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Independence Day of Cambodia Things to do in Phnom Penh Independence Monument

Independence Day of Cambodia 2026

Independence Day of Cambodia is held each year on 9 November. It is a public holiday. Cambodia was under French rule for 90 years, and 9 November officially marks the...

Festivals in November Cambodia Water Festival in Phnom Penh

Cambodia Water Festival 2026 Phnom Penh

This year the Cambodia Water Festival, or Bon Om Touk to give its Khmer name, falls on 23 to 25 November. For three days watch as Phnom Penh’s riverside explodes...

Monkey Buffet Festival

Monkey Buffet Festival Lopburi Thailand 2026

Lopburi, in central Thailand, is already famous for its Khmer temple crowded with monkeys, but every year in November the whole town goes ape when visitors from Thailand...

Moshoeshoe Day Celebrations

Moshoeshoe Day Celebrations, Lesotho

Moshoeshoe Day Celebrations in Lesotho honour King Moshoeshoe I, the founding father of the Basotho nation. The day bursts with cultural pride, traditional dances, parades and heartfelt tributes. On 11...

Rio Carnival samba parade in Rio de Janeiro Brazil

Rio Carnival (Rio Carnaval) Brazil 2027

The Rio Carnival Brazil (Rio Carnaval) is the biggest and greatest celebration on Earth. While locals know where to go and what to do; however, as it’s a big Latin American city, the rules are...

Tết 2023: Vietnamese Lunar New Year Unsplash

Tết 2027: Vietnamese Lunar New Year

Tết, or Tết Nguyên Đán is the most important festival in Vietnam. It marks the advent of Vietnamese New Year, and the arrival of spring. Very much like Chinese New...

Panama Carnival

Panama Carnival (el Carnaval de Panama), 2027

The Panama Carnival (or el Carnaval de Panama in Spanish) is the biggest celebration of the year in the Central American nation. Here’s how it’s done. Bring your water pistol...