10 of the Most Magical Festivals in the World
Festivals are a great attraction for the visitors since they help them know more about the culture of that country. Also, the locals love enjoying such festivals since it helps them break up with the day to day routines which make them have burnout. Someone who is interested in travelling can take a lot at the following festivals which occur around the world.
They are as follows;
Yi Pang Lantern Festival, Thailand
This is the festival which also takes place in Thailand. In these festivals, thousands of lanterns are burnt and are let go in the air. This festival is also known as the festival of lights.
Burning Man, USA
This festival takes place in USA. The starting date for this festival begins with the last Monday of August. The total duration is of one week. The festival takes place in the depth of the scary Black Rock Desert, which is located in Nevada. This festival creates excitement in the people since it contains some really epic proportions.
There are around 60 thousand people who come to this desert and create a pilgrimage here for some amazingly incomparable shenanigans. At this place, the social constrains are also ceased to exist. There are some arts and musical festivals too which take place to get people entertained. So, one should make one’s self physically as well as mentally prepared for such epic festival.
King’s Day, Holland
This festival takes place in Holland. Before this, these very same festivals was used to be celebrated as the Queen’s Day, but the name changed since the Queen has given up the throne to her son, who is Willem Alexander. He is the oldest son of the Queen who holds the crown.
The festival begins ont 26th April and lasts only for a day. The festival happens in the heart of Holland, which is Amsterdam. There are many musical concerts and free food and people come out on street enjoying and dancing their happiness away. There you can find some really amazing markets, street sellers, street dancers and performances that have abilities to keep people entertained.
Rio de Janeiro Carnival, Brazil
The Rio de Janeiro Carnival is the heart of the amazing Brazil. It starts on 28th February and ends at 4th March. The event is really large and amazing and many people come out on streets to celebrate it. It is said that almost 1.5 million locals come around here on the streets and come join hands with the 500 foreigners in this celebrations. One can find many amazing costumes and can watch some amazing samba, Street dancers, floats, parades and many more. This year since Brazil is host of World Cup, the festival would be the most expensive one it has ever been
Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, USA
Taking place in USA< this festivals starts in 4th October and ends on 12th October. Those who are fond of hot air balloons find this place as heaven. Since around 500 air balloons are used to create attention of the spectators which reach to around 800,000 in number. The back drop of these amazing giant balloons is Sandia Mountains.
La Tomatina Festival, Spain
Those who are vegetables lovers and love tomatoes should attend this amazing festival. This festival takes place in Spain. The festival begins on 27th August. It is the biggest food fighting festival in the world. A tiny town in Spain is the host of this amazing festival and around 100 metric tons of tomatoes are used for the enjoyment of people. People throw tomatoes at each other’s, and even jump and play in the tomatoes. Also if you like you can eat them up. Since the festival is too much famous, so many people around the world come here to celebrate and because of over crowdedness, the numbers of visitors who can come and visit are 20,000.
Glastonbury Music Festival, UK
This amazing festival is famous among the music lovers. It takes place in United Kingdom. The starting dates are 25th June to 29th June. The festival contains many open air arts performances which amuse the crowd. It is the biggest open air arts festival in the world. Many of the new talent as well as the famous bands perform around this place to receive appreciation of the crowd.
Full Moon Party, Thailand
Thailand is the place where you can celebrate this event. As the name suggests, the event takes place on each full moon. One may find many new moon parties occurring throughout the year in the city of Thailand named Ko Pha Ngan. But this one is different since it happens only at full moon. Around 5 thousand to the 30 thousand people come to celebrate this event.
Songkran Water festival, Thailand
If one is a water lover, this festival is the right place for them to be. It takes place in Thailand, and it’s a time when no one is saved from the water that is thrown at them. To see this amazing festival, thousands of people come there and start having the big fights with water. kids seem to enjoy this place the most.
St. Patrick’s Day Festival, Ireland
Another amazing festival that takes place is this one. The progeny of the festival is in Dublin, hence it takes place there. This festival occurs each year on 17th March. The purpose is to recall St Patrick. Those people who are Irish from heart participate and enjoy this festival to their full extent. On this festival, everything is decorated with the shamrock which is green. It’s a plant having 3 leaves.
Also, the world famous Irish whiskey, named Jameson is sold in some fancy golden bottles on this day. People get their faces painted with bright green and get dressed the same, one can find many clowns there dicing on the streets and many people wear some green rings around their necks. People sing some funny and some Irish songs and after the celebrations take place all day, the demonstration of some great forewords is demonstrated at night.
