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EXERCISE - 3

» Read the text and decide whether the sentences are “True (T)” or “False (F)”.

EDİTÖR YAYINEVİ
Religious Festivals In Turkey
Two religious festivals are celebrated in Turkey every year. Ramadan Feast is one of these
religious festivals. It marks the end of Ramadan which is the holy month of feasting. The
feast symbolizes the breaking of the fasting period. It is the feast of visiting relatives and
respecting to older people. People wear their best clothes in this festival. They call them as
“bayramlık”. They cook their special meals and desserts, and they serve them to their guests.
"Baklava" is the symbol food of this festival. Children collect gifts and candies. The feast
continues for three days.
The other feast is Sacrifice Feast. It includes sacrificing an animal in a special ritual,
visiting relatives and helping the poor. The animal generally is a ram. The rams are important
symbols for the festival. People don’t only sacrifice rams but also they can sacrifice cows,
goats, sheep and even camels. This festival goes on for four days. Early in the morning on
the first day, men go to mosques and pray in these places. Then, they go to sacrifice their
animals and give most of the meat to the poor. They are busy because of their sacrificing
rituals, so nobody visits each other on the first day. But the other days of the feast,
people put on their nice clothes, they visit their relatives, neighbours and friends, and they
enjoy festive meals together. "Kavurma" is the most popular dish of this feast. Thanks to
the feast, people show their loyalty, obedience and self-sacrifice to Allah.

1. Sacrifice Feast and Ramadan Feast are national festivals in Turkey. T / F

2. Turkish people celebrate Sacrifice Feast to show their obedience to God. T / F

3. Children buy gifts for their families on Sacrifice Feast. T / F
4. Ramadan Feast is celebrated at the beginning of the month of Ramadan. T / F
5. Camels are significant symbols for Sacrifice Feast. T / F

6. Ramadan Feast lasts for three days, but Sacrifice Feast is a four - day festival. T / F

7. Turkish people do the same things while celebrating their religious festivals. T / F
8. It's a religious duty for Turkish people to sacrifice animals on Sacrifice Feast. T / F