When we hear the word festival, unknowingly a stimulus works in our mind. Our minds are arranged for the festival! In different parts of the world, different types of nations celebrate all the colorful festivals to promote their traditions and religions. These not only highlight their traditions, but also their nobility, elegance and social identity. To understand how much a nation has a culturally advanced mentality, one has to observe their festivals. So let's get acquainted with some of the biggest festivals in the world, which are deeply rooted in their culture.
Ice Portrait Festival, China
Ice and snow are used to make different shapes, designs or buildings. Every year from January 5 to February 5, such a wonderful festival is held in Harbin, China. Surrounded by ice, it is the largest festival in the world, where in addition to designing, ice skating, and swimming in the icy Shanghua River are organized. Ice-covered buildings are lit with various colored lights, which makes the place look heavenly at night. China has been hosting the festival on a large scale every year since 1985. Due to the low temperature of the city, there is a lot of snowfall at that time of the year, due to which tourists come here from different parts of the country in January every year.
Lantern Festival, Taiwan
The Lantern Festival is very important for the people of Taiwan. On the first full moon night of the year, they blew thousands of lanterns in the sky! The whole event was held in the style of 'Chinese Zodiac' in Pingzhi, Taiwan. Large lanterns are decorated with pictures of dragons, dinosaurs and other animals. And the small lanterns show their history and tradition. So around this event is created a gathering of countless people, who continue to enjoy the colorful game of light all the time! Visitors can also make lanterns and participate in some fun competitions if they wish.
Venice Carnival, Italy
The biggest festival in Italy is the Venice Carnival. The locals also call it 'Carnival de Venezia'. The main attraction of this festival is the people wearing masks! Everyone who comes to the festival wears masks of different designs and characters of choice. The festival first started in Italy in 1162. The festival was later closed during the Austrian rule in the seventeenth century. And in the nineteenth century, the Venice Carnival is back in its old form.
The festival lasts for about a week. Masked participants throw eggs at each other! Moreover, the festival became more enjoyable due to the concert, candle burning boat parade and various spectacular performances on the streets!
International Balloon Festival, America
This balloon festival is one of the biggest festivals for American Day. Held in New Mexico, USA, the festival has been running since 1972. Every year in the first week of October, at least 600 balloons are flown in the skies of New Mexico! Competitors and visitors from all over the world come here for this 9-day long festival. This is the festival of flying the most number of hot air balloons
In 2011, he took a place in the Guinness World Records. Interestingly, competitors from different countries who come here can put up their own country's flag while flying balloons if they want!
Tomato Festival, Spain
Every year on the last Wednesday of October, the streets of the Spanish city of Bunol are filled with red tomatoes! It is said to be the biggest festival in Spain. The contestants who came to the festival threw tomatoes at each other. However, there are some rules to follow for their safety. Everyone throws crushed tomatoes after goggles in their eyes. Hundreds of tons of tomatoes are transported by truck and the contestants can pick up the tomatoes as they wish! At the same time water is thrown from the truck after a while. In addition to playing with tomatoes at the Tomato Festival, there are dances, songs and various exercises with fire!
Holly, India
'Holi' is a very popular festival all over India. It is also called the Festival of Colors, which is celebrated in early spring. When the festival begins, only dust clouds of different colors fly around. One paints the other's whole body! This is how they join the whole family and friends in the festival. At one stage, so much color is applied to everyone's body that no one can be recognized. Holi is much more social than other reckless and open festivals in Europe. Because the festival involves a religious reform. The Holi festival lasts for a very short time, but it is enough time to forget the busyness and differences and come together.
Chinese New Year, China
The festival, which begins in late January or early February, is full of different colors and designs! Throughout the parade, no one wore the same color and design for the second time. Although there is an abundance of red color in the clothes, everyone uses almost all colors. You too can join this festival to learn about the innovations of the Chinese costume industry! The number of people participating in the parade is not small. When the line of people starts from one side, it is a matter of a lot of hard work to find the end of it! And you have to have the patience to move forward slowly!
Rock in Rio, Brazil
The 'Rock in Rio' festival is one of the largest and most colorful music festivals in South America! During the festival, crazy people from all over Brazil started gathering. People from many countries of the world also gather here to dance and sing. In 2015, music stars like Katy Perry, Rihanna, Metallica, Elton came here to listen to music. The song festival continues throughout the year in places like Lisbon, Madrid! The festival is celebrated in Rio every two years. In 2017, about 7 lakh people gathered at this music festival in Brazil. In 2019, the festival is going to get back to life!
Mevlana Festival, Turkey
Closeness to the Creator can be gained through song and dance.
About 750 years ago today, Mevlana was the greatest poet, philosopher and theorist of Persia at that time, known to the Western world as 'Sufi Rumi'. Rumi's name is still at the top of America's best-selling works of art. On the day of his death, the Mevlana festival is celebrated all over Turkey, where everyone dances to the beat of a sacred song. In the midst of the whole affair, a kind of holiness and peace of mind emerges. They still hold to the philosophy taught by Rumi for the sake of nearness to the Creator.
Worldwide Carnival
Carnival has to be categorized as one of the most celebrated festivals in the world. And 'Rio Carnival' is called the paradise of carnival festivities! The main attraction of this festival of gathering millions of people is 'samba dance'. This relatively open festival is so popular all over the world that Carnival is a popular festival in many countries of the world. Their names and methods of observance also vary from country to country. So the carnival in the crowd of many festivals is definitely something special for everyone.
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