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Pushkar Camel Fair

Pushkar Camel Fair 2026, India

The Pushkar Camel Fair in November is a fantastic, colourful madhouse where Hindu pilgrims, mystics, cattle traders, entertainers, tourists and camera crews mix with some 30,000...

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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...

Dev Deepawali

Dev Deepawali 2026, Varanasi, India

Dev Deepawali lights the Ganga riverfront in Varanasi on 24 November 2026. Celebrated on Kartik Purnima, this festival is associated with the belief that the gods visit the sacred city...

Yi Peng Festival

Yi Peng Lantern Festival 2025, Thailand

The Yi Peng festival, one of Thailand’s most charming and alluring events, is incredibly well-liked by both locals and tourists. The north of the country sees its nightly heavens illuminated...

Loy Krathong Festival 2026, Thailand

One of Thailand’s most beautiful and beguiling festivals, Loy Krathong festival is enormously popular with Thais and visitors alike. People flock to lakes and rivers to float their krathongs on...

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...

Konark Dance Festival

Konark Dance Festival 2026, Konark, India

Konark Dance Festival brings Indian classical performance to Konark from 1–5 December 2026. The open-air auditorium overlooks the Sun Temple, placing living performance beside one of Odisha’s best-known monuments. Odissi...

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