Marking the end of the dry season, Songkran is also known as Thailand Water Festival or Thai New Year. It celebrates the beginning of a new flourishing rainy season that will bring harvest and lower ...

Holi Festival, also called Shigmo in Goa, brings together thousands and even tens of thousands of people to the streets to have fun and enjoy color at the Holi parties. The Festival of Colours is an ...

The Water-Splashing Festival far and wide reflects the Dai nationality’s traditions—folk worship, dance, music, food, costume and water culture. Dai ethnic minority of Xishuangbanna Prefecture holds ...

Almost every other region in Chile boasts its own grape variety and fall harvest marks vendimias season stretching from late February up to early May. The festivals offer an endless variety of the ...

Christmas Traditions in Spain. A new holiday tradition has also been brought from the popular culture of other countries—Santa Claus, known in Spain as Papá Noel, brings gifts for children to open on ...

Toronto Pride is an LGBT festival held each year in Toronto during the month of June. As one of the largest gay festivals in the world, it features several stages with live concerts and DJs, a massive ...

The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, is celebrated by ethnic Chinese and Vietnamese communities on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese Han and Vietnamese calendars.

Event Highlights Known also as the Walk of the World, the popular event originated in 1909. The walk lasts four days, and the participants have to cover 30, 40, and 50 kilometers (18, 24, and 31 miles ...

Every year about 32,000 cyclists pedal their way through five boroughs of the City, on a 40-mile (64-km) course. The course also goes across five major bridges. The best thing—an entire route, even ...

Greater Phoenix area is famous for its massive Fourth of July celebrations with spectacular fireworks, tasty barbecues and thousands of people on the streets enjoying their festive family outing. The ...

Fort Worth's Fourth at Panther Island Pavilion . Fort Worth's 4th of July celebration is famous for the largest firework display in DFW. The main celebration, held at Panther Island Pavilion, offers ...

Germany celebrates Carnival with three different terms—Karneval, Fasching, and Fastnacht—each rooted in unique regional traditions. These festivities, held before Lent, are filled with parties, ...