Global Success 8 – Unit 5: Our Customs and Traditions

Vocabulary · customs and festivals

10 words · Holidays · Grade 8

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Word	Meaning	Example
custom	A usual way of doing things.	Giving lucky money is a Tet custom.
tradition	A custom passed down for a long time.	It's a family tradition.
ceremony	A formal event.	There's a ceremony at the temple.
lantern	A light in a paper case.	Children carry lanterns at Mid-Autumn.
peach blossom	Pink flowers at Tet in the North.	We buy peach blossoms for Tet.
kumquat tree	A small tree with orange fruit.	We put a kumquat tree in the living room.
food offering	Food given to ancestors.	We prepare a food offering.
festival-goer	A person at a festival.	Thousands of festival-goers came.
contestant	A person in a competition.	Each contestant cooked a dish.
release	Let something go.	We release lanterns on the river.