Festivals

    What comes to mind when you think of the famous Durga Puja of India? It's a festival of many shades. There are pandals, lights, decorations, food, and most importantly, a complete celebration mode gets on everywhere in West Bengal,...
    Happy times are here again as people gear up for the New Year season to enjoy good food, spend a good time with family and friends, and do something special to bring holiday cheer. Spreading the joy and festive...
    Who Celebrate Hanukkah?  The celebrations of Hanukkah take place across the world for eight days by the Jewish people. Many regard it as one of the most loved holidays among the Jewish people.  On this day, Jerusalem was recovered, and the...
    "The Twelve Days of Investors" usually is referred to as the festival on December 25th and is an ancient festive holiday season. But the colonial Americans instilled a little change and they created wreaths that they used to hang...
    Right from Halloween people start gearing up for the festive season and the pace for an eventful holiday season is set right now. with festivity comes expense and as an instinct, you tend to think and convince yourself that...
    With the festive season around the corner, and TV advertisements beaming all over the major channels, and kiosks creaming out about taglines like "shopping till we drop", it is difficult for someone to resist the temptation of getting on...
    Concurs de Castells

    Concurs de Castells, Spain

    Concurs de Castells is a human tower competition that is held every year during October in Tarragona, Spain. This artistic sport dates back to the 18th century and to be more precise towards the end of it. It is...
    Hachiman Matsuri

    Hachiman Matsuri, Japan

    Positioned in the Hida expanse of northern Gifu Prefecture is the city Takayama, also called Hida-Takayama, where the yearly autumn festival is celebrated. The old town is filled with light-emitting after the glow of lanterns during the festival. Every...
    French Nuit Blanche is an art festival originating from France which happens annually all night long. Typically, a Nuit Blanche would consist of a conglomeration of private and public art galleries, museums, and other centers of art and culture, opening their doors and...
    A mask is said to be a mechanism for concealing genuine feelings. On the other hand, a mask represents joy and celebrations in Bacolod City, the capital of Negros Occidental in the Philippines. The MassKara festival, which takes place...