Different countries' traditions discussion thread

I was chatting to Danni-bella recently and we discussed the differences and similarities between England and Australia, which I found very intresting. If you are from another country, besides those in the United Kingdom, perhaps on this thread you could tell people on TSR about the laws and religious traditions etc that are in your country and people who are from Britain could tell you about Britain. I feel that this would be a worthwhile contribution for many of our members.

I think school is different here in Australia, or maybe it isn't. Highschool starts in year 7 in some states and in year 8 in others. High school goes to year 12. What about in Britain?
I like many British bands. If you would like to hear a good Aussie band, go to http://www.powderfinger.com

well i am not religious so i can not really talk about religion..but i guess that if you are christian..then the traditions are pretty much the same in every part of the world.. no?

I think school is different here in Australia, or maybe it isn't. Highschool starts in year 7 in some states and in year 8 in others. High school goes to year 12. What about in Britain?
I like many British bands. If you would like to hear a good Aussie band, go to http://www.powderfinger.com

You could probably find two better countries to compare than the UK and Australia. A lot of Australians like to exaggerate the differences with the poms, only to reassure themselves that they have nothing to do with colonial history. Yeah right!

Yeah powderfinger are great. In a similar style, I prefer Art Of Fighting. They were recently signed to Bella Union here in the UK and I got to listen to their album Second Storey. It's amazingly good.

Highschool normally starts in year 10 here, but some schools like mine merge the secondary school and highschools together to form one school. When I was in year 7-9 I went to the same school as I do now but just on a different site. My school also has it's sixth form on the highschool site, which I currently attend. You leave school at 16, but you can stop on until you're 18 if you want to to get extra qualifications. What is the school starting age Down Under, it's 4-5 here, depending on your birthday.

Highschool normally starts in year 10 here, but some schools like mine merge the secondary school and highschools together to form one school. When I was in year 7-9 I went to the same school as I do now but just on a different site. My school also has it's sixth form on the highschool site, which I currently attend. You leave school at 16, but you can stop on until you're 18 if you want to to get extra qualifications. What is the school starting age Down Under, it's 4-5 here, depending on your birthday.

Well you don't have to talk about religion, as this is not a thread about religion. You could possibly talk about what the most popular foods are and what the most popular holiday destinations are in your country.

Bearing in mind what day it is tomorrow, how is Shrove Tuesday celebrated in different countries? I know it's Pancake Day here (can't wait for those pancakes! lol) but how about in other places? It's Mardi Gras isn't it?

Iv'e never heard of them.

schooling isnt a good place to start...

even within the UK, the different regions have different education systems, naming conventions for years, forms, classes, have different exam types, grammar schools in places etc etc

Shrove Tuesday? never heard of it in my (religious) school they celebrate Ash-Wendsday ( the day after tomorrow) or however they call it i think you can not eat during this day but i dont know why