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Japan Penis Festival

Kanamara Matsuri, Japan Penis Festival 2027

The Japan Penis Festival is arguably the country’s most amusing event when tens of thousands of revellers roam the streets of Kawasaki in April to pay tribute to fertility in an age-old ritual...

Songkran Festival

Songkran Festival 2027, Thailand

Songkran, or Thailand's water festival, is an occasion of great fun especially in the major cities such as Bangkok and Chiang Mai. The Songkran Festival 2025 plans to be even bigger than usual...

Khmer New Year Trot Dance with Kangcha, photo: Lyheng

Khmer New Year 2027, Cambodia

Traditional Khmer New Year or Chaul Chnam Thmei is held in April each year. Roads across the country are lined with groups of excited Cambodians armed with water pistols and buckets...

Seú Harvest Parade curacao

Seú Harvest Parade Festival, Curaçao

Easter Monday is when Curaçao comes alive with the infectious energy of the Seú Harvest Parade Festival. This vibrant celebration sees over 3,000 participants decked out in colourful traditional costumes...

Cheung Chau Bun

Cheung Chau Bun Festival Hong Kong 2027

If you love eating Chinese buns, then the Cheung Chau Bun Festival could be right up your alley. Held annually on the island of Cheng Chau in Hong Kong, the festival attracts tens of thousands...

King Sihamoni's Birthday Queen Mother's Birthday Norodom Sihamoni’s Coronation Day Royal Palace Phnom Penh

King Sihamoni’s Birthday Cambodia 2027

Cambodia celebrates King Sihamoni’s birthday annually with a public holiday on May 14. Until 2020, the event was marked with a three-day public holiday. This has since been slashed to...

Alresford Watercress Festival

Alresford Watercress Festival 2027, UK

If you are a fan of cress then Hampshire is the place to head for this May. Held on 16 May, the 2025 Alresford Watercress Festival will see fifteen thousand...

Visak Bochea Day Buddha Cambodia Begins at 40

Visak Bochea Day, Cambodia 2027

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...

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