Asian festivals vary from place to place but all share one thing in common: they’re big and a lot of fun! With so many different cultures‚ religions‚ and reasons to celebrate squeezed into Asia‚ you’ll probably be close to an interesting festival no matter where you travel. Many events are based on lunar calendars and the dates change each year. Use this guide to plan around some of the largest festivals in Asia. 1. Festivals in Thailand • Songkran / Thai Water Festival: April 13 -15. • Loi
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EUROPE FRANCE Main Square Festival- Arras Rock en Seine- Paris Vieilles Charrues- Carhaix Eurockéennes de belfort- Belfort Garorock- Marmande Sonisphere Festival- amnéville La route du Rock- Saint Malu Solidays Festival - Paris Pantiero Festival - Cannes BELGIUM Rock Werchter -Leuven‚ Belgium Pukkelpop- Hasselt Dour festival Les Ardentes Festival- Liege Lokerse Feesten- Lokeren Cactus festival- Brugge Tw Classic- Werchter Suikerrock- Tienen Rock Zottegem Feest in Het
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BEER FESTIVAL Great American Beer Festival (GABF) Started in 1982‚ the GABF was created by nuclear engineer Charlie Papazian in Boulder‚ Colorado. The original GABF had 22 participating breweries and the 2009 festival had 457. In 2009 the festival expanded into a hall one-third larger than the previous year. The GABF is considered the largest ticketed beer festival in the United States. The Great American Beer Festival (GABF) is a three-day annual event hosted by the Brewers Association‚ held
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Qingming Festival Qingming Festival‚ also known as Pure Brightness Festival‚ which falls on either April 4th or 5th of the solar calendar (one of the Chinese Twenty-four Solar Terms). From that day temperatures begin to rise and rainfall increases‚ indicating that it is crucial time for plowing and sowing in the spring. Qingming Festival therefore has a close relationship with agriculture. However‚ it is not only a seasonal symbol; it is also a festival of paying respect of the dead‚ a spring
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Woody Point Festival Case Analysis Introduction With its inception in 2004‚ the Writers at Woody Point Festival have become an ever increasingly popular annual literature festival for Newfoundland’s west coast. The festival has grown each year and has now reached the point where council believes a formal marketing strategy and plan is necessary for the festivals short and long term economic sustainability in the ever-increasingly competitive literature festival market. To create the marketing
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SONGKRAN FESTIVAL Do we have everybody?! .. Guys‚ over here… there’s our bus. Please settle down. So‚ good afternoon‚ ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to Chiang Mai‚ Thailand. My name is Thu and I’m gonna be your tour guide for the next three days. Before we get to the centre of the city‚ I want to tell you a bit about our three-day trip. As you all know today is the 13th of April At this very moment‚ all the provinces around the country are ready to celebrate the Songkran festival. The Songkran
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INTRODUCTION TO EVENTS EV 201 Glastonbury Festival CW 1 REPORT Lecturer : Jessica Mackie Email : jmackie@shms.com Written by : Jason Philip Laksana LAJA160789 (2D) – Introduction of Glastonbury Thi Thuy Hang Nguyen NGTH191289 (2C) – Social and Cultural impacts‚ Environmental and Developmental impacts Atika Karuna Gunawan GUAT080290 (2D) – Economy and Tourism impacts‚ Political impacts Contents Objectives ………………………………………………………………………… 02 Introduction of Glastonbury Festival …………………………………. 03 Social – Cultural
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Thingyan festival – Water Festival – Myanmar New Year - in April The country Myanmar is Known as the "Golden Land" in the world since every pagoda is decorated and painted with gold. Myanmar is full of very colourful and deep rooted festivals. There are 13 most popular year around festivals in Myanmar. One of them is the celebration on Thingyan Festival‚ as the Water Festival or Myanmar’s Traditional New Year Festival. Myanmar people celebrate the Water Festival all over the country for 4 days
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The Dragon Boat Festival The Dragon Boat Festival‚ also called the Duanwu Festival‚ is celebrated on the fifth day of the fifth month according to the Chinese calendar. For thousands of years‚ the festival has been marked by eating zong zi (glutinous rice wrapped to form a pyramid using bamboo or reed leaves) and racing dragon boats. The festival is best known for its dragon-boat races‚ especially in the southern provinces where there are many rivers and lakes. This regatta commemorates the death
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Introduction Glastonbury festival Of Contemporary Performing Art is one of the most known music festivals in the world. The festival it self takes part in worthy farm which is a dairy farm during the year; is in the region of Somerset which is situated in southwest England. The festival from 1981 has been organised by the local farmer and site owner Michael Eavis (Martin‚ 2009). Micheal Eavis is also the owner of Glastonbury Festival LTD the company that is in charge of the organization and the
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