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0 | 478,451 | 0 | Public holidays in India | India | Public Holidays in India also known as Government Holidays colloquially, consist of a variety of cultural, nationalistic, and religious holidays that are legislated in India at the union or state levels.
Being a culturally diverse country, there are many festivals celebrated in various regions across the country. There... |
1 | 30,414,935 | 0 | Alta (dye) | India | Alta (Bengali: আলতা), Lakshaya Rasa, Alah, Mahavar is a red dye that is applied to the hands and feet of women, mainly in the Indian subcontinent. It is applied with a cotton swab or brush to the hands and feet during marriage ceremonies and festivals.
Alta is originally produced from soaked betel leaves, although toda... |
2 | 43,681,734 | 0 | Baha parab | India | Baha parab or Baa parab is a spring festival of Ho, Santhal,Munda and other tribes in India. Baha or Baa means flower. At Baha parab or Baa parab men, women and children are attired in traditional clothes, Offering Flowers to God Marang Buru and Jaher Ayo, and Madal tamak(drums) are beat and tribal woman and man dancin... |
3 | 43,623,881 | 0 | Bandna | India | Bandna (spelt as Bāndnā, Hindi: बांदना) is an agriculture-oriented festival in which domestic cattle and agriculture appliances are worshiped. The festival mostly observed in the state of Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha and Assam, and celebrated annually as per Hindu calendar in the month of Amavashya of Kartik.
== Over... |
4 | 47,598,984 | 0 | Bhima Pushkaram | India | The Bhima Pushkaram is the Pushkaram river festival organized on the banks of the Bhima river. It is a Hindu festival, organized once every 12 years. Thousands of people dive in to take a bath as worship. The Rashi or the Hindu zodiac sign for this river is Vrishchika or Scorpio. |
5 | 39,069,330 | 0 | Bizhu | India | The Bizu festival is celebrated by the Chakma people in Bangladesh and India, as the traditional New Year's Day which falls on 13 or 14 April.
== Bizhu ==
Bizhu is a three-day-long festival that commemorates the commencement of a new year for the Chakmas and is their most important festival. Bizhu marks the Chaitra-san... |
6 | 12,973,174 | 0 | Bohag Bihu | India | Bohag Bihu or Rongali Bihu also called Xaat Bihu (seven Bihus) is a traditional ethnic festival celebrated in the Northeastern Indian state of Assam and other parts of Northeastern India by the indigenous ethnic groups of Assam, and marks the beginning of the Assamese New Year. The festival is of mostly aboriginal ori... |
7 | 1,214,825 | 0 | Chaand Raat | India | Chaand Raat (Bengali: চাঁদ রাত)(lit. 'Night of the moon') is a South Asian Cultural observance on the eve of the festival of Eid al-Fitr; it can also mean a night with a new moon for the new Islamic month Shawwal. Chaand Raat is a time of celebration when families and friends gather in open areas at the end of the last... |
9 | 64,565,192 | 0 | Chiithuni | India | Chiithuni Festival is a major festival celebrated by the Mao Naga tribe. The festival is usually held for 6 days from the 25th day of Chuthunikhro (January). The festival is held to mark the end of the harvest period and the beginning of a new period.
== Rituals ==
Chiithuni Festival marks the end of a year and the b... |
10 | 77,975,940 | 0 | Cooch Behar Rash Mela | India | Cooch Behar Rash Mela (commonly known as just Rash Mela or Ras Mela; Bengali: রাস মেলা) is the annual winter carnival in Cooch Behar, West Bengal, India which is organised on the occasion of Rash Purnima every year between the months of November and December every year since the rule of the 17th King of Koch Bihar Maha... |
11 | 186,177 | 0 | Diwali | India | Diwali (English: ), also known as Deepavali (IAST: Dīpāvalī), is the Hindu festival of lights, with variations celebrated in other Indian religions. It symbolises the spiritual victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance. Diwali is celebrated during the Hindu lunisolar months of Ashvin... |
12 | 3,319,060 | 0 | Drupka Teshi | India | Drug-pa Tse-zhi is a Buddhist festival celebrated to observe Buddha's first preaching of the Four Noble Truths at the deer park in Sarnath. It falls on the fourth day of the sixth month in the Tibetan calendar, around August or July. |
13 | 78,037,900 | 0 | Durga Puja, Bihari | India | Durga Puja at Basuki Bihari North village is a ten days annual grand celebration for the worship to the Goddess Durga in Hinduism. The place of the Durga Puja is located at the campus of the Maharani Sthan in the village of the northern part of Basuki Bihari in Madhubani district of the Mithila region in Bihar, India. ... |
14 | 77,127,121 | 0 | Dwijing Festival | India | The Dwijing Festival, also known as the Aie River Festival, is an annual river festival held on the banks of the Aie river near the Hagrama bridge in Chirang district (within the Bodoland Territorial Region) in the Indian state of Assam. The festival takes place over a period of 12 days from December 27 to January 7 ev... |
15 | 52,677,568 | 0 | Galdan Namchot | India | Galdan Namchot is a festival celebrated in Tibet, Nepal, Mongolia and many regions of Himalaya, particularly in Ladakh, India. It is to commemorate the birth as well as parinirvana (death) and the Buddhahood of Je Tsongkhapa (1357–1419 AD), a famous Scholar/teacher of Tibetan Buddhism whose activities led to the format... |
16 | 19,680,490 | 0 | Govardhan Puja | India | Govardhan Puja (IAST: Govardhana-pūjā), also known as Annakut or Annakoot (meaning a “mountain of food”), is a Hindu festival celebrated on the first lunar day of the bright fortnight of the month of Kartika, on the fourth day of Diwali. Devotees worship Govardhan Hill and prepare and offer a large variety of vegetaria... |
17 | 1,068,809 | 0 | Guru Purnima | India | Guru Purnima (Sanskrit: गुरुपूर्णिमा, romanized: Gurupūrṇimā) is a religious festival dedicated to offering respect to all the spiritual and academic gurus. It is celebrated as a festival in India, Nepal and Bhutan by Hindus, Jains and Buddhists. This festival is traditionally observed to honour one's chosen spiritual ... |
18 | 2,454,430 | 0 | Hanuman Jayanti | India | Hanuman Jayanti (Sanskrit: हनुमज्जयंती, romanized: Hanumajjayantī) is a Hindu festival celebrating the birth of the Hindu deity, and one of the protagonists of the Ramayana and its many versions, Hanuman. The celebration of Hanuman Jayanti varies by time and tradition in each state of India. In most northern states of ... |
19 | 44,630,549 | 0 | International Bodo Festival | India | International Bodo Festival is a traditional festival of the Bodo-Kachari people. It is held every year in different parts of Northeast India. Many tribesman of the Bodo race performs at this festival. It includes Bagurumba dance of Bodo people, Wangala dance of the Garo people and Bohuwa dance of the Sonowals etc.
==... |
20 | 70,597,197 | 0 | Jashn-e-Chiragah | India | Jashn-e-Chiragah is a festival of Lights established by Akbar the Mughals King around 400 years ago. It is a version of Deepavali. |
21 | 28,031,523 | 0 | Jaya Parvati vrat | India | Jaya Parvati Vrat or Gauri Vrat, is a Hindu festival observed in the month of Ashadha whereby unmarried women fast for five days and worship the Hindu goddess Parvati in order to seek an ideal husband. Foods containing salt are not eaten; instead, items such as wheat flour, milk, ghee and fruits are consumed. The fest... |
22 | 61,705,673 | 0 | Jharkhand International Film Festival Awards | India | The Jharkhand International Film Festival Awards (also known as the JIFFA) are a set of awards presented annually to film makers and artists for theirs contribution to Cinema. It aims to provide common platform for cinemas of world to project excellence of film arts. It supports filmmaking and promotion of all genres.... |
23 | 46,471,750 | 0 | Jhulan Purnima | India | Jhulan Purnima, Jhulan Yatra or Hindola is a Hindu swinging festival that is dedicated to Hindu god Krishna and goddess Radha. It is popularly celebrated by the Hindu Vaishnava sect in the month of Shravana (July-August) which falls under the monsoon season in India when the weather is hot, humid and slightly breezy. ... |
24 | 62,849,043 | 0 | Kaanum Pongal | India | Kaanum Pongal or Kanum Pongal (Tamil: காணும் பொங்கல்) is the fourth and the final day of the four-day Pongal festival. According to the Gregorian calendar it is celebrated on 17 January. Though the name of the festival is specific to Tamil Nadu, it is also celebrated in other southern Indian states such as Andhra Prade... |
25 | 64,086,548 | 0 | Kabir Jayanti | India | Kabir Jayanti, also known as Kabir Praakat Diwas, is celebrated to commemorate the manifestation of Kabir, a famous poet and mystic saint in India. It is celebrated once in a year on the full moon day in the Hindu month Jyeshtha, which is the month of May or June according to the Gregorian calendar. Worshipers believe ... |
26 | 76,585,524 | 0 | Kankaria Carnival | India | The Kankaria Carnival is an annual festival celebrated in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Commencing in the last week of December, the carnival has been a significant part of Ahmedabad's cultural festivities since 2008. It features a broad spectrum of activities including cultural programs, art exhibitions, amusement rides,... |
27 | 7,882,907 | 0 | Lhabab Duchen | India | Lha Bab Düchen (Tib. ལྷ་བབས་དུས་ཆེན་, Wyl. lha babs dus chen) is one of the four major Buddhist festivals commemorating four events in the life of the Buddha, according to Tibetan traditions. Lha Bab Düchen occurs on the 22nd day of the ninth Tibetan lunar month and celebrates Buddha's return to the human realm after t... |
28 | 54,447,864 | 0 | Losoong Festival | India | Losoong marks the end of harvest season, of the Bhutia tribe, celebrated every year in December.
== Tradition ==
Based on the Tibetan Lunar CalendarLosoong falls on the 1st day of the 11th month, when farmers celebrate the harvest.
It is a traditional festival of the Bhutias. It is a time when the farmers rejoice and c... |
29 | 54,255,897 | 0 | Magha Purnima | India | Maghi Purnima, also known by the name of Magha Purnima, is known to be a day of the full moon that occurs during the Hindu calendar month of Magh. This day falls during the Gregorian calendar month of January or February. During this time period, the auspicious Kumbh Mela is held every twelve years, and the Magha Mela ... |
30 | 1,285,650 | 0 | Mawlid | India | Mawlid (Arabic: مولد) is an annual festival commemorating the birthday of Islamic prophet Muhammad on the traditional date of 12 Rabi' al-Awwal, the third month of the Islamic calendar. A day central to the traditions of Sunni Islam, the Mawlid is also celebrated by Shia Muslims.
The history of this celebration does no... |
31 | 2,547,717 | 0 | Melā | India | Mela (Sanskrit: मेला) is a Sanskrit word meaning gathering or to meet or a fair. It is used in the Indian subcontinent for all sizes of gatherings and can be religious, commercial, cultural or sport-related. In rural traditions melas or village fairs were (and in some cases still are) of great importance. This led to ... |
32 | 77,324,149 | 0 | Dadri mela | India | Dadri mela is an annual festival celebrated in Dadri, Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh. It is believed to have been started 5000 years ago and is currently organized by the Balia Municipal Corporation. The mela is associated with Hindu rishi Bhrigu and is named after his student rishi Dadar. it is believed to be starte... |
33 | 46,450,816 | 0 | Mesha Sankranti | India | Mesha Sankranti (also called Mesha Sankramana or Hindu Solar New Year) refers to the first day of the solar cycle year, that is the solar New Year in the Hindu luni-solar calendar. The Hindu calendar also has a lunar new year, which is religiously more significant. The solar cycle year is significant in Assamese, Odia,... |
34 | 24,336,764 | 0 | Nandotsava | India | Nandotsava (Sanskrit: नन्दोत्सव, romanized: Nandotsava) is a Hindu festival celebrated on the ninth day of the waning moon during the Hindu month of Bhadrapada, occurring the day after the festival of Krishna Janmashtami. This corresponds to late August to early September in the Gregorian calendar. It honours Nanda, th... |
35 | 45,424,871 | 0 | National Tribal Festival | India | The National Tribal Festival is celebrated by the aborigines & tribal of India in the National Capital Region, of India i.e. New Delhi. The festival is celebrated in the mid of the month of February every year. It is organised by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Government of India.
== The festival ==
The festival is us... |
36 | 14,938,899 | 0 | National Youth Day (India) | India | National Youth Day, also known as Vivekananda Jayanti, is celebrated on 12 January, being the birthday of a Hindu monk, Swami Vivekananda. In 1984, the Government of India declared this day as National Youth Day and since 1985 the event is celebrated in India every year.
== History ==
It was a decision of the Governmen... |
37 | 24,480,473 | 0 | Navaratri | India | Navaratri is an annual Hindu festival observed in honor of the goddess Durga, an aspect of Adi Parashakti, the supreme goddess. For Shaivites and Shaktas, Durga is a form or actually is Goddess Parvati. It spans over nine nights, first in the month of Chaitra (March/April of the Gregorian calendar), and again in the mo... |
38 | 11,396,240 | 0 | Pandal | India | Pandal (Tamil: பந்தல், romanized: pantal) is a fabricated structure, either temporary or permanent, that is used at many places such as either outside a building or in an open area such as along a public road or in front of a house in India and other neighbouring countries. This canopy or big tent is often used in a r... |
39 | 62,530,398 | 0 | Panthoibi Iratpa | India | Panthoibi Iratpa or Panthoibi Iraat Thouni or Panthoibi Eratpa is a religious festival of the Meitei people dedicated to Panthoibi, the ancient Meitei goddess of civilization, courage, fertility, handicraft, love, victory, warfare and wisdom of Sanamahism (traditional Meitei religion). It is celebrated on the first day... |
40 | 38,506,271 | 0 | Parents' Worship Day | India | Parents' Worship Day, known as Matri Pitri Poojan Diwas (also Matru Pitru Poojan Divas) was started by Asaram Bapu in 2007 as an alternative to Valentine's Day.
It is celebrated on 14 February every year. It is based on the Sanskrit words for mother (मातृ, mātṛ) and father (पितृ, pitŕ).
== History ==
The day was first ... |
41 | 4,072,466 | 0 | Parinirvana Day | India | Parinirvana Day, or Nirvana Day is a Mahayana Buddhist holiday celebrated in East Asia, Vietnam and the Philippines. By some it is celebrated on 8 February, but by most on the 15 February. In Bhutan, it is celebrated on the fifteenth day of the fourth month of the Bhutanese calendar. It celebrates the day when the Budd... |
42 | 5,387,716 | 0 | Pavarana | India | Pavarana (Sanskrit: Pravāraṇā) is a Buddhist holy day celebrated on Aashvin full moon of the lunar month. This usually occurs on the full moon of the 11th month. It marks the end of the three lunar months of Vassa, sometimes called Buddhist Lent. The day is marked in some Asian countries where Theravada Buddhism is pra... |
43 | 597,694 | 0 | Pohela Boishakh | India | Pohela Boishakh (Bengali: পহেলা বৈশাখ) is the Bengali New Year celebrated on 14 April in Bangladesh and 15 April in the Indian states of West Bengal, Tripura, Jharkhand and Assam (Goalpara and Barak Valley). It is a festival based on the spring harvest—which marks the first day of the new year in the official calendar ... |
44 | 24,056,954 | 0 | Pola (festival) | India | Pola is a thanksgiving festival celebrated by farmers in Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh, to acknowledge the importance of bulls and oxen, who are a crucial part of agriculture and farming activities. It falls on the day of the Pithori Amavasya (the new moon day) in the month of Shraavana (usually in August). During Pola,... |
45 | 409,027 | 0 | Pongal (festival) | India | Pongal (), also referred to as Thai Pongal, is a multi-day Hindu harvest festival celebrated by Tamils. It is observed in the month of Thai according to the Tamil solar calendar and usually falls on 14 or 15 January. It is dedicated to Surya (the solar deity in Hinduism) and corresponds to Makar Sankranti, the Hindu ob... |
46 | 75,804,813 | 0 | Pratap Jayanti | India | Pratap Jayanti (Hindi: प्रताप जयंती), also known as Maharana Pratap Jayanti, is a festival and a public holiday in Rajasthan, marking the birth anniversary of the Indian ruler Maharana Pratap. It is usually celebrated on 9 May, but some also celebrate it on 22 May.
== Background ==
=== Date ===
The day is celebrated as... |
47 | 2,014,592 | 0 | Puthandu | India | Puthandu (Tamil: புத்தாண்டு, romanized: Puttāṇṭu, lit. 'new year'), also known as Tamil New Year, is the first day of year on the Tamil calendar that is traditionally celebrated as a festival by Tamils. The festival date is set with the solar cycle of the solar Hindu calendar, as the first day of the month of Chittirai... |
48 | 61,848,823 | 0 | Rongali | India | Rongali Utsav is a festival organised in Guwahati every year. The festival showcases tribal culture of Assam to the world. |
49 | 7,113,348 | 0 | Samvatsari | India | Saṃvatsari (Sanskrit: संवत्सरी) (lit. Annual Day or fig. Forgiveness Day) is the last day of Paryushana according to the Śvetāmbara sect of Jainism. It falls on Shukla Choth each year in the Jain calendar month of Bhadrapada, somewhere between the middle of August and September in the Gregorian calendar.
On this day, J... |
50 | 26,448,200 | 0 | Sanjhi | India | Sanjhi is a festival to the namesake goddess, mainly by women and girls in parts of Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, and Uttar Pradesh.
== Sanjhi ==
Sanjhi is the name of a mother goddess, after whom images are made of mud and molded into various shapes such as cosmic bodies or the face of the goddess, and they get different co... |
51 | 22,784,725 | 0 | Sankashti Chaturthi | India | Sankashti Chaturthi, also known as Sankatahara Chaturthi and Sankashti, is a holy day in every lunar month of the Hindu calendar dedicated to the Hindu god Ganesha. This day falls on the fourth day of the Krishna Paksha (the dark fortnight). If this Chaturthi falls on a Tuesday, it is called Angaraki Sankashti Chaturth... |
52 | 14,036,145 | 0 | Saragarhi Day | India | null |
53 | 44,325,267 | 0 | Sardotsav | India | Sardotsav or Sharadotsav is an annual winter cultural fest held in the western Himalayan towns of India. It is different from Sardotsav celebrated in West Bengal as part of Durga Puja. Sardotsav is a portmanteau of Sarad (winter) and Utsav (festival). Sardotsav festivals of Pithoragarh and Nainital are most prominent.
... |
54 | 70,463,961 | 0 | Sarhul | India | Sarhul is a spring festival in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is a symbol of commencement of the new year. The festival is celebrated for three days, from the 3rd day of Chaitra month in Sukla Paksh to Chaitra Purnima. In the festival, the village priest Pahan offers sacrifice of flowers, fruit, vermilion, rooster a... |
55 | 56,109,280 | 0 | Shakta Rash | India | Shakto Raas (Śākta Rāsa, Shaakta Raash, Shaakta Raasa or Shaakto Raas; Bengali: শাক্তরাস) is the most celebrated festival of Nabadwip, Shantipur and Krishnanagar of Nadia district in West Bengal, India. This festival is celebrated thirty-five days after the autumnal Durga Puja celebration, fifteen days after Kali Puja ... |
56 | 78,046,644 | 0 | Shillong Cherry Blossom Festival | India | Shillong Cherry Blossom Festival is an annual cultural event held in Shillong, the capital city of Meghalaya, India. Celebrated primarily in November, the festival coincides with the blooming of cherry blossoms, drawing comparisons to similar festivals in Japan and other regions known for this phenomenon.
The festival ... |
57 | 26,257,372 | 0 | Shiv Jayanti | India | Shiv Jayanti, also known as Shivaji festival, is a festival and public holiday of the Indian state of Maharashtra. This festival is celebrated on February 19, celebrating the birth anniversary of Shivaji I, the first Chhatrapati of the Marathas. He established Hindavi Swarajya (Hindavī Svarājya; Self-Rule of the hindav... |
58 | 41,527,038 | 0 | Sohrai | India | Sohrai is a harvest festival of the Indian states of Jharkhand, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, and Bihar. It also called cattle festival. It is celebrated after harvest and coincide with Govardhan Puja of Diwali festival. In Santal Parganas it is celebrated in the Month of January. It is celebrated by Bhumij, Sada... |
59 | 35,593,325 | 0 | Songkran | India | Songkran is the water-splashing festival celebration in the traditional new year for the Buddhist calendar widely celebrated across South and Southeast Asia in Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, parts of northeast India, parts of Vietnam, and Xishuangbanna, China begins on 13 April of the year.
=... |
60 | 41,762,412 | 0 | Teeyan | India | Teeyan (Punjabi: ਤੀਆਂ), also known as Teeyan Da Teohar (trans: the festival of women) or Teej, is a festival celebrated throughout Punjab which is dedicated to the onset of the monsoon and focuses on daughters sisters, and mothers.
== Celebration ==
The festival is celebrated during the monsoon season from the third da... |
61 | 4,967,926 | 0 | Tendong Lho Rumfaat | India | Tendong Lho Rumfaat (Prayer of the Tendong Mountain) is a festival of the Lepcha people of north-east India. The festival occurs usually in the month of August. According to Lepcha belief, their ancestors went atop the Tendong Mountain to escape from 40 days and 40 nights of continuous rain. This festival commemorates ... |
62 | 47,210,155 | 0 | Tungabhadra Pushkaralu | India | Tungabhadra Pushkaram is a festival of River Tungabhadra normally occurs once in 12 years. This Pushkaram is observed for a period of 12 days from the time of entry of Jupiter into Makara rasi (Capricorn).
== Details of locations ==
The places on the banks of the Tungabhadra River where pilgrims visit famous temples ... |
63 | 32,973,473 | 0 | Utsava | India | Utsava (Sanskrit: उत्सव, lit. 'special occasion'), also referred to as Utsavam, generally means a festival or celebration or any joyous occasion, mostly associated with Hinduism. It also carries the meaning of delight, merriment and pleasure. The Sanskrit word utsava comes from the word ut meaning removal and sava whic... |
64 | 11,780,303 | 0 | Van Mahotsav | India | Van Mahothsavlit. 'Forest festival', is an annual one-week tree-planting festival in India which is celebrated in the first week of July. It is a great traditional Indian festival that reflects Indian culture and heritage to honor and love mother earth by planting trees, by creating awareness of nature's beauty, and by... |
65 | 35,634,758 | 0 | Vasanta (season) | India | Vasanta (Sanskrit: वसन्त, romanized: Vasanta, lit. 'Spring'), also referred to as Basant, refers to the Indian spring.
One of the main festivals of the Vasanta season is celebrated on Vasanta Panchami (Sanskrit: वसन्त पञ्चमी), which in Indian society is a cultural and religious festival, celebrated annually on the firs... |
90 | 14,951,249 | 0 | List of festivals in China | China | The following is an incomplete list of festivals in China, of all types.
== Festivals in China ==Cold Food Festival
Dongzhi Festival
Duanwu Festival
Freespace Fest
Fu Yang Festival
Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival
Hong Kong Arts Festival
Lantern Festival
Litang Horse Festival
Longtaitou Festival
Lun... |
91 | 60,440,771 | 0 | Chinese New Year's Eve | China | Chinese New Year's Eve is the day before the Chinese New Year. Celebrating Chinese New Year's Eve has always been a family matter, it is the reunion day for every ethnic Chinese family. It has evolved over a long period of time. The origin of Chinese New Year's Eve can be traced back to 3500 years ago.
== History ==
Ch... |
92 | 48,892,137 | 0 | Chrysanthemum Festival (Xiaolan-Zhongshan) | China | The Chrysanthemum Festival, is a festival held in the town of Xiaolan in November. Zhongshan is sometimes called Chrysanthemum city because of its chrysanthemum culture. During the Ming dynasty, people planted chrysanthemums and gathered together to appreciate them. While doing that, they also wrote poems, drew picture... |
93 | 3,914,744 | 0 | Cold Food Festival | China | The Cold Food or Hanshi Festival (寒食节) is a traditional Chinese holiday which developed from the local commemoration of the death of the Jin nobleman Jie Zitui in the 7th century BC under the Zhou dynasty, into an occasion across East Asia for the commemoration and veneration of ancestors by the 7th-century Tang dynast... |
94 | 60,794,929 | 0 | Dashuhua | China | Da Shuhua or Dashuhua (Chinese: 打树花; pinyin: dǎshùhuā) is a Chinese Festival of Lights tradition in Nuanquan Town, Zhangjiakou, with a history of more than five hundred years. It is shown by throwing molten iron against cold bricks to create showers of sparks which have a similar shape of leafy tree canopy. Da Shuhua h... |
95 | 47,048,387 | 0 | Dog Meat Festival | China | The Dog Meat Festival (Chinese: 狗肉节), also known as the Yulin Dog Meat Festival or Lychee and Dog Meat Festival, is an annual festival held in Yulin, Guangxi, China, during the summer solstice from 21 June to 30 June in which festival observers consume dog meat accompanied by lychees or other plants.
The festival began... |
96 | 60,894,456 | 0 | Double Sixth Festival | China | The Double Sixth Festival (Chinese: 六月六) is a Chinese traditional festival, the annual festival takes place on the sixth day of the sixth month of the Chinese calendar. The festival has different names among different areas in China and varies in practices within Chinese ethnic groups. The most recognized official name... |
97 | 3,952,389 | 0 | Double Third Festival | China | The Double Third Festival (Chinese: 三月三日; pinyin: sānyuèsān) sometimes also called the Washing Festival is a traditional holiday originating from China, and is celebrated in multiple East Asian countries, including China and Korea.
== China ==
The Double Third Festival (Chinese: 三月三; pinyin: sānyuèsān) or Shangsi Festi... |
98 | 288,681 | 0 | Dragon Boat Festival | China | The Dragon Boat Festival (traditional Chinese: 端午節; simplified Chinese: 端午节; pinyin: Duānwǔ jié) is a traditional Chinese holiday that occurs on the fifth day of the fifth month of the Chinese calendar, which corresponds to late May or early June in the Gregorian calendar. The holiday commemorates Qu Yuan who was the b... |
99 | 33,590,642 | 0 | Fu Yang Festival | China | The Fu Yang Festival (Chinese: 伏羊节) is a traditional festival celebrated by local residents in Xuzhou, an ancient city located in the northwest of Jiangsu province. The festival starts on the day of Chufu (Chinese: 初伏) which is around mid-July according to the lunar calendar (about 27 days after the summer solstice... |
100 | 55,056,390 | 0 | Guangzhou International Light Festival | China | Guangzhou International Light Festival (or GZ Light) (Chinese: 廣州國際燈光節) is a light exhibiting festival held annually along the Pearl River in the city of Guangzhou, China. The festival occurs every November since 2010, when the 16th Asian Games left many lighting facilities on the ground of the event.
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101 | 4,501,844 | 0 | Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival | China | The Harbin International Ice and Snow festival (Chinese: 哈尔滨国际冰雪节; pinyin: Hā'ěrbīn Guójì Bīngxuě Jié) is an annual winter festival that takes place with a theme in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, and now is the largest ice and snow festival in the world. The festival includes the popular attraction Ice and Snow World (冰... |
102 | 463,617 | 0 | Lantern Festival | China | The Lantern Festival (traditional Chinese: 元宵節; simplified Chinese: 元宵节; pinyin: Yuánxiāo jié), also called Shangyuan Festival (traditional Chinese: 上元節; simplified Chinese: 上元节; pinyin: Shàngyuán jié) and Cap Go Meh (Chinese: 十五暝; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Cha̍p-gō͘-mê), is a Chinese traditional festival celebrated on the fifteenth... |
103 | 15,959,530 | 0 | Litang Horse Festival | China | The Litang Horse Festival is a summer horse festival held in Litang County, Sichuan province, China. Khampas from all over the Tibetan Plateau come to trade, celebrate and ride. Khampas are Tibetan nomads who are usually herders.
The festival is normally held in the first week in August. During the festival, horsemans... |
104 | 11,638,492 | 0 | Longtaitou Festival | China | The Longtaitou Festival (traditional Chinese: 龍抬頭; simplified Chinese: 龙抬头; pinyin: Lóng Táitóu), conflated with the Zhonghe Festival beginning one day earlier (simplified Chinese: 中和节; traditional Chinese: 中和節), is a traditional Chinese festival held on the second day of the second month of the Chinese calendar. Its n... |
105 | 3,881,430 | 0 | Lunar New Year Fair | China | The Lunar New Year Fair (Chinese: 年宵市場), also known as the flower market (Chinese: 花市), is a type of fair held annually a few days before Lunar New Year in Chinese New Year markets in China. These fairs are primarily practiced by the Cantonese, and spread with Cantonese immigration.
== History ==
The Lunar New Year Fai... |
106 | 73,078,401 | 0 | Mayfung | China | Mayfung (or May Fung and May Fang) is a New Year festival celebrated on the 21 December by the Balti people in the Baltistan region of Pakistan. It is held to commemorate the end of the longest night of the year and the start of the Balti New Year (also called Losar; lit. 'New Year' in Balti). Mayfung is traditionally ... |
107 | 37,664,914 | 0 | Monkey King Festival | China | The Monkey King Festival (Chinese: 齊天大聖千秋) is celebrated in Hong Kong on the 16th day of the eighth Lunar month of the Chinese calendar, corresponding to September according to the Common era calendar, a day after the Mid Autumn Festival. The origin of the festival is traced to the epic 16th century novel Journey to th... |
108 | 24,361,644 | 0 | Nadun | China | Nadun is a traditional festival held by the Monguor people (known as the Tu Zu in Chinese). The festival's name resembles the Nadam festival of the Mongols, but different in format and content.
== Origins ==
The Monguor “Nadun” and the Mongolian “Nadam” are special nouns designated to an annual festival and reflect the... |
109 | 43,085,387 | 0 | Nian Li | China | Nian Li (in mandarin, “Nin Lai in Cantonese, Chinese: 年例; pinyin: nián lì; Jyutping: nin4 lai6) is a unique traditional festival in the west of Guangdong Province, China. Nian means a year in Mandarin Chinese, while “Li” means a routine. The combination of these two words means a routine of a year. Thus, people celebra... |
110 | 17,418,440 | 0 | Qingdao International Beer Festival | China | The Qingdao International Beer Festival (simplified Chinese: 青岛国际啤酒节; traditional Chinese: 青島國際啤酒節; pinyin: qīngdǎo guójì píjiǔjié) is a yearly festival held in Qingdao in Shandong province, China. The event is jointly sponsored by national state ministries and the Qingdao Municipal Government.
== History ==
The first ... |
111 | 438,060 | 0 | Qingming Festival | China | The Qingming Festival or Ching Ming Festival, also known as Tomb-Sweeping Day in English (sometimes also called Chinese Memorial Day, Ancestors' Day, the Clear Brightness Festival, or the Pure Brightness Festival), is a traditional Chinese festival observed by ethnic Chinese in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, T... |
112 | 21,988,061 | 0 | Qinhuai Lantern Fair | China | The Qinhuai Lantern Fair, also known as Jinling Lantern Fair, Jinling Lantern Festival, and officially named Lantern Fair on Qinhuai River, is a popular folk custom celebration of the Lantern Festival in the Nanjing area. Modern usage refers to the large-scale fair held yearly at the Confucius Temple of Nanjing between... |
113 | 2,811,179 | 0 | Qintong Boat Festival | China | Qintong Boat Festival (Chinese: 溱潼会船节) is an annual event in Jiangyan, Jiangsu, China.
It has a long history since Ming Dynasty, and it is becoming an important tourist destination in the whole eastern China with the highlight of the Dragon Boat Racing. Qintong Boat Festival is held in Qingming (around April 4–6) ever... |
114 | 52,643,800 | 0 | Qixi Tribute | China | Qixi Tribute (Chinese: 七夕贡案; pinyin: Qīxì gòngàn) is an important and necessary part of annual celebration during the Qixi Festival or Qiqiao Festival. Based on the mythology about The Weaver Girl and the Cowherd, a Qixi Tribute is a representation of their love meeting. It is one of the most popular customs of the Han... |
115 | 14,071,936 | 0 | Renri | China | Renri is the 7th day of Zhengyue, the first month in the traditional Chinese calendar. According to Chinese customs, Renri was the day human beings were created. It is celebrated not only in China, but also in the surrounding region influenced by Chinese culture.
== Origin ==
In Chinese mythology, Nüwa was the goddess ... |
116 | 7,981,173 | 0 | Shanghai International Music Fireworks Festival | China | Shanghai International Music Fireworks Festival started in 2000 and is held annually on National Day. The fireworks are fired from 7 barges and the other side of a lake in ShangHai Century Park. All fireworks are produced in China and they are designed by invited companies/designers. |
118 | 73,328,899 | 0 | Third Month Fair | China | The Third Month Fair (Bai language: salwa zix) is one of the most important festivals celebrated by the Bai people of southwest China. It includes a street bazaar, performances, sports, and games, and takes place annually in Dali City, Yunnan. The fair lasts several days, starting on the 15th day of the third month of ... |
119 | 23,237,592 | 0 | Torch Festival | China | The Torch Festival or Fire Festival (Chinese: 火把节; pinyin: Huǒbǎ Jié; Nuosu language: ꄔꊒ; YYPY Dut Zie; Bai: Huix‧zuit‧jiarx), also known as the Xinghui Festival (Chinese: 星回节; pinyin: Xīnghuí Jié; lit. 'return of the stars') is one of the main holidays of the Yi people of southwest China and is celebrated by other eth... |
120 | 31,701,530 | 0 | Uyghur Doppa Cultural Festival | China | Uyghur Doppa Cultural Festival (Uyghur: ئۇيغۇر دوپپا مەدەنىيەت بايرىمى), is an internationally celebrated Uyghur cultural festival which is observed on May 5 annually since 2009.
== History ==
The festival was created by Tahir Imin, an independent researcher and social activist in 2009. That year in Urumqi, the celebr... |
121 | 33,882,059 | 0 | Weifang International Kite Festival | China | The Weifang International Kite Festival (Chinese: 潍坊国际风筝节;traditional Chinese: 濰坊國際風箏節; pinyin;Wéifāng Guójì Fēngzhēng Jié) is an annual kite-flying festival held from April 20 to 25 in Weifang, China.
Weifang, Shandong, China is known as the kite capital of the world as people consider Weifang to be the birthplace of ... |
122 | 52,644,112 | 0 | Winter Clothes Day | China | Winter Clothes Day, Tomb-sweeping Day and Hungry Ghost Festival are the days for people to offer sacrifice to their ancestors in China. The Winter Clothes Day falls on the first day of Lunar October. October first of the lunar calendar has come into winter, thus people feel cold, which makes them miss the dead. To prot... |
123 | 48,892,103 | 0 | Yakou Piao-se | China | Yakou Piao-se (simplified Chinese: 崖口飘色; traditional Chinese: 崖口飄色; pinyin: Yákǒu Piāosè; Jyutping: Ngaai4hau2 Piu1sik1) is a traditional festival activity in the village Yakou, Nanlang, Zhongshan, in the Pearl River Delta of Guangdong Province, China. In 2008, the Chinese government added Yakou Piao-se to the official... |
139 | 22,059,543 | 0 | Cairo International Book Fair | Egypt | The Cairo International Book Fair is the largest and oldest book fair in the Arab world, held every year in the last week of January in Cairo, Egypt, at Egypt International Exhibitions Center in New Cairo, it is organised by the General Egyptian Book Organisation. The Fair is considered the most important event in the ... |
140 | 47,197,949 | 0 | Egycon | Egypt | Egycon (Arabic: ايجيكون) (stylized as EGYCON or EGYcon) is a speculative fiction convention held annually in Cairo, Egypt. Starting in 2013 with a series of mini meet-ups, the first large scale Egycon happened in 2014. Though starting as an anime-only convention, Egycon's scope quickly expanded to encompass several gen... |
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