celebrations, to celebrate (be celebrated), celebratory (mood)	świętowanie, świętować, świąteczny
renewal, to renew, renewed (hope)	odnowa, odnawiać, odnowiona
festival	special day(s)/ event
festivities	enjoyable activities, festival events
festive (mood)	świąteczny, uroczysty
spectacle	spektakl
spectacular	spectacle - adjective
ceremony	uroczystośc, ceremonia
ceremonial	ceremony - adjective
to be superstitious	to have illogical beliefs about hidden forces in nature
centenary / bi-centenary	100th anniversary / 200th anniversary
penance	actions to show you are sorry for bad deeds (pokuta)
fasting	not eating for a long period
flamboyant	extremely colourful and exaggerated (krzykliwy, przesadny)
raucous [`ro:kəs]	very noisy (huczny)
sombre	serious, heavy and sad
to be atmospheric	to have a special feeling or atmosphere
to commemorate	to respect and remember officially (formal)
lantern	lampion
associated with	all to do with (more formal)
can be tracked back to	all started with (more formal)
sombre	dark and serious (more formal)
the main focus of the festival	the main thing in the festival (more formal)
parade of people	big gang of people marching through the streets (more formal)
flamboyant	lively and extremely colourful (more formal)
raucous	rather noisy (more formal)
symbolise	mean (more formal)
it is very atmospheric	it has a great feeling about it (more formal)
they were believed to guarantee	people thought they would be guaranteed (more formal)
are not superstitious	don't have such funny beliefs about nature (more formal)
pagan	really old, pre-Christian
Mother's Day	is when you send cards and give gifts to your mother
Independence Day	is celebrated in may countires which were formely colonised by other countries
May Day	is the fist of May and is celebrated in many countries as a commemoration of all workers
Valentine;s Day	on this day people send romantic messages to sb they're in love with