[Music] every year on march 17th the city of chicago in the united states does something unusual they change the color of the river that runs through the city they use food coloring to turn the water green they use about 18 kilograms of this vegetable based dye for the water they do this to celebrate an irish saint saint patrick many st patrick's day celebrations involve a lot of food and drinks some of the food and drinks are green too another tradition is to wear green and if you do not someone may just pinch you but chicago
is only one place that celebrates saint patrick people in cities and countries around the world celebrate him saint patrick is the patron saint of ireland he is known for his religious work on that island in the 17 and 1800s large groups of irish immigrants moved to the united states this spread saint patrick's day celebrations to many communities there but the united states and ireland are not the only places that celebrate this holiday people in canada australia south africa argentina japan and russia all celebrate st patrick's day but the biggest celebrations today are in ireland today
in the city of dublin about one million people take part in saint patrick's festival this celebration is five days long it includes parades music dancing outdoor plays fireworks and more
