What food do people eat on national days and festivals in your country? Let us know in the comments below.

What food do people eat on national days and festivals in your country?

Chile en Nogada

Hi, I'm Alejandra and I'm from Mexico.

On 16 September, we celebrate Independence Day with a special dish called chile en nogada. We eat it on this day because this dish has the same colours as the Mexican flag: green, white and red! The main ingredient is a large green chilli pepper with meat, vegetables, fruit and spices inside it. There's a white sauce over the pepper and some red fruit seeds on top. Everyone loves this dish, so we make enough for all the family and that takes a long time!

Mooncakes

Hello! I'm Li-Na from China.

We have a festival for the first full moon of autumn and some people call it the Mooncake Festival! Mooncakes are round like the moon and they look beautiful. Inside there is a sweet cream which is often made from red beans. Yes, beans in a dessert! And it tastes really good. Families get together on this special day. At night, we go outside to look at the moon, eat mooncakes and drink tea – lots of tea. How many cakes do we eat? Too many – because they are so delicious!

Haggis

Hi there! I'm Duncan from Scotland.

We always eat haggis on 25 January, Burns' Night, to celebrate the birthday of a Scottish poet, Robert Burns. Haggis is simple food made with cheap ingredients: sheep meat, vegetables and cereals – boiled in a sheep's stomach! I know, it sounds disgusting – but it's really tasty!

On Burns' Night, the haggis is at the centre of the celebrations. We stand and listen to Scottish music when my mum puts it on the table. My dad reads a famous Robert Burns' poem about a haggis, then we sit down and enjoy a good dinner.