Amazing festivals across the globe which you got to witness
Festivals are not only about celebration and indulgence of people but a great way to celebrate and live life. It is a way people express themselves, their culture in total ‘Festivals can be termed as a defining feature of humans’. A wide range of unique, incredible festivals can be found all around the globe.
Well, for all those who love to travel, to learn, to explore here is a list of 10 amazing festivals from all around the world which has to get a place in your travel list.
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THE Rio de Janerio Carnival, Brazil
(celebrated between February and March)
It is about a popular carnival, basically a parade that has revelers and eye-catching decorations, floats. Students learning Samba (a popular dance style) participate in this festival. Every year around 1.5 million people watch, indulge and make the best out of this colourful world famous festival.
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Floating Lantern Festival, Hawaii
(Celebrated on 25th of May)
This festival is exclusively about remembering and honouring loved and dear ones for great hope towards future. Music and lighting of ‘Light of Harmony’ are an important part. The best and main attraction is lantern floating.
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La Tomatino, Spain
(Celebrated on the last Wednesday of the month of August)
A festival of joy, enthusiasm, energy to its fullest and of course entertainment. Tomatoes are thrown at each other. Witnessing this great festival is amazing.
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Carnival of Venice, Italy
(Celebrated in February)
People can express their true self through this festival. It is a 900 year old tradition. Venice turns into a world of beautiful colours and citizens dress as jugglers. Every public area is filled with boats on canals.
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Holi , the Festival of colours , India
(celebrated in March)
India is a diversified country and every community has their own cultural festival. Holi is a remarkable one. People throw colours at each other. A festival of joy co, colours and energy and even accompanied by traditional foods.
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White Nights Festival, Russia
(Celebrated from May to July)
It is one of the most significant festivals of Russia. A mixture of classical ballet, opera by Russian artists s a part of this festival. It is an art festival of the season of midnight sun.
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Chinese New Year, China
(celebrated from the last month of Chinese calendar to first month)
China’s most important day. Dragons, flowers traditional clothing, fireworks and hanging lanterns are an integral part of this festival.
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Sapporo Snow Festival, Japan
(Celebrated over 1 week in the month of February)
Snow statues, buildings, huge snow maze< and accompaning it with mouth watering Japanese food. This is world famous and number of people comes to see it.
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Running of Bulls, Spain
(Celebrated from 6th – 14th July)
A unique yet dangerous form of celebration. Bulls are left free on tracks and people run in front of them. People get hurt. The one who survives wins.
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Ágitagueda Art Festival, Portugal
(Celebrated in the month of July)
Colourful umbrellas are hung over the streets of Agueda. It is a world famous festival, a new change is brought about every year so that it does not look the same.
China’s most important and significant day of the year. Also known as the Spring Festival, Chinese New Year celebrations traditionally run from Chinese New Year’s Eve, the last day of the last month of the Chinese calendar, to the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month, making the festival the longest in the Chinese calendar!
It marks China’s greatest festival – an important traditional Chinese holiday celebrated at the turn of the Chinese calendar. In China, it is also known as the Spring Festival. Chinese New Year celebrations traditionally run from Chinese New Year’s Eve, the last day of the last month of the Chinese calendar, to the Lantern Festival.
A South Korea cosmetics company developed a line of beauty products which featured mud from the Boryeong mud flats as a main ingredient. Since the company couldn’t be bothered to spend money on commercials, the Boryeong Mud Festival was born so potential customers could feel the benefits of the special mud firsthand. In case you attend and get bored of the mud slides, mud prison, mud pools, and mud skiing, you can enjoy live music, acupuncture, and the festival’s culminating fireworks display.
China’s most important and significant day of the year. Also known as the Spring Festival, Chinese New Year celebrations traditionally run from Chinese New Year’s Eve, the last day of the last month of the Chinese calendar, to the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month, making the festival the longest in the Chinese calendar!
It marks China’s greatest festival – an important traditional Chinese holiday celebrated at the turn of the Chinese calendar. In China, it is also known as the Spring Festival. Chinese New Year celebrations traditionally run from Chinese New Year’s Eve, the last day of the last month of the Chinese calendar, to the Lantern Festival.
A South Korea cosmetics company developed a line of beauty products which featured mud from the Boryeong mud flats as a main ingredient. Since the company couldn’t be bothered to spend money on commercials, the Boryeong Mud Festival was born so potential customers could feel the benefits of the special mud firsthand. In case you attend and get bored of the mud slides, mud prison, mud pools, and mud skiing, you can enjoy live music, acupuncture, and the festival’s culminating fireworks display.