FESTIVALS PROMOTE DIVERSITY, THEY BRING NEIGHBORS INTO DIALOGUE, THEY INCREASE CREATIVITY, THEY OFFER OPPORTUNITIES FOR CIVIC PRIDE, THEY IMPROVE OUR GENERAL PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING. IN SHORT, THEY MAKE WORLD BETTER PLACES TO LIVE.
1. Harbin International Ice & Snow Sculpture Festival (China)
The Harbin International Ice and Snow Festival is the world's biggest annual winter festival that takes place with a theme in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.
At first, mainly Chinese participated, but in the last decade, it has become an international festival and competition. As the festival grows in international participation, and as China's economy grows, the size of the snow sculptures and ice architecture exhibits keeps growing. The work going into making these exhibits is astounding, and their size and beauty are amazing.
2. Thaipusam (Malaysia)
Thaipusam or Thaipoosam is a festival celebrated by the Tamil community across the globe at the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai, usually corresponding with Pushya Nakshatra, known as Poosam in Tamil. The festival is also observed in Malaysia among tamilites and is vernacularly called Thaipooyam.
On this day devotees worship Lord Murugan seeks his blessings to eradicate problems from their life.
Batu cave in Malaysia is the main attraction during the festival, more than 10 thousand tourists gathered at Batu cave to celebrate the festival.
3. Chinese New Year (Singapore)
Chinese New Year, also known as Lunar New Year or Spring Festival, is China's most important festival. In 2021, Chinese New Year will begin on February 12. Tied to the Chinese lunar calendar, the holiday was traditionally a time to honor. household and heavenly deities as well as ancestors. It was also a time to bring the family together for feasting.
4. Holi (India)
Holi is a popular ancient Hindu festival, also known as the Indian "festival of spring", the "festival of colors", or the "festival of love". The festival signifies the victory of good over evil.
5. Taiwan Lantern Festival (Taiwan)
The Taiwan Lantern Festival is an annual event hosted by the Tourism Bureau of the Ministry of Transportation and Communications in Taiwan to celebrate the Lantern Festival. There are many activities all over Taiwan during the Taiwan Lantern Festival.
6. Songkran (Thailand)
Songkran is the most famous water festival in Thailand. Songkran is observed on 13 April every year. Songkran is An important event on the Buddhist calendar, this water festival marks the beginning of the traditional Thai New Year. The name Songkran originated from a Sanskrit word meaning ‘passing’ or ‘approaching’.
7. Rainforest World Music Festival (Borneo/Malaysia)
The Rainforest World Music Festival is a 3-day global event held annually in the foothills of Mt. Santubong, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo.
8. Dragon Boat Festival (China)
Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional holiday that originated in China and occurs near the summer solstice. The festival now occurs on the 5th day of the 5th month of the traditional Chinese calendar, which is the source of the festival's alternative name, the Double Fifth Festival.
9. Boryeong Mud Festival (South Korea)
The Boryeong Mud Festival is an annual festival that takes place during the summer in Boryeong, a town around 200 km south of Seoul, South Korea. The first Mud Festival was staged in 1998 and, by 2007, the festival attracted 2.2 million visitors to Boryeong.
10. Winter Light Festival (Japan)
A winter light festival is one of several annual events organized in a different part of the world and among different cultures, to celebrate the end of the winter and the beginning of the light seasons with art workshops, light designs, live music, and street food.
11. Phi Ta Khon (Thailand)
Phi Ta Khon is a festival held in Dan Sai, Loei province, Isan, Thailand. The events take place over three days sometime between March and July, the dates being selected annually by the town's mediums.
The whole event is called Bun Luang, part of a Buddhist merit-making holiday also known as Bun Phat.
12. Kandy Perahera (Sri Lanka)
The Kandy Esala Perahera also known as The Festival of the Tooth is a festival held in July and August in Kandy, Sri Lanka. This historical procession is held annually to pay homage to the Sacred Tooth Relic of Lord Buddha, which is housed at the Sri Dalada Maligawa in Kandy.
13. Chaul Chnam (Cambodia)
Cambodian New Year, is the name of the Cambodian holiday that celebrates the traditional Lunar New Year.
14. Awa Odori (Japan)
The Awa Dance Festival is held from 12 to 15 August as part of the Obon festival in Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku in Japan. Awa Odori is the largest dance festival in Japan, attracting over 1.3 million tourists every year.
15. Phaung Daw Oo Pagoda Festival (Myanmar)
The Phaung Daw Oo pagoda festival is held during the Burmese month of Thadingyut, the 7th month of the Burmese lunar calendar (October/November). The 18-day festival is the most important festival in the Shan state.
16. Naadam Festival (Mongolia)
Naadam is a traditional festival in Mongolia. The festival is also locally termed "eriin gurvan naadam", "the three games of men". The games are Mongolian wrestling, horse racing, and archery, and are held throughout the country during midsummer.
17. Nowruz (Iran)
Nowruz is the Iranian New Year, also known as the Persian New Year, which is celebrated worldwide by various ethnolinguistic groups.
18. Deepawali (India)
Diwali, Divali, Deepawali is the Hindu festival of lights, usually lasting five days and celebrated during the Hindu Lunisolar month Kartika. One of the most popular festivals of Hinduism, Diwali symbolizes the spiritual "victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance"
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