Spills, beers, parades, celtic dances and green in every corner of the street! Here are 8 countries to celebrate Saint Patrick!
On March 17th, what does it mean to you? For our part, we immediately think of the symbolic feast of the Irish from all over the world: Saint Patrick! Holiday since 1903, March 17 is an opportunity to honour the day of death Saint Patrick , founder of Christianity on the green island, and to welcome spring through parades, songs, dances and above all... pints of gogo beers! The symbol of Saint Patrick is the famous clover. According to legend, it would be thanks to a three-leaf Irish clover that the evangelizer would have explained the Holy Trinity to the Irish lords in order to convert them. For several years, this day has been celebrated well beyond Irish borders.
Are you ready to celebrate? Embark on our world of Saint Patrick!
1. Ireland
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Unquestionably, what better than spending Saint Patrick in Ireland? As you will understand, this is the same as the Irish National Day. “Proud to be Irish” is what our friends on the Green Island are proudly slamming for five days of festivities around March 17.
Saint Patrick takes place mainly in the street and in the famous Irish Pub where the bibine flows. The program? Parades, concerts, traditional music, songs and green from the head to the feet! Irish don't pretend! Disguised as leprechaun, painted in peat green or Saint Patrick, they embark you in a whirlpool of conviviality and simplicity.
If you had to choose a place in Ireland where to celebrate Saint Patrick, it is undoubtedly in Dublin. It is in the capital that everything is happening, that it is overflowing, that it explodes, that it doesn’t end up laughing, being grandiose and using rocambolic means to highlight Irish culture. Do not miss under any pretext the Great Parade and its legendary parade where players of cornemuses, artists, dancers, fairytale chariots and crowds find themselves delirious. Then go to Temple Bar: The mythical neighborhood to celebrate Saint-Patrick. The idea? A crowded atmosphere, crowded streets (agoraphobes, abstain), a sip of beer at every note of traditional Irish music and folklore to lose its head.
2. United Kingdom
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Saint-Patrick has a strong aura in the neighbouring countries of Ireland.
Sure, first of all, in the United Kingdom. During the celebration of Saint Patrick, London also released the great game. Follow the parade that takes place in the city centre, with thirty two tanks like the thirty-two counts of Ireland. Then stop to enjoy a pint of Guinness, get off on a Celtic playlist and live out, at the rhythm of parades and laughter.
You will have the opportunity to see that London sets up many totally free and deluded events to celebrate Saint Patrick (almost) as well as their neighbours. Okay, almost. If the appetite feels like a party, succumb to a famous Irish stew, a piece of Durrus, Irish cheese, or a goody, typical dessert as well.
3. United States
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It is indeed in this huge country that has a lot of natives from Ireland that was held the first Saint Patrick. The heirs of immigration of the Great Famine have always given the tone: on March 17, the States trove their white, red and blue colors to get green!
De Chicago , dyeing its emblematic river in green, Boston , which launches the beginning of the festivities long before day J, passing through New York , whose Fifth Avenue hosts a parade as impressive as it is demeasured, we will have no trouble celebrating Saint-Patrick in the United States! In addition, you can also celebrate Saint-Patrick in Savannah, Georgia, or in Savannah San Franciso California.
In each of these emblematic cities in the United States, Irish people honour their roots and the population is willing to play. The immense avenues scintillate in green and live at the rhythm of parades more fierce and breathtaking both. The horny sound climbs up to the tops of the buildings and Irish pubs flow an astronomical amount of beer and dishes typically Irish
4. Canada
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In the country of Erable syrup and caribou, many personalities have an Irish descent. So on March 17, the whole of Canada is also green and eats clover!
Large demonstrations in which people wander through painted and dressed in green hatch everywhere in the country. The events in honour of Irish culture are multiplying, even during the whole month of March: tank parades, races, Irish film festival, celtic music concerts.
If there’s a Canadian city to celebrate Saint-Patrick, it’s Montreal . In the city center, the organizers of the famous parade come out each year the great game and give in demeasure for the fanfares. This parade is the second most important after New York. Then, there is only to drink as in Ireland, to bet on green, to eat in a pub (the story of sprinkling the bibine) and to start singing in the heart of the horny.
5. Australia
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And why not celebrate St. Patrick's Day under the Australian sun? Troop the concrete streets of the cities of Europe and North America against the Golden Coast sand banks, or the European buildings against the roof of the Golden Coast Opera House Sydney lighted in green.
Yes, in Australia, every opportunity is good to celebrate. Especially since nearly 35 percent of Australians have Irish roots. So on March 17, join for example Sydney and let yourself be driven by the green wave. The hordes of green individuals drive you into the pubs that are completely won by the spirit of Saint Patrick. Irish music and dances, crazy beer shooters, parades sponsored by the Irish government: everything is there!
6. Germany
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During Saint Patrick’s Day, Munich, for example, became the theatre of one of the most impressive parades in Europe. The Bavarian capital is then invaded by a green folklore, always mad and full of authenticity.
To Berlin , Irish pubs play the game thoroughly: one drops the famous blonde beer for a day, in favor of a good brown Guinness. The Germans don't do in the lace: there are litres to run in just 24 hours! In the streets, the Global Greening project wins many sights and attractions of the city that then blends green.
7. Arab Emirates
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You didn’t think of the Arab Emirates to celebrate the Saint-Patrick? Normal! However, in Dubai on March 17, the city, among the most extravagant in the world, is also green.
It's hot, so we forgive you if you only trade a green t-shirt for the occasion. Then enter three days of unmeasured party, especially in the Irish village welcoming Irish music bands.
In a softer version, many restaurants and "place to be" for brunch offer a typical Irish map. The unlikely opportunity to find, on your plate in Dubai, a chocolate mousse at Guinness, Irish mussels, an Irish stew or Irish crab cakes!
8. Singapore
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In line with the surprising countries to celebrate Saint Patrick: Singapore. The only destination in Asia that enters the festive game of the Irish National Day, every March 17. At the sound of the cornemuses and Celtic dances, the famous Circular Road is home to an epic green festival and the authentic looks of the green island.
The valves are open: the Guinness is about to hit the street and bring you straight back to Europe!
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