Culture and Tradition
- St
Patrick’s Day Celebration and Tradition
Irish tradition
is probably hundreds of years old and some still seen as a common tradition for
many families.
March 17th marks the day of St
Patrick, celebrated by millions of people around the world. In Ireland, St
Patrick’s Day was always held as an important religious day to celebrate the
teachings of Christianity by St Patrick.
As St Patrick is the Patron Saint of
Ireland it became a major day in Ireland’s religious
calendar and has always been mainly associated with Christianity.
It’s now known in Ireland as St Patrick’s festival which
takes place over 5 days with events including art shows, plays, concerts, fun
fairs and themain parade.
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- The wearing of the green on St Patrick’s
Day
Many people wear something green on St
Patrick ’s Day which is known in the U.S. and other countries as wearing of the
green. Usually people would wear green to show their Irish heritage culture on the day that everyone’s Irish but in Ireland the wearing of
the green doesn’t really exist, well in terms of celebrating your culture. However, they wear Shamrocks to symbolize the teaching of the holy trinity by St
Patrick. A small bunch of Shamrocks would be pinned to the breast of our outer
coats.
- What’s mean the Shamrock in St. Patrick’s Day?
- Holy day of obligation
Most Christians in Ireland will attend Church as they would every Sunday and treat it as a day of
rest to spend with the family. Family members would attend Church wearing their
shamrocks and afterwards head home for a large roast, similar to a typical
Sunday roast. Some families would sit around and watch the St Patrick’s day
parades take place in Dublin, New York, Chicago and other major cities.
