Festivals are
part of our life. Festivals bring lots of happiness in our life. Different
festivals have different reason to celebrate. But one thing is common they
fills happiness, refreshment. There are lots of festivals celebrated in the
world every year. Here is the list of the most of the most fun festivals in the
world.
1) Rio
Carnival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
It is the most famous festival in the
world. This carnival is held during the Friday to the Tuesday before Ash
Wednesday. It is four day celebration. The samba school is organized huge
parades filled with revelers, floats and adornments. It is the biggest carnival
with two million people per day on streets. During the carnival street
festivals are very common. Main features of this carnival music, dancing,
elegance & extravagance.
2) Oktoberfest,
Germany
This festival is world’s largest funfair
held annually in Munich, Bavaria, Germany. It is 16 days funfair started from
late September to the first weekend in October with more than six million
people around the world. During this festival very large quantities of “Oktober
Beer” are consumed & enjoy a some attractions like amusement rides, games,
large variety of food. This festival opening with twelve gun salute & first
keg of Oktober Beer by the incumbent Mayor of
Munich.
3) Mardi
Gras, New Orleans
It is annual festival celebrates in New
Orleans, USA. Celebrations are held about 2 weeks before and through Fat Tuesday
(Mardi Gras in French) the day before Ash Wednesday. Each day they arrange a
one major parade, some days having several large parades. There is no theme for
Mardi Gras. It is the biggest party & there is throughout the carnival
celebrations in USA.
4) Chinese
New Year
In China it is also known as “Spring
Festival”. It is traditional Chinese holiday celebrated at the turn of the
Chinese calendar, the last day of the last month of the Chinese calendar.
During the festival people wear red cloths & decorate with poems on red
paper. Red symbolized fire, which means legend, can drive away bad luck. This
festival is time for family reunion. All peoples gather at each other’s home
for meet & shared gifts, especially a feast on New Year. People going
temple & hang glowing lanterns & carry with an evening parade. Some of
the lanterns are work of art.
5) La
Tomatina Festival, Spain
This festival is a food fight held in
Bunol, Spain. Millions of people around the world to participate in the worlds
biggest & most famous “world’s Biggest Food Fight”. In this festival
thousands metric tons of over-ripe tomatoes are thrown on people. The tomato
fighting with music, dancing, parades & fireworks. Food fight has some
rules which must be followed. Before tomato fight, participants part in the
cooking competition “Paella”.
6) Diwali,
India
It is an ancient Hindu festival
celebrates in every year. It is symbol of victory of light over darkness, good
over evil. Before Diwali, People clean, renovate and decorate their houses. On Diwali
festival Hindus wear new clothes, have family puja and family feast, &
exchange of gifts among friends & family. On Diwali night there is the
lighting of diyas & decorate their house.
7) Night
of the Witches, Mexico
If witches & wizards have a spiritual
home, Witchcraft traditions in this part of Mexico go back in 1970 centuries.
The idea stuck and now every year hundred of shamans, witches and healers
descend upon Catemaco to perform cleansing ceremony designed to rid them of the
previous year’s negative energy. Hundred of visitors head into this little town
to grab, eat, drink and make merry in wired mix of other fervour &
hedonistic.
8) Holi,
India
It is also known as “festival of colors”
or “the festival of Love”. It is mainly celebrated by Hindus or people of
India. The festival begin with a “Holika” bonfire where the people gather, sing
& dance. Where people play & chase each other with dry & safe
colours and coloured water. Kids carrying water guns, water balloons.
9) Carnival
Of Venice, Italy
The carnival of Venice is annual festival
held in Venice, Italy, celebrated since 13th century. The festival
is famous for its elaborate masks. You can see lots of people from all over the
world to attend this carnival. Various types of mask have always part of
venetian festival, This masked festival is everybody should go to experience
the elegant display of masks and to revel in the traditional festivities.
10) Saint
Patrick’s Day, Ireland
Saint Patrick’s Day is also known as
“Feast of saint Patrick” is a cultural and religious celebration celebrates on
17th march. The festival reminisce the arrival of Christianity in
Ireland & also celebrating Irish heritage & culture. Saint Patrick’s
Day is now celebrated by many people in the world. Irish & Non Irish both,
with food, drink and all things green. It is celebrated in Ireland for over
thousand years with feast, drink and true Irish culture reflected in this
festival.
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