Be Irish For A Day
What are the images that recur to your memory when you hear the word “Ireland”? Hmm… Whiskey, shamrock, fighting for independence…and, of course, Saint Patrick’s Day! What a great holiday. Even though the holiday itself may seem very unserious, it has very earnest religious background. It was a solely religious holiday till 1903 but remains religious observance in Ireland. But commonly people pay little attention to the religious side of this holiday.
People all over the world are just frenetic about Saint Patrick’s Day. Even if you are non-Irish, but Irish at heart, Saint Patrick’s Day is a good reason to celebrate the beginning of spring and have some pints of Guinness at your local pub. If it happened that you have some Irish partners on business, leave alone any kinds of negotiations this day: Irish people in all parts of the world forget about their routine works and duties on this special and celebrate it the way only Irish people can.
Saint Patrick’s Day is a holiday of Ireland: public holiday in the Republic of Ireland and Montserrat and a bank holiday in Northern Ireland. This holiday is widely celebrated all over the world: from Northern America to the middle of nowhere. This day everyone becomes Irish for a day. The holiday is all about total fun. The parades are taken place widespread in Canada, Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. In 2006 the parade in Dublin attracted 500,000 visitors.
Countries where Saint Patrick’s Day is widely celebrated have lots in common, which is determined by numerous factors in Irish history and the fact that Irish descendants live generally in English-speaking countries. But what is really greatabout this holiday is that it is widely celebrated in the countries that at first sight have little in common with Ireland and Irish history.
Music festival called “Saint Patrick’s Day” is taking place from the 15th to 22nd of March in Moscow, Russia. The first time it was held in 1992 and now it is extremely popular among the Muscovites, youngsters in particular. Russians and Irish have a lot of things in common in their national characters, defined by many tragic parallels in their history. National Irish culture remains very popular and stimulates other nations to recollect their roots and revive their traditions.
I wish you all the best on this very special day!