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Festa Junina Throughout Brazil 2024

Festa Junina Throughout Brazil 2024

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…

5 Unmissable Hindu Festivals of India

5 Unmissable Hindu Festivals of India

Considering its vast size and enormous population, it’s no surprise that India is an incredible diverse country home to many different ethnic groups and religions. And with each of these…

Dancing to Cuban Music in Havana

Dancing to Cuban Music in Havana

With the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic affecting most travel plans at the moment, Elinor Goodman  suggests that while planning your next trip you might consider drinking in Cuban music on a…

Onam Festival 2024, Kerala, India

Onam Festival 2024, Kerala, India

During the days of the Onam Festival, the biggest and most spectacular festival of Kerala, the entire Indian state goes on a spree of celebrations, music and dance performances, elaborate…

Vibrant Hong Kong Arts Festival 2024

Vibrant Hong Kong Arts Festival 2024

International top artists giving world class performances ranging from the classical to the avant-garde, and the familiar to the surprising – the Hong Kong Arts Festival is this vibrant city’s…

Rio Carnival (Rio Carnaval) Brazil 2024

Rio Carnival (Rio Carnaval) Brazil 2024

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…

Ganesh Chaturthi Festival 2024, India

Ganesh Chaturthi Festival 2024, India

The spectacular Hindu Ganesh Chaturthi festival in September is a 10-day affair of colourful festivities, involving singing, dancing and theatre honouring the birth of the elephant-headed deity. The start of…

Bali Arts Festival 2022, Indonesia

Bali Arts Festival 2022, Indonesia

Bali’s cultural event of the year, the month-long Bali Arts Festival, will once again turn the tropical island into a festive and performing arts mecca for the 41st time this…

Interested in Dance?

Dance like nobody’s watching, so they say – clearly this does not apply to Strictly, but if you have moves like our editor’s there is little chance that anyone will be watching or at least not for long. Fortunately, there are people with rhythm and going to watch them perform can be a cultural highlight of your trip.

Dance Festivals

On our pages we have lists of festivals around the world from the World Tango Dance Tournament in Buenos Aires in August to the Zurich Tanzt Dance Festival in May, so that you can coincide your trip with the best festivals around.

Carnivals

But dancing is not all about choreographed moves. It is also about improvisation, especially when this is on the street or in carnivals. Let us lead you on a quick step through some of the best carnivals around the world where you can imagine no one is watching as you do the fandango, regardless of what Instagram or Facebook might later suggest.