II. Write a paragraph ( about 100 words) to describe your favourite festival in your country. In your description you should write: - when and why it began. - what type of traditional food there is. - what type of costume people wear. - what kind of music people play.

Tet is a national festival in Vietnam,  many Vietnamese people love it. Tet is celebrated in the January of lunar calendar to welcome new year. Before Tet, people buy food, fruits, drink, flowers, and the most important is the peach blossom or kumquat tree. Children are bought new clothes by their parents.  On New Year's Eve, all of the family members gather to give each other the best wishes and have a meal. During Tet, people can go to the parks, stadiums to see fireworks, it is very beautiful. Children can receive lucky-money from parents and relatives. I like staying at home to watch the New Year's comedies, it makes me laugh a lot.  On the next day, people go to the temple to thank the ancestors, Buddha  who helped everyone in the old year. In short, I really love Tet.

Every year, every spring, my hometown jubilantly opens the boat racing festival on the Red River. That morning, the two sides of the river along the 1000m long race track, the drummer, the trumpeter, was full of joy and excitement. The race started at the beginning of my village. Under the river five racing boats were lined up horizontally at the starting line. On the boat, the racers are strong young men sitting in a row with paddle hands. Each team has a different color. At the time of departure, when the trumpets emerged, the boats rushed to the finish line. On both sides of the river, the cheering and cheering of the viewers disturbed a whole section of the river. My village team finished first. At the end of the festival is the awarding part, everyone is present in full to congratulate the racers.
The boat racing festival is the traditional culture of my hometown. I will study well, do sports with strong body so I can join the boat race.