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Zanzibar Cultural Festival

Zanzibar is a semi-autonomous part of the United Republic of Tanzania, in East Africa. Travel to Zanzibar and experience its amazing beaches, fascinating history, exciting festivals and wonderful spices.Zanzibar is home to several unique [...]

Posted On : May, 11 2010 | Comments : 0

Azalea Cultural Festival a Big Hit

New and exciting music spilled out of the Multi-Cultural Stage on Front Street this weekend, reeling in people from the street fair. The cultural showcase has been a part of the festival over the past six years and has become a real [...]

Posted On : Apr, 17 2010 | Comments : 0

Art Of Cuisine Is Part Of 4 Bridges Arts Festival

The nationally-recognized 4 Bridges Arts Festival, which will take place April 17-18 at the First Tennessee Pavilion, is celebrating its 10-year anniversary, and there are several celebratory additions to this year’s event. The fes [...]

Posted On : Apr, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

Traditional Chinese Qingming Festival

Sweeping ancestors’ tombs and celebrating the arrival of spring is an ancient Chinese tradition and is one of the most important Chinese holidays called Qingming Festival. This year it falls on April 5. The Qingming Festival o [...]

Posted On : Apr, 06 2010 | Comments : 0

Cultural Festivals of India

India is a vast country with rich and varied cultural heritage. Folk dance and music is the core of the Indian tradition and culture. Some local festivities have today gained so much importance that people from all over the world flock t [...]

Posted On : Mar, 31 2010 | Comments : 0

Olumo Festival - Mixture of Culture, Tourism

Olumo Rock in Abeokuta occupies a significant historical aspect in the life of the Egba people, particularly for serving as a formidable fortress during the days of Yoruba internecine wars. The rock, a gigantic outcrop of granite formati [...]

Posted On : Mar, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

Sekaten Festival - Indonesia's multicultural Islam in action

The birthday of the prophet Muhammad, which fell on 26 February this year, is celebrated by Muslim communities throughout Indonesia with religious services and other special events. In Java, the event has taken on a unique form in th [...]

Posted On : Mar, 17 2010 | Comments : 0

Rajasthan Fairs & Festivals

Gangaur Festival Rajasthan Fairs Festivals(Jaipur, MarchApril) A festival devoted to Goddess Parvati, the consort of Lord Shiva. Ishar & Gangaur are the divine male and female ho embody marital love. Dedicated to goddess Gauri ( [...]

Posted On : Mar, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

Extra-European Cultural Festivals in Europe

One of the first discussions held on this website was the topic of the possibility of a defined European Culture. (See culture forums). Whether or not there is such a thing, it is certainly true that Europe has exported global cultur [...]

Posted On : Mar, 11 2010 | Comments : 0

Festival of colors

One of the most vibrant festivals, Holi, marks the end of winter gloom and rejoices in the bloom of spring. A symbol of victory of good over evil, beginning of summer, and end of cold and hardship, Holi is a celebration of the indomi [...]

Posted On : Mar, 03 2010 | Comments : 0

Nagas celebrate annual seed sowing festival of Lui-Ngai-Ni

Nagas in Manipur and Nagaland celebrated their annual seed sowing festival of Lui-Ngai-Ni, unique to their cultural. Considered to be one of the biggest festivals for Nagas, Lui-Ngai-Ni, was celebrated in Senapati district in Manipur wit [...]

Posted On : Feb, 22 2010 | Comments : 0

Spring Festival in Tianjin

We now continue our Spring Festival special as we travel around different parts of China to discover how people are celebrating the holiday. Our next stop is Tianjin, which is home to most of the Chinese folk conventions and customs we k [...]

Posted On : Feb, 17 2010 | Comments : 0

Sarhad festival reflects return of normalcy

As Javed, a 22-year-old artist from Peshawar, strikes his stringed traditional musical instrument Rabbab, he brings out the fest alive as if the mannequins enclosed in the heritage museum have come out of their showcases and spread out o [...]

Posted On : Feb, 01 2010 | Comments : 0

Winter festival to light up Tallinn

The holidays are over and now all there is to look forward to is just a couple more months of winter, with its seemingly endless days of dark and dreary weather. Winter is a tough time in Estonia. Winters in Estonia are characterized by sho [...]