ARGENTINA | Monday, 19 Oct 2009 | Views [200] | Comments [1]
Location: San Antonio de Areco, Argentina
Dates: the weekend of November 10th
Level of Participation: 3 – show up for the carnival scene
ready to eat, dance, and join in the gaucho culture
Description: Día de la Tradición ... Read more >
Tags: argentina, gaucho, culture, asado, buenos aires, world festivals
EGYPT | Thursday, 17 Sep 2009 | Views [93]
Location: Tanta, Egypt Dates: At the end of the cotton harvest in late October Level of Participation: 2 – wander among snake charmers and entranced Sufis Description: One of Egypt’s most important ... Read more >
Tags: egypt, world festivals, moulid of sayyed ahmed al-badawi
USA | Thursday, 17 Sep 2009 | Views [117]
Location: Duval St, Key West, Florida, USA Dates: 10 days ending on the last Sunday in October Level of Participation: 5 – indulge your wildest fantasies Description: One of the most outrageous ... Read more >
Tags: fantasy fest, world festivals, usa
USA | Thursday, 17 Sep 2009 | Views [492]
Location: New York City, New York, USA Dates: 31 October Level of Participation: 5 – dress up and explore your dark side Description: The shrill cry of ‘trick or treat’ from children on the ... Read more >
Tags: halloween, usa, world festivals
JAPAN | Thursday, 17 Sep 2009 | Views [64]
Location: Kyoto Gosho, Kyoto, Japan Dates: 22 October Level of Participation: 2 – shed a tear for Kyoto’s former glory Description: Compared with the former Japanese capital’s other major ... Read more >
Tags: japan, festival of the ages, jidai matsuri, world festivals
INDIA | Thursday, 17 Sep 2009 | Views [117]
Location: Mumbai, India Dates: Fifteenth day of the Indian lunar month of Kartika (October/November) Level of Participation: 2 – watch India light up Description: Having celebrated Krishna’s ... Read more >
Tags: india, divali, world festivals
LAOS | Thursday, 17 Sep 2009 | Views [103]
Location: Laos, Cambodia and Thailand Dates: Full moon in late October or early November Level of Participation: 3 – send a boat to Naga Description: Also known as Ok Watsa, Laos’ Awk Phansa ... Read more >
Tags: laos, thailand, cambodia, river festivals, world festivals
USA | Thursday, 17 Sep 2009 | Views [56]
Location: New River Gorge Bridge, West Virginia, USA Dates: Third Sunday in October Level of Participation: 2 – watch the daredevils plummet Description: It’s the world’s largest extreme-sports ... Read more >
Tags: usa, world festivals, bridge day
PHILIPPINES | Thursday, 17 Sep 2009 | Views [93]
Location: Bacolod, Negros Occidental , Philippines Dates: Weekend nearest 19 October Level of Participation: 3 – smile with the masked masses Description: MassKara’s name is a fusion of ... Read more >
Tags: phillipines, world festivals, masskara festival
PERU | Thursday, 17 Sep 2009 | Views [202]
Location: Lima, Peru Dates: 18, 28 and 29 October Level of Participation: 3 – slip into something purple and hit the streets Description: This procession of hundreds of thousands of people ... Read more >
Tags: lord of miracles, world festivals, peru
GERMANY | Thursday, 17 Sep 2009 | Views [84]
Location: Alleenbrücke , Tübingen, Germany Dates: Early October Level of Participation: 4 – try your luck in the bobbing derby Description: It’s not exactly Running of the Bulls. Indeed, the ... Read more >
Tags: germany, duck race, world festivals
BRAZIL | Thursday, 17 Sep 2009 | Views [112]
Location: Praça Justo Chermont, Belém, Brazil Dates: Second weekend in October Level of Participation: 3 – join the human surge to the basilica Description: The largest festival on the River ... Read more >
Tags: brazil, cirio de nazare, world festivals
IRELAND | Thursday, 17 Sep 2009 | Views [61]
Location: Main Street, Lisdoonvarna, County Clare, Ireland Dates: Last Friday in August to first Sunday in October Level of Participation: 5 – take the opportunity to pick an Irish rose Description: ... Read more >
Tags: matchmaking festival, ireland, world festivals
THAILAND | Thursday, 17 Sep 2009 | Views [71]
Location: Jui Tui temple, Th Ranong, Phuket Town, Phuket, Thailand Dates: First nine days of the ninth month in the Chinese calendar (late September/early October) Level of Participation: 3 – receive fruit from ... Read more >
Tags: thailand, vegetarian festival, world festivals
NIGERIA | Thursday, 17 Sep 2009 | Views [46]
Location: Emir Palace Road, Kano, Nigeria Dates: End of Ramadan Level of Participation: 2 – watch the colourful cavalry Description: Throughout the Islamic world, the Eid al-Fitr festival is ... Read more >
Tags: nigeria, world festivals, durbar
LIBYA | Thursday, 17 Sep 2009 | Views [100]
Location: Old city, Ghadames, Libya Dates: Three days in October Level of Participation: 4 – dates and dancing in the desert Description: At the end of the date harvest in Ghadames, Libyans ... Read more >
Tags: libya, w9orld festival, ghadames date festival
SWITZERLAND | Thursday, 17 Sep 2009 | Views [81]
Location: Martigny, Valais, Switzerland Dates: First week in October Level of Participation: 2 – watch the queens do battle Description: Switzerland’s Valais region is famous for its pistes ... Read more >
Tags: switzerland, world festivals, fight of the queens
GERMANY | Friday, 11 Sep 2009 | Views [717]
Oktoberfest. Photo by [46137], Flickr.com Location: Theresienwiese, Munich, Germany Dates: 16 days from late September to early October Level of Participation: 5 - messier than a stag night Description: In 1810, a horse race was held ... Read more >
Tags: world festivals, oktoberfest, germany
USA | Tuesday, 18 Aug 2009 | Views [790]
Burning Man. Photo by [lightmatter], Flickr.com Location: Black Rock Desert, Gerlach, Nevada Dates: Week prior to and including Labor Day weekend (first Monday in September) Level of Participation: 5 - stay alive in the desert and contribute ... Read more >
Tags: world festivals, usa, burning man, concerts
USA | Sunday, 16 Aug 2009 | Views [101]
Location: Varies each year around the USA Dates: One day in September Level of Participation: 2 – play along on your air guitar Description: The longest-running series of benefit concerts in ... Read more >
Tags: farm aid, usa, world festivals
SPAIN | Sunday, 16 Aug 2009 | Views [111]
Location: Barcelona, Spain Dates: Four days around 24 September Level of Participation: 2 – join the Catalan party as Barcelona is overrun with giants, devils and human pyramids Description: ... Read more >
Tags: festival of the virgin of mercy, world festivals, spain
IRELAND | Sunday, 16 Aug 2009 | Views [98]
Location: Nimmo’s Pier, Galway City, County Galway, Ireland Dates: Last full weekend in September Level of Participation: 4 – you’ll never want to see an oyster again Description: The Galway ... Read more >
Tags: ireland, galway oyster festival, world festivals
USA | Sunday, 16 Aug 2009 | Views [78]
Location: Brooklyn, New York City, USA Dates: Last weekend in September Level of Participation: 2 – stroll with the Brooklynites Description: This 33-year-old street party is one of the ... Read more >
Tags: usa, atlantic antic, world festivals
SOUTH AFRICA | Sunday, 16 Aug 2009 | Views [98]
Location: Hermanus, Western Cape, South Africa Dates: Last week in September Level of Participation: 3 – put an eye to a telescope Description: Situated near Africa’s southernmost tip, Hermanus ... Read more >
Tags: hermanus whale festival, south africa, world festivals
NEPAL | Sunday, 16 Aug 2009 | Views [170]
Location: Kathmandu, Nepal Dates: Fifteen days ending on the full moon in late September/early October Level of Participation: 2 – steel yourself for mass sacrifices and a procession of swords Description:... Read more >
Tags: nepal, world festivals, dasain
SLOVENIA | Sunday, 16 Aug 2009 | Views [130]
Location: Bohinj, Slovenia Dates: Sunday in mid-September Level of Participation: 3 – a ticket to the bovine ball Description: Kitsch, possibly of the unintentional kind, comes out to ... Read more >
Tags: slovenia, world festivals, cow ball
UNITED KINGDOM | Sunday, 16 Aug 2009 | Views [130]
Location: Egremont, Cumbria, England Dates: Third Saturday in September Level of Participation: 4 – take the gurn challenge Description: This Cumbrian fest is one of the world’s oldest fairs, ... Read more >
Tags: england, egremont crab fair, world festivals
MOROCCO | Sunday, 16 Aug 2009 | Views [113]
Location: Imilchil, Morocco Dates: Three days around the third week in September Level of Participation: 2 – get caught up in the romance in the Atlas Mountains Description: Like the Cure ... Read more >
Tags: morocco, world festivals, imilchil wedding moussem
CHINA | Sunday, 16 Aug 2009 | Views [185]
Location: China Dates: Fifteenth day of the eight lunar month Level of Participation: 2 – gaze at the woman in the moon Description: Also called the Moon Cake Festival, China’s harvest festival ... Read more >
Tags: china, mid-aurumn festival, world festivals
INDIA | Sunday, 16 Aug 2009 | Views [58]
Location: Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India Dates: Indian lunar month of Bhadra (August/September) Level of Participation: 3 – offer puja (prayer) with the pilgrims Description: Held on the ... Read more >
Tags: india, janmastami, world festivals
UNITED KINGDOM | Sunday, 16 Aug 2009 | Views [109]
Location: Abbots Bromley, Staffordshire, England Dates: Wakes Monday (first Monday after the first Sunday after 4 September) Level of Participation: 2 – glimpse an 800-year-old pagan dance involving unwieldy antlers ... Read more >
Tags: england, world festivals, horn dance
NIGER | Sunday, 16 Aug 2009 | Views [108]
Location: Tegguidda-n-Tessoum, In-Gall, Niger Dates: A week in the first half of September Level of Participation: 3 – make an extreme journey to the deepest Sahara to watch a beauty contest Description:... Read more >
Tags: salt cure, niger, world festivals
ITALY | Sunday, 16 Aug 2009 | Views [99]
Location: Grande Piazza, Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy Dates: Penultimate Saturday in June and first Sunday in September Level of Participation: 3 – don some breeches and watch the jousters charge Description:... Read more >
Tags: italy, world festivals, joust of the saracen
UNITED KINGDOM | Sunday, 16 Aug 2009 | Views [129]
Location: Memorial Park, Braemar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Dates: First Saturday in September Level of Participation: 4 – climb Morrone or down a dram Description: Caber-tossing can be seen throughout ... Read more >
Tags: scotland, world festivals, braemar gathering
SWAZILAND | Sunday, 16 Aug 2009 | Views [485]
Location: Lobamba, Swaziland Dates: Late August/early September Level of Participation: 2 – join Swazi royalty and watch the debutantes’ ball in the bush Description: Swaziland may be a pint-... Read more >
Tags: swaziland, world festivals, reed dance
ITALY | Sunday, 16 Aug 2009 | Views [87]
Location: Castello, Venice, Italy Dates: First Sunday in September Level of Participation: 2 – watch the Venetians row like it’s 1489 Description: These rowing races on the Grand Canal commemorate ... Read more >
Tags: italy, regata storica, world festivals
AUSTRALIA | Sunday, 16 Aug 2009 | Views [106]
Location: Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia Dates: Saturday at the end of August/beginning of September Level of Participation: 5 – get ready for the desert challenge Description: ... Read more >
Tags: australia, world festivals, henley-on-todd regatta
CROATIA | Friday, 14 Aug 2009 | Views [365]
Location: Dubrovnik, Croatia Dates: July 10 - August 31 Level of Participation: 1 – Sit back, relax, and enjoy the shows, concerts, and performances Description: Each summer, more than 2000 dancers, actors, musicians, writers and artists ... Read more >
Tags: croatia, dubrovnik summer festival, performance, world festivals, dubrovnik, music
UNITED KINGDOM | Thursday, 16 Jul 2009 | Views [88]
Location: Ladbroke Grove, Notting Hill, London, England Dates: Last Sunday and Monday in August Level of Participation: 3 – make a costume or float, or just wander along for some jerk chicken and a dance ... Read more >
Tags: england, world festivals, notting hill carnival
MADAGASCAR | Thursday, 16 Jul 2009 | Views [125]
Location: Hauts plateaux (highlands), Madagascar Dates: Throughout winter (June to September) Level of Participation: 2 – watch the Merina’s unique ritual – and join the attendant party Description: ... Read more >
Tags: madagascar, turning of the bones, world festivals
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