Best Places to Stay in Munich for Oktoberfest This Best Places to Stay in Munich for Oktoberfest article was written by Kyle Kroeger of ViaTraveler.com. ViaTravelers is a destination travel blog providing the best tips, hacks, and itineraries to help you explore the world. If you’re planning on attending Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany this year, …
Introducing: Sita Bibiha Festival in Janakpur, Nepal In a corner of Nepal otherwise unknown to tourists, well to the east beyond the biggest mountains and so far south it’s nearly India, once per year the anniversary of a legendary marriage bring visitors streaming in from several countries. It may be offbeat and out of the way …
Introducing Gawai Dayak: the Harvest Festival in Sarawak Gawai Dayak is the celebration of the Rice Harvest Festival of the Dayak people of Sarawak, Borneo (Malaysia). Gawai Dayak translates literally to “Dayak Festival”. The Dayaks are the name given to dozens of individual ethnic tribes of the region, which are chiefly divided into …
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The shops are all closed up. There’s hardly any foot traffic or cars on the streets. Red lanterns hung around the city add to the atmosphere. But the most noticeable way to tell it’s the Eve of Chinese New Year is by the excessive and near constant explosions of firecrackers. Children light them off. So …
The Celebration continues this morning with school kids parading through the streets. I am in the small seaside town of San Blas witnessing Mexico’s 2010 Bicentennial celebrations. The fiesta has been going on for the past few days and last night, on the 15th, there was music and dancing on a stage constructed in the town’s …
Festa de São João, One of Europe’s Biggest Street Festivals By Stephen Bugno To experience Portugal at its most uninhibited, untamed and inebriated, don’t miss Porto’s massive, traditional annual Feast of St. John’s Eve. For one night every year, the city of Porto, Portugal goes absolutely wild. The celebration—Festa de São João—or Feast of St. …
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