Famous Festivals

Aren’t festivals a lot of fun? All around the world, there are religious festivals, harvest festivals, street festivals and holiday festivals. The list goes on. Why did people even start celebrating festivals in the first place? Well, I think people just needed a reason to celebrate and festivals are a great way to do that. People getting together and enjoying themselves really brings harmony and peace. If we put together festivals around the world that people celebrate then we would have a festival for each day around the year. Let’s look at the most interesting festivals around the world.

Carnival (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) This festival is nothing but the world’s largest party which lasts for four days. Every year in February the festivities start. It started for the first time in 1823. Hundreds of people are out on the streets enjoying the street bands, singers, and orchestras. The main highlight of the carnival is a Samba Parade in which 200 schools participate. The schools have elaborate costumes, floats, and dancing styles. It is an amazing experience, and you have to be there once to understand that.

Oktoberfest (Munich, Germany) If Rio carnival is the world’s largest party, Oktoberfest is the world’s largest fair. It is held in Munich, Germany. The event lasts for two weeks. It is filled with fun and a lot of delicious food items. There are tents everywhere in the fairgrounds, which are packed with people. This year celebrated its 204th Oktoberfest with 6 million people.

Snow & Ice Festival (Harbin, China) Let’s have some fun with ice. This festival is celebrated every year in January when there is ice and snow all over in Harbin. It lies in the northeast China. It is also known as the ice city. Artists from all around the world display their ice artwork and have thousands of visitors. Among all the snow sculptures, Ice Lantern is the one that is liked the most. This tradition began in the 17th century when the local peasants and the fishermen carved out an ice lantern and placed a candle in it. Since then, people have been carving out ice lanterns during the festival times and keeping them outside their houses.