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- 1. Pingxi Lantern Festival of Taiwan by Jan Esteve There are many activities all over Taiwan during Taiwan Lantern Festival. During the Taiwan Lantern Festival, thousands of sky lanterns light over Pingxi District in Taiwan. In Yanshui District, the firecrackers ceremony of Wumiao Temple is also one of the important activities.
- 2. PFLASTERSPEKATAKEL by Razvan The Pflasterspektakel is an annual street art festival in Linz, the capital of Austria. It includes musical acts, juggling, acrobatics, pantomime, improvisational theatre, clownery, fire dancing, painting, samba parades, as well as a programme for children, and is held on three days in July in and around the main square and the Landstraße. In 2010, about 400 artists from over forty nations participated in the event.
- 3. SYDNEY NEW YEAR’S EVE by Naila Sydney New Year’s Eve is a famous New Year party held in Sydney. In this party there are two ways of fireworks, the “Family Fireworks” and the “Midnight Fireworks” People watch the fireworks from the bridge The event was first televised on NYE in 1996-97. The Family Fireworks is for about twenty minutes and the Midnight Fireworks lased about three minutes and only featured Sydney Tower.
- 4. THE CARNIVAL OF VENICE by Jan Pallisé The Carnival of Venice is an annual festival held in Venice, Italy. The Carnival ends with the Christian celebration of Lent, forty days before Easter, on Shrove Tuesday.
- 5. SAINT PATRICK'S DAY By Alexandra Saint Patrick's day is a cultural and a religious celebration in Ireland held on 17 march. On Saint Patrick's day it is customary to wear shamrocks and/or green clothing or accessories. Patrick is said to have used the shamrock, a three-leaved plant, to explain the Holy Trinity to the pagan Irish. The colour green has been associated with Ireland since at least the 1640s, when the green harp flag was used by the Irish Catholic Confederation. Green ribbons and shamrocks have been worn on St Patrick's Day since at least the 1680s.
- 6. By Josep The battle of the oranges is a great festival that is celebrated in Ivrea, throwing oranges every year. Thousands of oranges are spent in this festival. It is very fun, one could say that it is the biggest fight of food of Italy.
- 7. Holi Festival India by Mireia Holi is an ancient Hindu religious festival which has become popular in India, Nepal and some parts of Europe as a Spring celebrations of colors. The purposes of festival it celebrates the beginning of the new season Spring. Hindus believe it is a time of enjoying Spring’s abundant colors and saying goodbye to winter. The night before Holi, bonfires will be lit. People will dance and sing around the fire. For the day of Holi, people will play, chase and color each other with dry powder and colored water. In the evening they will dress up nicely then visit their friends and family.
- 8. Harbin International Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival By Albert Every year on January 5, held in Harbin, China festival of ice and snow in the world. This festival began in 1963. In addition to ice sculptures can also be other activities: Yabuli skiing, swimming in the Songhua River and ice-lantern exhibition in Zhaolin Garden.
- 9. DAY OF VICTORY By Adrià The victory of the Soviet Union and the Allies over Nazi Germany in World War II was reached on May 9, 1945. Since then this day is called the Day of Victory and is a festive day in Russia and in most the former Soviet republics.
- 10. RUNNING OF THE BULLS By Paula T. The running of the Bulls is a festival in San Fermin (Pamplona). It´s celebrated every year from the 6th to the 14th of July. The running of the bulls, where the bulls trough the streets, up a the bull ring. The people in this race can be wound. It´s very dangerous!
- 11. By Mariona Every year in 13 of April the Thailandese people celebrate the Songkan water festival . This festival is celebrate for New York. In this festival there are a lot of water and the people always gets wet .There are very people and all wear coloring clothes. In this festival there are lot of elephants goes to the streets and people are happy. Children sing popular songs. Children plays with water and this represent good luck.