Neighborhood Celebrations

In my neighboorhood people go all out for Halloween. Of course, there is the obligatory house that gives the disappointed children toothbrushes and the lazy guy who puts out a bowl of candy on his porch and calls it a day. But the rest of the neighborhood is roaring with excitement. Streets belong to the masked children as their sheer numbers force the roads to close. A hearse is parked in front of a spooky house with cobwebs and a coffin filled to the brim with Snickers and Skittles. Grown men dress up as clowns or the Grim Reaper to scare anxious children who approach their yard. Kids’ pillowcases bulge with so much candy that they can barely carry it so they require quick trips hoe to make deposits before going back for round two. The Halloween tradition in my neighborhood is legendary.

I have moved several times and each time was in a different state. I have been fortunate that wherever I moved we have always been surrounded by an amazing community. My favorite place is probably Wilmington. We try to have a get together with friends every weekend. As far as neighborhood parties go, we have a special party for every holiday including the Superbowl and other sports activities. For Halloween my neighbor brings a trailer and puts hay in the back of it. We then take all of the younger kids who dressed up and ride around the neighborhood. For the 4th of July everyone throws in at least $20 for fireworks and one friend DJs. That is probably my favorite holiday because we are celebrating our country in such an extravagant way. Then a fun little tradition that we do is jump in the pool will all of our clothes on and swim at 12am, it's just the little things. My neighborhood is very close and we will do anything for each other. These get together's are more of an excuse for a party because for us to have fun we don't always need to go extra. Sometimes it's just a fire and marshmallows with hot coco. Comment

I personally have never had anything like the block party described here. I think it’s a really great thing to have not only to develop a sense of community but to have fun. I would love to have had something like this growing up, but I think I was born in the technology era. Everything just kinda drifted away from get togethers and more towards talks on the phones in the comfort of our homes. We’ve all become so much more distant in my opinion. A lot of us don't put in the time or the effort to go out and do things like this. I think it is a wonderful thing to do but there's just no real want for it with everything else going on in people's lives.

I have only moved houses one time in my life, and I happened to stay in the same city too. The only things that really changed were the house I was in, and the community I was surrounded by. My old neighborhood never hosted any parties or celebrations for everyone to come and just enjoy each other’s company. So, when I found out I was moving my one request was hoping to have a neighborhood with lots of kids. My new neighborhood made the transition of moving VERY easy for me. I quickly fell into a group of guys and girls mostly all around my age, and we hung out together every single day after school until dark. As for celebrations, we have one for every holiday- big and small. Whether it’s the Superbowl, shooting off fireworks on the 4th of July, a Thanksgiving potluck or setting up a fake Times Square ball to drop at midnight on New Years Eve just to seem like we were right there- I always have felt like family with my neighbors since the beginning. Even the little celebrations and parties my neighborhood holds bring us closer together, and I wouldn’t change those nights and fun times for anything.

As I look at this photo, I feel a strong sense of community. The photo shows many people outside in vibrant daylight playing games with each other. It immediately reminded me of my childhood, when my friends and I would play games at our church in an expansive field. Those times have a special place in my heart because of the community it gave me. A community that I wouldn’t give up for anything. Even though the excerpt expresses that this block party is a tradition in New York City, I feel that this kind of interaction is slowly fading away. As a result of technology, I think that some traditions and interactions that bring people together are being annihilated. Although this may be the case, the fact that I don't recognize any technology in this photo is a good sign for the future. Everyone looks happy and excited so there is no reason for them to be worried about anything else. That is why I think that human interaction is important. For me, building bonds and relationships with other people is one of the most fun things. It is something that cannot be traded.

As I look at this photo, I feel a strong sense of community. The photo shows many people outside in vibratious daylight playing games with each other. It immediately reminded me of my childhood, when my friends and I would play games at our church in an expansive field. Those times have a special place in my heart because of the community it gave me. A community that I wouldn’t give up for anything.Even though, the excerpt expresses that this block party is a tradition in New York City, I feel that this kind of interaction is slowly fading away. As a result of technology, I think that some traditions and interactions that bring people together are being annihilated. Although this may be the case, the fact that I don't recognize any technology in this photo is a good sign for the future. Everyone looks happy and excited so there is no reason for them to be worried about anything else. That is why I think that human interaction is important. For me, building bonds and relationships with other people is one of the most fun things. It is something that cannot be traded.

As I look at this picture and have flashbacks of my own early childhood, one word comes to mind: community. When I was younger, my neighborhood couldn't go but a few weeks without a gathering of some sort occurring. With summer came block parties filled with slip and slides, fresh watermelon slices, and some form of barbecued meat. With fall and winter came indoor parties that would consist of a crowd of people gathered around a television watching football and eating homemade chili, the kind that warms you to your core. Some were larger then others, some had many more people and much more food, but they always resulted in the satisfying feeling of belonging. I look at this picture and that is what I see, a sense of community where people know they belong. Looking through the photo essay and reading people's comments justify that idea. People come together on the curb, hugging the buildings and banning cars just to celebrate being with one another. There is an assortment of people in every group, and the diversity is inspiring. It is easy to see by looking at the joy on these people's faces that all that matters is that they are present, and able to be with each other. My neighborhood has fallen off of our constant gatherings, as many of my friends I used to play with have grown up and moved on, and I don't see my neighbors nearly as often as I used to. However, I see new families coming in who I believe will return my neighborhood to the lively community it was once was.

All I can say is wow. The picture shows a block party, filled with people from a neighborhood. When the word neighborhood comes to mind I fantasize about children and parents from different worlds coming together on one street as a community. But that’s not the case in my life and for the majority of those who left these comments. I envy the few of you, who have a group bounded not by blood to come home too. My street lays silent with closed doors, and people looking outside only between the lines of closed blinds. Fences divide properties and lives. Shrubs and vegetation are put up to camouflage homes from their neighbors. When did we forget this idea of a neighbohood? When did our lives become too busy? When did we lose the sense to care, to care for our neighbors? We are united by the few twists and turns, paved and unpaved, cookie cutter and not, patches of land that shape one planet. If we can all be kind to our neighbors, we can all get along on Earth. For the planet is nothing, but a neighborhood full of life and people craving to belong.

So I live in Wilmington , and in my neighborhood there wouldn't be any block parties around. I live in the suburbs , where everyone stays to themselves , people really only come outside to check their mail , walk their dog , go to the trash , or get in their car. But at my grandma’s yes , actually both of them , one of them lives in Leland in the suburbs as well , but has a big enough yard to hold functions , my other grandma lives in Wilmington in Long Leaf. We always cookout there and invite our friends , and families. In Wilmington gun violence is pretty bad , so one year some of our community did , do a guns down , water up. Which was spraying people with water guns , instead of with a real gun . Catching someone ‘lacking’ meaning they weren't paying attention , you could come up and spray them. Someone even got somebody else at a traffic light. Our city does a lot of good and bad things for our community , but we do have a few leaders who step up and try to better us kids , adults too.

I live in an apartment complex, so the residents aren’t as close as those of a suburban area might be. There’s not much of a sense of community. The closest thing to a neighborhood celebration would be the concerts and Naadam that’s held in the venue nearby. But they’re not necessarily specific to our neighborhood, we just happen to live next to a popular event venue.

I haven't had any neighbors' celebrations before, when I saw this picture it seems very happy and I want to have this kind of celebration one day. people in my living community are very busy and they always do their own work, and their own business. when I was young I lived in my hometown, there were so many kids that had the same age as me and we played a lot outside in the garden and that was fun.

Our community hosts only one get together a year, and that is on children's day. Usually, our community is not very conversed with each other, however, on June 1st we get together to enjoy fireworks, friendly competitions between families and free icecream. I like how my friends and my family spend time together.

The Seoul community does have teenagers dancing and singing festival every years. This essential rule is Each school's club competes with each other. And then they receive a lot of the prize money in the order of the best teams. It's the best famous and fun festival to teenagers.

My neighborhood community hosts events such as halloween trick or treating and children's day competitions. Most of the times these events are held in celebration of a specific holiday or celebratory day. While, our school community organizes various parties and celebrations throughout the year. One of the most notable event is ESSO days where the whole school gets together to commemorate one of the four core departments (math, science, english, history).

Parties or get-togethers that are hosted within my neighborhood include that of community barbecues and meet ups that take place during national holidays or other dates that hold significance. These get-togethers primarily consist of sharing food and drinks outdoors, mainly in the form of potlucks, and grilling barbecues, while others converse with one another, play sports, or take part in other activities.

Our neighborhood does not have any parties they host. However, in our school, school organizations such as student council, hosts various types of events and parties. There are dance parties, movie or anime night, and even events related with sports. I have never attended to those events but I heard the people who went there enjoyed a lot.

In my neighbourhood, we don't host a lot of special get-togethers, at least not that I know of. But we're not totally strangers either. When we see each other in the elevator or halls, we do greet and get on our way. I remember three years ago, for children's day, our community hosted a small party with mascots and stuff or we had a trash pickup around our community. Other than that we don't have any special occasions.

There is no neighborhood party or any get-togethers because we never did that. If we try to do that the neighbors will be angry and tell us to mind your own business. But if it’s possible I want it to play hide and seek with all of my neighbors and order some pizza. I think it will be a lot of fun if we do that.

My neighborhood doesn't have any get-togethers that I know of. The Kauai Community does have public events such as festivals or art walks, but the only event I've attended a while ago was an artisan craft fair.

My neighborhood hosts get-togethers. There often isn't a set date, they just pop up and people from around show up to hang out and talk story. Sometimes Aunty or Uncle will have fresh food they've made such as Malasadas or Musubi that they are selling as well as a garage sale. Other times there is just a potluck in someone's garage that everyone can bring fresh fruit from their yard to or maybe even pupus (kind of like an appetizer).

If you drove through our town on any weekday, you would think it's just a sad, abandoned place. You would have no idea how much it lights up once a week, and how it brings people together. I live up on a hill, but our town is connected with the shops and restaurants at the bottom of it. On Friday nights we have an event called "Art Night". Lights are strung up everywhere, food trucks and small shops are opened, and there's live music everywhere! My family likes to go when we have relatives visiting us. It's a great way to show them our community since it shows so many different aspects. We start and end the same way each Friday we go. We get food from a food truck at one end and stroll down the street while we eat. We stop at a small pop-up-shop that a good family friend works at and talk for a while. Then we end at the bookstore at the end of the road. It brings a smile to anyone who's there. Either by the music, the sights, or the bridge you can go on to gaze at the stars. It makes our small town feel welcoming and alive.

Every year on Valentines Day for as long as I can remember, my family has called up some of our closest friends, spent several days before cooking, and prepared our outfits for our annual Valentines Day Dance. Now, this isn't your typical high school dance where everyone awkwardly stands around after putting lots and lots of make-up on. A couple weeks before the event, our family would gather together and decide on a theme. One year was pirates, another Native American. There was a superhero year and a year themed the movie "The Lord of the Rings." We individually created outfits. For example, for the pirate themed year, I dressed up as Tinker Bell. Instead of going to Walmart to pick up some junky outfit, I used my time to create a skirt out of greenery. The food is also themed, of course. The amount of feta cheese consumed during the Greek year was insane. The music also contributed to the vibe: Captain Hook's theme really brought the feels to the pirate year. The Annual Valentines Day Dance has always been special because it is so unique. I love that we have a tradition that is specifically our's.

My community does a marathon every year that takes place near the beach on my island. Many people come from all over Hawaii and even other states or countries as well. I like best because its such a good time and there music, massages, food and drinks after. Its like a big party.

My community will sometimes gather and and play different sports like baseball and volleyball

my mom was part of an Airbnb, that turned into a domain to host a type of get-together, called ecstatic dance. it's basically a place where you go to dance freely, without judgement, and no thoughts of doubting your own self-expression. I love how these dances form a container to hold space for the beauty of creativity, through dance.