Notes:
harvest 収穫
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The Rose Festival is held on the third Sunday of June in Bulgaria. Bulgaria is famous for roses, and the roses there have a beautiful deep color. The festival starts at the beginning of the rose-harvesting period. Bulgarians parade, pick roses, do barn dances, and choose a rose queen. Women wear beautiful traditional costumes. You can buy some cosmetics such as pure rose oil and massage salt at the festival. Everything there is made from roses.
(Written by students, Saeko O., Kumino I., edited by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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Notes:
Portugal  ポルトガール;
monastery  修道院;
tray  受け皿;
loaf (loaves)  塊;
district  地区
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The festival of Tabuleiros is held once every four years in Portugal. A long time ago, one monastery gave bread and wine to poor people. Nowadays, the women of Tomar celebrate that event by parading in the street wearing white clothes. They put a tray with 30 loaves of bread on their heads. Every woman smiles even though the tray weighs more than 20 kilograms. The district with the most beautiful tray gets a prize. (written by students Kozue Y. and Iyo M., edited by Prof. Douglas Jarrell)
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