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Happy St. Patrick\u2019s Day! This holiday was originally established to celebrate the life of St. Patrick, who is said to have brought Christianity to the <\/span>Irish isles<\/span><\/a>. Today, there are still many pious Christians who mark the occasion with solemn services. However, in popular culture, St. Patrick\u2019s Day has become a day to celebrate one\u2019s Irish heritage. All over the world, people have been throwing huge celebrations and parades ever since the very first St. Patrick\u2019s Day parade in New York City in 1762. Let\u2019s take a closer look at how various cultures put their own unique twist on St. Patrick\u2019s Day celebrations!<\/span><\/p>\n

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New York City, USA<\/span><\/h2>\n

Many American cities throw parades on St. Patrick\u2019s Day. Chicago\u2019s is well-known, in particular, because they dye the Chicago River green. But New York\u2019s parade lays claim to being the longest running St. Patrick\u2019s Day parade in the country. This parade came to have a great deal of symbolism for the thousands of Irish immigrants to the city during the years of hard times in their homeland. It was an unabashed celebration of what it meant to be Irish, and became a huge way for people to come together in a community. And this attitude ultimately came to influence the way St. Patrick\u2019s Day parades were thought of and held in other places around the world to this day.<\/span><\/p>\n

Buenos Aires, Argentina<\/span><\/h2>\n

It may come as a shock that Argentina hosts the fifth largest Irish population in the world. And Buenos Aires really puts on a show for their St. Patrick\u2019s Day celebrations! While most of the world has floats and marching band performances during their parades, Buenos Aires features live music and dancing. Several blocks of the city are closed down to vehicular traffic for the revelry. All of this turns the Argentine capital into the place to be in South America for St. Patrick\u2019s Day!<\/span><\/p>\n

Tokyo, Japan<\/span><\/h2>\n

Tokyo may not have many Irish residents, but those that do live there go all out in the largest city in the world! About 2,000 participants join in an annual parade through the trendy neighborhood of Omotesando \u2013 right in-between the tourist hotspots of Shibuya and Harajuku. And the Irish pubs in the city (of which there are many more than you might expect!) send pretty women to hand out beer tokens during the parade. It is perhaps the most surprising place in the world to have a St. Patrick\u2019s Day parade, but it\u2019s an experience that is at once unique and comforting to the Irish residents of <\/span>Tokyo<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Dublin, Ireland<\/span><\/h2>\n

St. Patrick\u2019s Day in the homeland was, at one time, the complete opposite experience to the rest of the world. Because the day falls during the Catholic season of Lent, there wasn\u2019t much celebration to be had. Most went to services and had a very low-key day. This all changed in 1961, when bars in Ireland were permitted to serve <\/span>alcohol<\/span><\/a> during Lent. Today, St. Patrick\u2019s Day is a day of national pride. Tourists converge on Dublin to join in the revelry, with a big parade and bar crawls aplenty. Just remember to spare yourself some weird looks and don\u2019t try to order a green beer during the celebrations. Enjoy a proper pint of Guinness at one of the many pubs in the center of the action!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Happy St. Patrick\u2019s Day! This holiday was originally established to celebrate the life of St. Patrick, who is said to have brought Christianity to the Irish isles. Today, there are still many pious Christians who mark the occasion with solemn services. 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