India, Barsana
Holi is the first major Hindu Festival of the year. HOLI HAI... Come holi and the streets will reverberate with the chants of Holi hai... Colours will fill the atmosphere as people throw abeer and gulal in the air showing great joy and mirth in the arrival of this Spring Festival. Holi marks the end of the winter gloom and rejoices in the bloom of the spring time. It is the best time and season to celebrate; Holi ...
Poland, Gdansk
For four days Gdańsk becomes a city of theatre?Youth Creative Club ?Plama? has the main aim of producing International Street and Open-Air Theatres Festival FETA?loved by citizens and tourist alike. The festival has continued to develop and become more strong, attracting theatre and actors from around the world. The festival promotes art and culture of the whole world, educating and entertaining people, bringing laughter, tears, knowledge and the love of art. The FETA program includes many ...
United Kingdom, London
Second only to Rio de Janeiro, Notting Hill Carnival is one of the world\'s greatest street festivals. A world-class example of diversity that celebrates ethnic diversity and freedom through music, movement and masquerade making this uniquely cosmopolitan part of London come alive in a vibrant kaleidoscope of colour, sound and aroma. More than a million visitors can be expected to watch the thousands of artists perform over the two-day August bank holiday. The weekend is the ...
United Kingdom, Edinburgh, Calton Hill
Edinburgh's Beltane festival originates in the Scottish and Irish Gaelic pre-Christian festival of the same name. The name itself is thought to have derived from a Gaelic-Celtic word meaning 'bright/sacred fire'. It was held to mark and celebrate the blossoming of spring, and coincided with the ancient pastoral event of moving livestock to their summer grazing. It did not occur on any fixed solar date (the tradition of solstices and equinoxes is later in origin) but ...
India, Jaipur
Diwali is regarded as one of the most important festival of the Hindu calendar. It is celebrated across the nation with great pomp and excitement. The festival is mainly associated with lights as it is called the festival of light. On the day of the festival diyas (small clay lamps) are lit in everybody\\\'s home irrespective of their social status. The name Diwali signifies \\\'rows of lighted lamps\\\'. Diwali is a five-day festival, beginning on ...
Germany, Munich, Theresienwiese
Many special trains of the German Federal Railway bring in visitors from Germany's main towns and also from abroad. Thousands of coaches run special trips to the 'Wies`n', to give the Oktoberfest in Munich its traditional popular name. When the Oktoberfest opens in Munich, all the brewers and publicans march in procession through the town accompanied by gaily decked carts and brewers' drays, drawn by teams of hefty dray horses. No motorised vehicles are tolerated in ...
Poland, Tannenberg
People in Poland celebrate the historical reconstruction of the Grunwald Battle every year at the second weekend in July. It attracts about 70 thousands of visitors from far and near. The Battle of Grunwald took place on 15 July 1410 with the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, led by the king Jogaila (Władysław II Jagiełło), ranged against the Knights of the Teutonic Order, led by the Grand Master Ulrich von Jungingen. A trip ...
United Kingdom, York
The year is 1069. The kingdom of England is in the grip of new Norman masters. Their castles rise up all over the countryside, dominating the landscape. The Viking menace from the north is just a distant memory. Or is it...? The disempowered Anglo-Saxon earls of the north have few friends to help them against their hated Norman overlords. But help is at hand from an unexpected quarter. King Sweyn of Denmark has followed in ...
Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar
The Nadaam festival, or eriyn gurvan nadaam, is the biggest festival of the year for Mongolians. Usually occuring in July, it runs for three days in all parts of the country and highlights the greatest athletes in horse racing, archery, and wrestling: Mongolia's most popular sports. Women participate in all but the wrestling category. The word Nadaam means game or competition in Mongolian. Competitions take place days on the first two and merry-making is reserved ...
China, Beijing
The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival is a significant holiday celebrated in China, and the one with the longest history. Dragon Boat races are the most exciting part of the festival, drawing crowds of spectators. They commemorate Qu Yuan, a patriotic poet who drowned on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month in 277 B.C. Chinese citizens now throw bamboo leaves filled with cooked rice into the water. Therefore the fish could eat the rice rather ...Not yet a member?
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