--- title: Respecting the festivals and traditions of classmates — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Respecting the festivals and traditions of classmates», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: A class in London, Toronto or Sydney often has children from many families, religions and cultures. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/) / Respecting the festivals and tradition… # Respecting the festivals and traditions of classmates Lesson 309 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 20 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates/0/) — A class in London, Toronto or Sydney often has children from many families, religions and cultures. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates/2/) — Everyone's traditions deserve respect. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates/3/) — Respect means being curious and kind: asking polite questions, saying «Happy Diwali» or «Eid Mubarak», and never laughing at someone's food, clothes or customs. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates/4/) — Example: during Ramadan a girl in Birmingham fasts from dawn to sunset. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates/5/) — Her friends do not wave snacks in her face or tease her; they ask what the fast means to her, and at Eid they wish her a happy festival. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates/6/) — You do not have to share a belief to show respect for it. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates/7/) — Respecting other people's festivals is how everyone's own traditions are respected too. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates/8/) — Everyone's traditions deserve respect, even when they are different from yours. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates/10/) — Diwali is the festival of lights, celebrated by Hindus, Sikhs and Jains with lamps, sweets and fireworks. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates/11/) — Eid al-Fitr is the Muslim festival that ends Ramadan, a month of fasting from dawn to sunset. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates/12/) — Hanukkah is a Jewish festival of lights that lasts eight nights, with a candle lit on the menorah each night. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates/14/) — Diwali, Eid, Hanukkah and Lunar New Year fall on different dates each year because they follow lunar or lunisolar calendars (calendars that follow the Moon, or the Moon and the Sun together). - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates/15/) — Showing respect means asking polite questions, using kind greetings and never mocking someone's food, clothes or customs. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates/16/) — Some families do not celebrate certain festivals, and that choice deserves respect too. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates/17/) — You do not have to share a belief to be respectful about it. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates/18/) — A boy in Leeds laughed at a classmate's Eid clothes; the classmate went home in tears and did not want to come to school the next day. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates/19/) — A girl in Canada asked her Hindu friend about Diwali; she was invited to share the sweets and the lamps, and they became better friends. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates/20/) — Being mocked for your religion or traditions can make children feel unsafe at school. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates/21/) — Asking politely about a festival usually brings friendship, while mocking brings hurt. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/309-respecting-festivals-of-classmates/22/) — If others mock someone's religion, festival or clothes, tell them to stop and tell a teacher. - ← previous: [Coins, pocket money, saving, spending wisely and planning time](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/) - next →: [Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, airports and bikes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)