British Holidays - Lent

hi everyone I'm Jena Lent is a six and a half week period that leads into Easter

it's fate changes every year but it always starts them either February or

March in this lesson you're going to learn about how Lent is observed in

Britain do you know why the date of length changes every year we'll show you

the answer at the end of this video Lent begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on

Holy Saturday the day before Easter Sunday

it's classed as lasting 40 days as the Sundays within that period aren't

included in that count during Lent people who observe it for religious

reasons will choose to give up something as a sacrifice blend is also a time for

improvement as well as sacrificing material items or food Christians try to

improve themselves and live a better life for those forty days for the

non-religious Lent falls within the popular period for spring cleaning and

this is seen as a period of cleaning and improving the home as well as themselves

the lens has become more than just a religious event its position in the

calendar of being a couple of months after Christmas and immediately before

Easter those big days for overeating and eating too many sweets makes it perfect

for those on a diet too many people may choose to give up chocolate or sweets

for Lent for dietary reasons more so than religious reasons

some people that fast for Lent use the Lenten calendar to track their progress

through the forty days these are often handmade and colorful and can look more

like a board game than the traditional calendar and now I'll give you the

answer to the earlier quiz do you know why the date of lent changes

every year the date changes because Lent as well as Easter is tied into the lunar

calendar and not the regular solar calendar this is based on lunar phases

and they are slightly shorter than a month meaning that the lunar year

constantly changes when put against the solar calendar how was this lesson did

you learn something interesting do you observe Lent or have any period of

fasting in your country leave us a comment at English class 101.com

and we'll see you in the next lesson