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Animal-Inspired Festivals of the World
Oct 11th
Festivals are usually held by and for people, but some festivals in the world involve animals in the celebrations. The involvement of the animals is either to enliven the festivals or to honor a certain animal. Among some festivals involving animals in the world, three of them are very famous that people around the world head towards the country where the festivals are held. The three most famous festivals involving animals are presented as the following. More >
Karapan Sapi – Traditional Cow Racing Festival in Indonesia
Oct 8th
Indonesia, an archipelago in Southeast Asia, is a homeland for more than 100 ethnic groups. This large amount of ethnic groups brings Indonesia on having a very rich culture and tradition for one ethnic group has different custom and tradition than the others. One enticing tradition takes place in Madura, one region in the East Java during August until October every year. This tradition is called Karapan Sapi (the Indonesian words for Cow Racing Festival) which attracts visitors from the other regions of Indonesia to come and observe such a picturesque festival in Madura. More >
Come To The Biggest Event in Indonesia – Jakarta Fair
Oct 6th
One great exhibition, business promotion, and shopping event is held in Indonesia in the middle of June until July each year. Jakarta Fair is the name of the event with more than 2,700 corporations and small businesses from 27 provinces take part in this event. The event itself is held to celebrate the anniversary of Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia, on the date of June 22. From time to time, the event gets much bigger, and it attracts 3.5 million visitors in 2010 with the transaction reached up to 3 trillion rupiahs. More >
Sapporo Snow Festival, Cool Way to See Japan
Oct 5th
Festival is not necessarily held during Summer because one of the biggest festivals in Japan is taken place in winter. Sapporo Snow Festival held annually in the northern district of Japan is the biggest and weirdest winter festival in Japan. Millions of people come to observe the festival no matter how cold the weather is because this festival cannot take place with the warm temperature. Although people feel cold and freezing while attending the festival, they seem delighted and amazed of what they found there. More >
All Souls’ Day – The Moment to Commemmorate the Deceased
Oct 4th
All Soul’s Day, a Roman Catholic day, is held to commemorate the deceased families, friends, or the loved ones. It is also known as Feast of All Souls in British, Dia de los Muertos in Spain, Hallotak Napja in Hungary, and Yom el Maouta in Lebanon, all means Day of the Dead. In every country, All Soul’s Day is celebrated on November 2nd, but if the date falls on Sunday, it will be celebrated on November 3rd. This festival started from a belief that the deceased ones who haven’t ascended to the heaven come back to have meal with the family on November 2nd every year. More >
Thanksgiving Day – A Festival to Thank the Good Things in Life
Oct 2nd
Thanksgiving Day, mostly celebrated in the US and Canada, is a festival to thank the good harvests given by the Lord and the solved-problems during the previous year. Different with the American, the Canadians celebrates Thanksgiving festival on the second Monday every October. The Americans themselves hold the festival on the last Thursday of November every year. Thanksgiving Day is determined as a National holiday for people in Canada and America. More >
Hina Matsuri – A Special Festival for Girls in Japan
Oct 2nd
Japan has a special festival for girls called Hina Matsuri or literally means Girls’ Day. It is celebrated on May 3rd every year by Japanese family who has little daughter in the hope that the girl will be healthy and grow up beautifully. The family in Japan celebrates the festival by displaying cute small dolls complete with one set of tiny furniture on a red carpet. The dolls are presented in seven steps with the emperor and the empress lie on top of the step. More >
History and Traditions of Easter
Sep 30th
Easter is one of the greatest feasts for the Christian. Easter is widely known as the day when Jesus resurrect from the death after being crucified for three days. Easter is always celebrated on Sunday between March 22 and April 25 while the crucifixion day itself is celebrated on Friday, two days before the Easter Day, also called as Good Friday. Many kinds of traditions are done during the Easter, but different countries usually have different traditions to celebrate the Easter. More >
Baby Jumping Festival – One of the Most Dangerous Festival in the World
Sep 29th
Spain is full of unbelievable, unique, and even crazy festival. Besides La Tomatina Festival in Valencia which requires the participants to throw hundreds pounds of tomatoes and Running of the Bulls Festival that obliged the participants to run before the bulls, here comes another weird one called Baby Jumping Festival or El Colacho Festival. This five-days festival takes place between late May and early June. If La Tomatina Festival and Running of the Bulls Festival have the adults as the participants, El Colacho Festival is rather different since it requires babies under 1 year old to participate in a dangerous state.
The Baby Jumping Festival started in 1960 when the local villagers conducted an exorcism ritual in the town. It is believed that the festival has a great connection with one Christian feast – the Corpus Christi. According to Spanish tale and folklore, the purpose of this festival is to wipe out the evil spirit from the babies and also the town. The festival starts by setting out Spanish flag and decorating the town with colorful things. Then, series of traditions and ceremonies are held to cast the evil out of town.
The festival is ended by lying the babies on some mattress extended in a small street in Castillo de Murcia. Then, men wearing evil costumes come and start jumping the mattress one by one while keep running fast. When the last mattress has been jumped, the men in the devil costumes keep run away from the town as the symbol that the evil spirit has run away from the town. This festival is dangerous since there is a possibility that the men may step on the little baby. That’s why people and parents of the babies attending this festival can’t help hold their breath until the festival is over.
When the Baby Jumping Festival is over, people usually have fun together and enjoy shopping in the street markets which appear during the festival. Some villagers also make a food stall serving snacks and local food for the visitors from the inside and outside of Spain.
Four Weirdest Festivals in the World
Sep 25th
Almost all countries in the world have their own festivals to celebrate. The festivals are generally held to people’s amusement and joy. Some of the festivals in the world are unique as well as strange that may cause people shake their heads while participating in the festivals. Here are what many will say the four most peculiar festivals in the world. More >
