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January

The year begins on 1st January with fireworks and New-years-concert.

The Holy 3 Kings:

 

 

The ,,Bells-running”

 

 

February

In February we like to have carneval.

 

 

In February we celebrate the Opera-ball in Vienna (in the  Opera –house).

 

 

The end of carneval is "Funkensonntag” in Schruns.

 

 

Easter

0ur first festival in spring is Easter.

 

 In some states of Austria we celebrate a parade of palms.

At Easter-Sunday the children search for Easter-eggs.

 

May

On the 1st May you can see may-trees.

There the people dance around the may-trees.

 

 

In May and June in Vienna there are Wiener Festwochen.

In every theater you can see special performances.

 

June

At the beginning of June we celebrate in Bad Aussee the

,,Narzissenfest” .

 

On 21st June there is the beginning of summer.

The people make big fires o the top of hills.

 

 

 

September

In September the cows turn back from the hills.

 

 

 

October

Thanks-giving-day in October. 

 

December

In December you can see many Christmas –markets in Austria.

 On the 24th December we have a big Christmas-tree.

 

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