It is the last Wednesday in August that marks a bloodbath unlike any other. At least it looks like blood from afar, but upon closer inspection you find out that it is nothing more than the remains of a tomato that is no more (may it rest…in pieces). It’s like I’m in some odd Hollywood film set, the red gunk overflowing everywhere, but what it really is an orgy of tomatoes like you’ve never seen it. It’s messy, it’s unapologetically tomato-ey and it’s a big ticket for tourism, Buñol, 40 km due west of Valencia, finds its population swelling four fold come this time of year, and its carnage and good-mannered fighting packaged in the form of a festival. The madness hits the town’s central square and no sooner does the clock strike the 11th hour of the day than a large pole  [...]

Post the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, people ignored the Tribeca neighborhood in Manhattan as they stopped visiting the center of the town. This loss of vitality made famed actor Robert De Niro and Craig Hatkoff and Jane Rosenthal create the Tribeca Film Festival. The film festival was a united response of the celebration of movies and entertainment, to condemn the terrorist attacks. The main motive of the festival was to bring the common public and the international film society together to instill in them the power of movies and redefine the whole experience. This festival was pioneered to celebrate New York City as the numero uno destination for the film making community. And the funds generated are used to help in the long standing recreation and  [...]

Festivals are celebrated throughout the world, by different varieties of castes, tribes, cultures, and sex. The main reason as to why festivals are celebrated can be attributed to many factors, but the foremost one is fear in God. Apart from this, celebrating festivals can be attributed to also taking a week or a day leave from the strenuous schedule of work and being with family and friends, or just adding a day onto our culture diary! The Aboriginals in Canada has a number of festivals that they celebrate. Some of them still exist, while others have swept away with time. The Morning Dance The Morning Dance takes place every Spring by the Ojibwa, Southern Ontario. It can also be called as Wabeno. The Aboriginals fast and cleanse themselves before an elder male member plays the drum and  [...]

Life is beautiful and for making life more of merry we people do is celebrate! Have festivals and special occasions or mark such days which have importance may be for historical significance or may be geographical significance or personal significance human just need a reason to get together and just have fun, entertain themselves and feel happy by boozing, dancing and singing. We just love to rave and make raucous for the name of being happy for some event. Anyways this makes life more beautiful and fun to live. Listing down below are such celebrations and festivals which if given an opportunity you must go for- to get enthralled and regaled in merriment. Naadam Festival in the Ulaanbaatar of the Mongolia From the time when reign of the invader Genghis Kahn, Mongolians have adhere intensely  [...]

Celebrations could be from just lightening candles in Christmas to having rave madness in Rio’s carnival. If there is something which is beyond any taboos and norms is the way man can celebrate. And man does it. Man can celebrate anything, any ways and any where. Even if it means in middle of some desert where the temperatures are of scorching heat and speckles of sand in your eyes. And such is the celebration of Tuareg Festival which has been happening each spring, from last three years, in the hot desert of Sahara. It’s just two hours drive in north of Agadez, Niger, that’s actually in middle of desert- the Sahara. The Niger’s national government along with the local Tuareg tribal people organizes this Festival Tuareg. What’s that making it so exciting that you come from  [...]

The much liked and famous festival of Nevada, where over 48,000 people come together to celebrate, is again around the corner. It’s starting from August 30 to September 6, 2010. Burning Man is held every year on the Nevada Playa called Black Rock Desert. People who have been to the burning man have had totally different experience. The visitors said they have been transformed and found meaning to their life. As it said that, it is an end and new start to the journey of Burning Man. In order to understand the festival, you need to visit and participate in it. While being there, you will realize you are building a new community and your contribution to it is as important as anyone. You will be motivated to survive. Exposed to the 107 degree of heat and within few minutes your body  [...]

While the Halloween festival has come so close, time seems to be rushing from hands as if sand, so have you planned an idyllic destination to make your Halloween an unforgettable affair? If the answer is no, then make sure that you chose one spot where the Halloween party is enjoyed to the fullest and to a never-ending spirit. Not every city or town will make as some of them keep Halloween a low-key affair and limited for the locals. While there are some other destinations which celebrate Halloween grandly inside the city or some keep it too wild for appealing to the cosmopolitan preferences. Check the top Halloween destinations ahead, book your tours at any one of your taste, carry your gorgeous costumes and make your Halloween a memorabilia. 1. Anoka, Minnesota Several years back, I got  [...]

If you are looking for a change in your daily schedule and frequent repeated holidays then why not try something new this time, give your family a greater experience of their lifetime by letting them enjoy different festivities celebrated in different countries. The world is a cosmopolitan place to live in, people from different castes, creed, religions, genres live in harmony, based on their cultures and traditions they celebrate their yearly events in the form of festivals which go on to become world class events. These festivals have their own importance in terms of its culture and civilization, the practice of celebrating a particular event has been in existence for some hundreds or perhaps may be thousands of years in some cases, so why not enjoy and experience these age old celebrations  [...]

Each year brings in new excitement and enthusiasm and every year is greeted with great fun and galore, people all around start planning for their dream new year destination much before the month December sets in and yet some are those who keep lurking till the end and at the last spur of moment decide on anything whatever that comes on their way! But why not make your new year this time a little better and memorable by visiting good places on earth instead of spending your time at discotheques or clubs. I am going to share some of the best destinations to visit this new year, bring in a smile on the face of your loved ones by surprising them with your vacation plans this new year, make the most of the place you are in and cherish it forever in your memory for the lifetime. Visit the best  [...]