Every country in the world has its own festival and celebration. People all around the world love joining together and sharing good time through the festivals and celebrations. Festivals are great way to experience local culture. Sometime they even offer a glimpse into past. There are hundreds of festivals across the world. So are you ready to experience of fun and colorful festivals? Below are some of festivals from Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America.
Let’s start in Europe. Europeans have a lot of festivals that attract thousands. During July 6th to 14th of every year, the Spanish town of Pamplona celebrates Festival of San Fermin for a week. It is a week of riotous celebration, bullfighting and the world famous Running of the Bulls. From 5am every day, people are gathering to witness the big and exciting event. At eight during the festival week, six raging bulls are let loose and Thousands of people sprint along 800m of track in few minutes in front of them. Every year, people get injured or killed. “There have been 14 deaths and 205 serious ‘horn injuries’ between 1924 and 2006.”( World Part 36).The festival is a celebration of patron saint, San Fermin. No one is sure when the festival began, but it was documented in the 14th century when it seems the festival was held on October 10th. In 1591, the festival of San Fermin was moved to 7th of July when the weather is better for the event. La Tomatina is also a festival from Spain. On the last Wednesday of August, thousands of people from around the world crowd into the tiny town of Bunol in eastern Spain for the world’s greatest tomato fight. It’s a short lived events starts at 11am stops at 1pm. The festival is begun with a contest, after that people just start to gra...
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...cing and partying at their graveyards? That’s Mexican celebrate the Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead. On the first two days in November, they stop everything for the most distinctive festival that mixes Aztec and Catholic traditions into a special time for families to come together to honor their deceased ones. November 2nd is the official national holiday for the Day of the Dead. An Aztec mid- August banquet with the ancestors was appropriated by Catholic priest to coincide with their All Saints Day to encourage the conversion of the Indians to the Catholic faith.
You’ve known some of festivals around the world, so where will you decide make your next trip? The above are just some of amazing, fun and crazy festival from all around the globe. Festivals are the key to open local cultures and will give you some enjoyable and fantastic travel experiences.
New Orleans, LA is not just a tourist spot; it is one of the Festival full places in USA. The people celebrate dozens of festivals, No matter the option is, - unique food, music, or the historic event, New Orleans is always stands to celebrate that. There are many festivals all over the calendar year. I will, describe them by month wise. Let’s join me, for the journey in New Orleans, LA.
Las Posadas is a Mexican holiday that is like Christmas for the United States. It was originated in Spain and lasts for nine days. This holiday begins on December sixteenth and ends on December twenty-fourth. This is also a catholic holiday but most people in Mexico celebrate it. This holiday was thought to be started in the sixteenth century by “St. Ignatius of Loyola or Friar Pedro de Gant in Mexico.” In Mexico they have a tradition where they put a candle in a paper lampshade. Then they would take the lampshade with the candle inside it and went outside to sing a song, allowing Joseph and Mary to be recognized and allowed to enter the world. This is still a tradition today but one thing has changed from around when it was started. It, for some people, celebrated it in a church instead of the family’s home. There is a thing that is common for both the United Stated and Mexico. They both sing Christmas carols, they go along to houses or in a church and sing Christmas songs. On these days the children will break piñatas to get the candy and prizes inside. They also so another thing ...
The spectators came from all over the Roman Empire and various other regions, like Africa. The games became a way of entertaining the wealthy, as well as the common people.
Most of them are Christian festivals. There’s two major ones that everyone should know about. The first is Carnaval de Oruro which celebrates the Virgin of Socavon, the patron saint of miners. The statue that is unveiled at this festival overlooks a mining town, which really makes this special.
In the Hispanic culture such as Guatemala and Mexico, the Dia de Los Mortos is celebrate on November 1st and 2nd. Families’ getter to go to the cemeteries together; they clean the graveyard and bring flowers to their loved ones. They also decorate skulls with the name of the departed written on the forehead. Many
Bill King in the article “Festival d’été de Québec Celebrates 50th Anniversary” (2017) claims that Quebec City Summer Music Festival one of the biggest and most popular in Canada. Festival d’été de Québec has a rich history and brings benefits for Quebec City. The festival is one of the best in the country and includes many musicians as well as performances and installations. According to the article, the music festival includes ten different stages that represent various genres of music at the same time. Festival d’été de Québec is attractive for tourist, which brings money for the festival budget and provides help for new talents. Moreover, many people involved in the organization and supporting of the festival that brings positive financial
El Dia de los Muertos was brought to the United States when Mexican-Americans underwent a cultural reawakening in the early 1970s. The holiday's popularity has since spread to other races and cultures. The Day of the Dead celebrates life past and present, and not just death alone. Revelers construct ofrendas, the offerings of food, drinks, cigarettes, toys, and candy, set out for returning souls. Revelers take joy in honoring the dead, usually with music, dancing, crafts and food.
Barbados established with a limit of religion and the religious festivals in the city are limited but being a highly visited holiday destination on the Caribbean Sea, the isle celebrates a great wealth of fest and events throughout the year. Some of the festivals that are must to experience are Holetown Festival, Oistins Fish Festival, Carlisle Bay Festival, Gospelfest, Crop Over Festival, Barbados Food & Wine & Rum Festival, CARIFESTA and many other festivals that run throughout the year.
While there are many other components to culture on the island of Trinidad, these can be named as the most defining aspects. Carnival is a celebration and display of all aspects and diversities of culture on the island. Trinidad's culture is defined by a merging of many. The fact that this sort of integration in able to strive and be celebrated in such brilliance, is an example of how diversity can be celebrated and accepted.
Electronic Dance Music, also known as EDM, has increased in popularity over the past few years. The spike in popularity has helped create a bigger industry for EDM event planners. For example, the founder and CEO of Insomniac (a popular EDM event planning company), Pasquale Rotella is worth ten million dollars alone. In the 2014 Electric Daisy Carnival trailer, Rotella said, “Finally, I’ve felt like we’re getting somewhere,” in regards to the popularity and impact of these festivals. Because thousands upon thousands of people attend these festivals and the fact that industry has grown immensely over the past few years, this musicking experience is very significant. Experiencing electronic dance music at the festivals is nothing like listening to it at home.
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Scissors, Paper, Rock! For my first cultural event, I attended the University Performing Dancers rendition of “Scissors, Paper, Rock!”. This dance performance took place in University Hall here on campus. This performance is considered a cultural event because the game Rock, Paper, Scissors is an ancient game that many different cultures have claimed to invented.
If someone were to ask people ever wanted to see almost every artist from any genre of music in one place? Of course, anyone would say yes, because most people haven't been to an event like the huge one that happens in California each year. This is an event many people save up all year to attend just maybe once in their life time. The Coachella Music and Arts Festival, it is one of the most talked about festivals that this generation knows about. It is like a whole new world for most people each time they attend.
Carnival’s samba and street bands, history and parades, people and culture, amaze the world every year as bright colors flash across the city of Rio de Janeiro. It is a time of laughter and festivity as the Brazilian people enjoy themselves while preparing for the fasting season of Lent. This phenomenal event in Rio de Janeiro has been taking place every year for almost 300 years now, and we can expect that it will continue on for many more.
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