12 SPECIAL FESTIVALS WORLDWIDE
You are looking for a fun trip. Check out the 12 festivals of the nations of the world and be a hint for your trip.
January
Cape Minstrel Carnival - Cape Town, South Africa
This festival has a history of more than 100 years, this street festival is one of the largest festivals in the world. Held on January 2 every year, thousands of people with bright clothes. Coming to the Cape Minstrel Carnival, you will be immersed in the space of the ball filled with music to celebrate the New Year, the beautiful dancing of dancers and festive costumes. Sophisticated and colorful enough.
February with Carnival - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Carnivals are held all over the world but at Rio De Janeri are the largest and most distinctive. Organized in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the Rio Carnival is known as the "most spectacular and spectacular show on earth." This year's festival starts on February 28th and ends on March 4th. The Rio Carnival is a music festival filled with music and tempting samba dances in Brazil.
March with the Holi Festival - India
The Holi Festival is the world's most colorful, so it is also called the color festival. It was an ancient Hindu festival marking the victory of good before evil. Holi is held on March 23 every year. The festival begins with a campfire evening and is followed by a colorful morning thrown to anyone and everyone present at the festival.
April - King's Festival - in the Netherlands
As one of the most popular national holidays in the Netherlands, the King's Festival or King's Day marks the birth of King Willem Alexander. The festival takes place on April 27 every year. Come to the King's Festival you will experience the national market and the huge outdoor concert in Amsterdam. On this day the Dutch celebrate by wearing orange (national colors) in the parade and selling all items from old toys, records to books in the big bazaar.
May - Lightning in a Bottle Festival in California, USA
Often compared to the Burning Man, but smaller and in a greener environment, the Lightning in a Bottle was started as a birthday party and then extended into four days. This festival consists of relaxing activities such as yoga, art, music. Held on May 21st every year.
June - Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee, USA
Bonnaroo Festival will be held annually from June 12 to June 15 every year and lasts for 4 days. The festival features diverse music styles such as indie rock, classic rock, hip hop, jazz, americana, bluegrass, country music, folk, gospel, reggae, pop, electronic music. Every year, hundreds of thousands of music lovers are drawn to the 283-hectare farm of Manchester, Tennessee, to attend this unique music festival.
July with Boryeong Mud Festival, Korea
It is a festival where all participants must be covered in mud all over. The mud is taken at Boryeong, and transported to Daecheon Beach, the center of the festival. As usual, the festival usually takes place in two weeks. Visitors throughout the world will be crowded on Daecheon Beach to participate in festive activities such as mud bathing ponds, mud slides, mud huts and mud skidding. You can even paint your body with mud or find the chance to be lucky in the mud wrestling competition. A large stage is set up on the beach to host live music, contests and more. A small market along the coast sells cosmetics made from Boryeong Mud. Many health and beauty salons provide services such as massage, acupuncture and other care services using quality mud products. In addition, there are many other unique games such as jumping into the mud bath, running on the mud, or dancing on the floor while mud sprayed on people, and especially the contest to find a "muddy king." The festival is closed with spectacular fireworks.
August with the Ca Chua festival in Bunol, Spain
Every year on August 31 in the small town of Bunol of Spain will turn into a giant "battlefield" with the red color of Ca Chua. The festival of tomatoes will take place with a lot of attractive activities. such as fruit battle, parade, musical performance, fireworks ...
September - The balloon festival in Reno, Nevada, USA
September is the time of the balloon festival to be performed all over the United States, but most notably in Reno, Nevada - USA. More than 100 balloons cover the sky in Reno Reno Balloon Race - the Great Reno Balloon Race. The largest balloon gathering in the world. You will admire the entire state of this beautifully elevated American country
October - Masskara Festival in Bacolod, Negros Occidental, Philippines
Bacolod is known as the city of smiles and at the Masskara festival will show why it is called so. Bacolod City is best known for the MassKara festival that takes place in the 3rd week of October each year. . Today the festival has become one of the most important Filipino festivals, attracting the most local people as well as the most attended tourists in the country. MassKara comes from a heartbreaking event. In 1980, the festival was first held in a period of crisis. Sugarcane is the main agricultural harvest of the province, but at this point sugar prices are lower than ever by the presence of US chemical sugar. This is also another tragedy. On 22 April this year, 700 people were missing after a sinking accident. In the meltdown of the city, local artists, local officials and urban groups decided to hold a special festival to pull the citizens out of the gloomy atmosphere. At that time, Bacolod was known as "City of Smiles" (Mass of City), so the MassKara festival is also centered on the goal of the festival of smiles.
November - Lantern Festival in Chang Mai, Thailand
The annual temples and shrines often fall on the Thai calendar (in the 11th month of the solar calendar), and end on the full moon day - the full moon day. This is a religious festival honoring the Buddha. Come to this festival in Chang Mai you will witness a sky full of bright lights. And tourism in Thailand is considered to be relatively cheap.
December - Art Basel Art Fair, Miami Beach, Florida, USA
But it's just a version of Art Basel in Switzerland, but the largest Art Basel International Art Festival in the United States took place in early December in the city of Miami, where convergence is expected of bright houses. creating professional art as well as amateur art collectors in Europe and more than 70,000 visitors.
Coming to Miami this time, you have the opportunity to admire the original "guest" sculptures when the entire city becomes art galleries, or the bustling bazaar of nightly festivities at the beach, ecstatic with music performances take place everywhere ...
The Miami Art Basel Summer Fair will take place in four days, from December 3 to 6 each year.
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