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What are you celebrating?Magnús: - I have fans of all ages and I don't think it's weird when older people like LazyTown. LazyTown appeals to people for many different reasons: dancing, acrobatics, etc.Note
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It’s Australia Day but some people call it mourning day.
Australia Day is when the first British fleet came to Australia
Why is it called Mourning day:
"Australia Day", celebrated on January 26th, is considered a "Day of Mourning" by many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians because this date marks the arrival of the British First Fleet in 1788, signifying the beginning of colonization and the devastating impacts it had on Indigenous communities, leading to widespread dispossession and loss of culture;therefore, for many First Nations people, it is a day to grieve and reflect on this painful historical event rather than celebrate.Note
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Btw some aboriginals also do celebrate it too but most choose not to (although I do think doing riots for the day to change is a bit to much in my opinion). Anyway, I saw videos of people on Aussie day calling the firefighters for water for their slip n slides. Which was cool of firefighters for actually doing thatNote
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Those interested in history may be interested to know the British themselves are the result of many invasions and conquests. The earliest people in the British Isles walked there when it was not yet an island due to the Ice Age. Their descendants built Stonehenge and other prehistoric wonders. They were invaded and conquered by various tribes of Celts, like the Cornish, the Belgae, the Caledonians, Scots, Picts, Irish, and Welsh. They in turn were invaded by the Romans who created the Romano-British civilization in what is now England. That gave way to the Germanic invasions of the Jutes, the Angles, and the Saxons. The Anglo-Saxon peoples ruled most of Britain for awhile but were raided and invaded by Scandinavians such as the Danes and the Vikings. Finally some Vikings who had conquered northwestern France, called the Normans (or "Northmen") invaded in 1066 and conquered England under William the Conqueror. The invasions did not stop there, but from then on they were repulsed: the Grand Armada of the Spanish was defeated by the English fleet of Queen Elizabeth I in the 1600's, and in the early 1800's Napoleon's France tried in invade but was defeated by the British fleet under Admiral Nelson at Trafalgar. The Germans tried to invade in 1940 but could not establish air superiority due to losing the aerial Battle of Britain.
As for Australia, if the British hadn't shown up, it would probably have been some other colonial power, like the Dutch, the French, the Germans, or the Spanish, all of whom were active in the Pacific. The Germans in fact controlled the nearby Bismarck Archipelago, German New Guinea, and the island of Rabaul, which later become Australian protectorates. It's hard to find a scrap of land anywhere that hasn't been invaded or fought over, usually many times. Seems to be the human way. I'm sure they've taught you about the Japanese invasion of New Guinea and the bombing of Darwin.l i t t l e
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Haha same (I started school last week on Wednesday). One cool thing I get to do is Dance this year. And this year’s topic is Children music which, yes I can do LT songs. I’m still deciding on what song to choose for my own choreography. So near term 2 I’ll put a thread about your guys suggestions about which song and dance I should do (btw there’s a can’t do list either because there’s no dance or its a group/partner dance).Note
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The fact that phones are banned from Australian schools but my science teacher still allows them in class is cool because finally I can get back to listening to my own music while doing class work (though I only use it when science is the last class of the day and at the last part of lesson because my science class gets to crazy by that time)Note
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