
Romerias de Mayo, Holguin, Cuba, 2027
A traditional religious parade Romerias de Mayo Holguin Cuba has added modern touches, with artists from Mexico, Canada, France and, of course, Cuba. A week of colourful parades and a
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A traditional religious parade Romerias de Mayo Holguin Cuba has added modern touches, with artists from Mexico, Canada, France and, of course, Cuba. A week of colourful parades and a

As the most sacred day in the Buddhist calendar, Visak Bochea Day is celebrated with great revere. It sees celebrators dress in white and dish out a form of rice pudding called kheer...

Held in the village of Brockworth in Gloucestershire, the Cooper's Hill Cheese Rolling and Wake is normally held on the Spring Bank Holiday Monday each year. What started off as

The Juneteenth Music Festival is a celebration of African American culture held in the Five Points neighbourhood of Denver, Colorado on 19 June, 2027. The Juneteenth Parade which dates back

The Inti Raymi is considered by many to be the most famous festival in Peru and other parts of South America. It celebrates the Inca Festival of the Sun. It was suppressed by the Spanish

Festa Junina Brazil is not Carnival, nevertheless it is a huge event on the Brazilian calendar. There is song and dancing, although in this case it is more forrό than samba. Also food has a bigger focus

At first sight this seems like a joyous celebration of one of Christianity’s most important figures, but, no, it is way more than that. The de San Juan Bautista Venezuela

Independence Day so bursts with colour, music and national pride, that it is so easy to feel swept up in the excitement. The celebrations fill Antananarivo with parades, fireworks and

A celebration of freedom, Keti Koti, means "broken chains" in Sranan Tongo. It is an annual celebration held in Suriname to commemorate the abolition of slavery in 1863. This festival

Burundi Independence Day in Burundi fills the country with colour, music, and national pride. Feel energised by the parades, traditional dances and joyful crowds that gather across Bujumbura. This celebration

When on 7 July 2008 UNESCO granted World Heritage status to Penang’s capital George Town, the local government marked the event by declaring it a public holiday...

Also called the Olympic Games of nomads, the spectacular Naadam Festival in Mongolia is the country’s biggest event and its national pride. Taking place every July, men and women compete

The August Bank Holiday weekend can really only mean one thing in London - the Notting Hill Carnival. The largest free street festival in Europe runs from the Saturday to Monday of the long weekend

Winti Pré is a celebration of cultural heritage and ancestral spirits. It is sometimes written as Winti Prey and means "Winti preparation" in Sranan Tongo. An annual festival, it honours

So, you’ve been to some music festivals and now want to go to Burning Man? Throw away all your previous perceptions as this is considered a city, rather than a festival, with an

Santa Rosa de Lima is the patron saint of Peru and was the first canonised saint from the Americas, so she has a key place in the nation’s culture. On el Día de Santa Rosa de Lima Peru...

One of the longest surviving medieval rituals in England, the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance has been performed in a village in Staffordshire since 1226. Horn Dance Ritual The folk dance

Fiestas Patrias, as its name suggests, is a patriotic celebration, but it is much more than that. It commemorates throwing off Spanish rule in Chile, but as it is so close also the spring equinox

Thailand is certainly no stranger to everything that’s quirky and out of the ordinary. The Phuket Vegetarian Festival held in autumn – also known under its more Taoist-inspired...

Dubbed the Teutonic Glastonbury by the Telegraph, the Weimar Onion Market, takes place each October in the architecturally stunning medieval city in Thuringia, Germany. Hundreds of thousands of people are