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ARGENTINA | Monday, 19 Oct 2009 | Views [385] | Comments [1] | Video
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 [112] | Video
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 [139] | Video
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 [529]
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 [81] | Video
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 [128] | Video
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 [127] | Video
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 [68] | Video
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 [123] | Video
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 [240] | Video
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 [95] | Video
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 [131] | Video
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 [76] | Video
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 [88] | Video
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 [56] | Video
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
SWITZERLAND | Thursday, 17 Sep 2009 | Views [99] | Video
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 [798]
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 [859]
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 [111] | Video
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 [129] | Video
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 [112]
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 [88] | Video
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 [119] | Video
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 [182] | Video
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 [135] | Video
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
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