Which country does each of these pictures represent? What do you know about them? It's time for you to know more about the Anglophone World, but let's do it while having fun. Are you ready? Click on the image and start discovering new cultures.
The English language is spoken in a vast number of territories, not only in the UK and the US.
However, very little is normally taught about the other English speaking countries. Luckily you will be able to explore this fascinating blog which brings you closer to traditions, monuments and history from other parts of the English speaking world.
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some Fun Facts
About Canada (You May Not Know...).
SOME WELL -KNOWN FACTS:
Canada is the second-largest
country in the world.
Canada has a wide variety of
physical features: rugged mountains, plains and swamps.
Because of its northerly location,
Canada is dominated by cold climates.
Canada is rich in natural
resources like fish, minerals, fertile soil, and forests.
But, there are some Fun Facts
About Canada (You May Not Know YET...).Click on the link below
1.What Does the Maple
Leaf on the Canadian FLAG REPRESENT?
The maple leaf wasn't chosen at random. In fact, the adoption of the maple leaf as an important Canadian symbol dates from 1700. Maple trees served as an important source of food to Canadian aboriginal people. And, after Canada was settled by Europeans,maple syrup production provided a convenient source of sugar.
CANADIAN GOLD: MAPLE SYRUP THEN AND NOW.Click on the link below to watch how Canadian syrup is made.
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2 .What became of
the Inuit community?
Canada’s history and culture reflect Native-Canadian and European
settlement.
At the beginning of the 1600s, Europeans settled the
region that would later become Canada. But, what became of the Inuit
community?
By creating Nunavut (a vast territory
of northern Canada that stretches across most of the Canadian Arctic in
1999), the Canadian government showed its willingness to develop the Inuit
lifestyle along with the rest of Canada. This area is protected by a
special set of laws and it is self-governed.
3. WHAT IS THE ROCK STATUE Inuksuk?
Inuksuk meaning "in the image of man", are human-like figures of stone which were erected along the Canadian Shore by the Inuits. They are built into the shape of a person
with their arms or legs out stretched. The inukshuk has long been
recognized as the “compass of the Arctic” because they served as markers to help guide Inuits across the treeless tundra of the Canadian Arctic.
INUKSHUK MEANING - THE HISTORY OF INUKSHUKS - WHAT IS AN INUKSHUK?.Click on the link below to watch the story
4.what
is the origin of the word Nunavut?:
The word Nunavut means “our land” in
Inuktitut. The Inuit language is called Inuktitut. It has only 15 consonants and
3 vowels.
5. INUIT MYTHOLOGY
Mythology is a repository of Inuit culture, passed down by from generation to generation to enrich and enlighten. The Legend of Lumiuk tells the story of an abused blind boy who finds refuge in the sea, where he recovers his sight and ends his abuse.
THE LEGEND OF LIUMIUK Click on the link below to watch the story.
