Holidays Continued

     Like I explained In my previous post, The U.S and Sudan are pretty different when it comes to holidays. Although this is true, they do share one similar holiday. 
     Sudan and The United States both celebrate New Year's day on the first of January. New Years is a representation of the new year and new beginnings. In The United States, most people celebrate with fire works, new years kisses, and getting drunk with family and friends. In Sudan, the people go out to eat and spend time with family. 
      There is another holiday celebrated on January 1st in Sudan and that is their Independence from the United Kingdom and Egypt as well. There had been long years of fighting between Britain and Egypt to try to take over Sudan. In 1821, Egypt invaded and conquered Sudan. In the 1890's, Britain sought to gain power over Sudan. The main reason these countries wanted to gain control of Sudan was because of it's great placement with the Nile River. Through the years of fighting, Britain and Egypt decided to have a free vote between the Sudanese to see if they would vote for Independence. Sure enough On January 1, 1956, the Egyptian and British flags were lowered and a Sudanese flag was raised.
In my opinion, Independence day is not really thought of as a big deal. They have celebrations and get-togethers with family, but it's not stressed as a big event. 

       This differs from The United States because their Independence from Great Britain is celebrated on the fourth of July. Americans celebrate July 4th with picnics, barbecues, parades, carnivals, etc. Britain had control over the 13 colonies up until July 2, 1776, but the actual Declaration in Independence was not signed and official until July 4th, 1776.