with refreshments or given small gifts.

Event location: Nationwide

Festival date: December 24th - December 25th

Festival name: Edinburgh International Arts Festival

Event features: Like the Avignon Arts Festival in France, both were founded in 1947 AD. They are both the oldest and largest international arts festivals in the world, but the former has more music and dance in addition to drama programs than the latter. .

Event location: Edinburgh

Festival date: August

Festival name: Edinburgh Book Festival

Event features: Since 1983 AD It was held in Charlotte Square Garden in New Town due to the popularity of the art festival. I hope to use the literary and scholarly atmosphere to settle down the crazy artistic flavor, which can be regarded as a quiet corner in the bustling space.

Event location: Edinburgh

Festival date: August

Festival name: Highland Music Festival

Event features: About Highland traditions The music display not only presents interesting audio-visual equipment, but also allows you to listen to traditional Scottish music from various periods live, and even allows you to play traditional Celtic instruments: bagpipes, harps, and fiddles. You can also enjoy Celtic dancing every Wednesday evening in July and August.

Event location: Ivanis

Festival date: July-August

Festival name: Marimas Festival

Event Features: This is a traditional festival held from 1590 to 1850 AD until it reappeared in 1986. On this day, groups of horses and carriages will circle the city, and participants will parade in traditional medieval costumes; there will be a handicraft market in Northern Meeting Park to remind everyone not to forget their Highland traditions.

Event location: Ivanis

Festival date: August

Festival name: Cambridge Ethnic Festival

Event features: Although It is called folk music, but in fact the content of the annual event is all-encompassing, from grassroots pub musicians in the UK and Ireland, to American country and blues, plus Bluegrass, gospel, cajun, zydeco, jazz, world, klezmer and ceilidh, etc., they almost cover all the music with folk concept.

Event location: Cambridge

Festival date: July