Festivals

Everyone loves festival! The excitement from the music, dancing, food, drink, fireworks, parades and other things leaves everyone feeling closer to the culture they reside in. I would like to experience many different types of festivals around the world sometime in this life. Here's a few I would like to see:

Mardi Gras in New Orleans -I live in the US, I have to see it at least once

Yamayaki in Japan -on the 4th Saturday of January it is a New Years tradition to burn up the entire hill 

Festival Au Desert in Mali -dancing, riding camels, games, and poetry and anyone is welcome 

Kite Festival in Washington state -it's pretty self explanatory lol

Chinese New Years in China 

Chiang Mai Flower Festival in Thailand -everywhere in this town is filled with beautiful flowers 

Rio Carnival in Brazil -a festival held right before lent, one of the largest.

Chinese Spring Lantern Festival held in China -this ends the New Years celebration 

Cherry Blosson Festival in Japan -festivals are held through the cherry blossom season with food, drink, lanterns

Fallas de Valencia in Spain -fireworks, pageants, and giant paper mache statues being burned for 5 days straight 

Holi Festival of Colour in Nepal and India -everyone throws color at each other. It is a spiritual holiday

Water Splashing Festival in China -boat racing, singing, dancing, and of course water splashing to mutually bless each other

Cinco de Mayo in Mexico -self explanatory but celebrated for the battle won over the French

O-Bon Festival in Japan -lanterns and lights set up everywhere to celebrate the dead

La Tomatina in Spain -throwing tomatoes at everyone 

Aloha Festival in Hawaii -cultural showcase

And that's just the ones I know about. There is so much culture I have not experienced yet and I am excited to live my live finding out what the world is about. Celebration is everywhere and I intend to find it. :] 

Happy August 1st