3. Brazilian Carnival
It’s a two days spectacular parades put on by
the city’s samba schools, along with street
parties, live Brazilian music and plenty more.
All the parades during the Carnival are opened
by ‘King Momo’, the King of the Carnival.
4. Nearly 100,000 paying spectators turn out for the all-night spectacle at the
Sambadrome. Most of the education institutes and offices where shut down
during the carnival days. Whole of Brazil goes into a party mood. Street parties
are very famous during the Carnival.
5. Bastille Day in Paris
The Bastille day is celebrated on 14th July every year. The day marks the
storming of the Bastille prison back in 1789, which mark the beginning of
French Revolution. The celebration begins at night of 13th July with parties
taking place all over Paris. Fireworks all over the major places in Paris
especially in Eiffel Tower are worth watching too.
6. The next morning mark the beginning of the traditional military parade heading
from the Arc de Triomphe to Place de la Concorde, this parade features French
troops decked out in all their official uniform.
7. Whisky Festival In Scotland
The Speyside festival is celebrated every year in the first week of May. The chain
of different whiskey related activities takes place with amazing music and food
events. It consists of wildlife walks with whiskey treats, art and craft, drama and
comedy.
8. There are lot of whisky activities to
enjoy from malt whisky master
classes to exclusive tastings and
possibly even the chance to visit a
distillery not normally open to the
public. It is being celebrates all
across Speyside in Scotland.
9. Songkran Festival in Thailand
This water festival is celebrated to mark the beginning of the traditional
Thai New Year the name “Songkram”, comes from a Sanskrit word meaning
passing or approaching. It is celebrated all across the Thailand with people
spraying water on each other.
10. Offerings are left at temples on this day
to ring in the New Year, with plenty of
other events also taking place.
11. Bullfight Festival in Spain
History of the Festival
The Bullfight was there in one from or the other from ancient days but it was in
the Iberian Peninsula that these contests were fully developed. With the passage
of time it became one of the most famous festival specially in Spain.
Now it is not only celebrated in Spain but its roots have spread to different part
of Europe specially France and the other adjoining countries.
12. All About the festival
The Bull running is the most famous festival in Spain. It is basically running in
small group in front of the bulls those are let loose. This event consists of three
rocket signals the first signal is the alert to the runner that the corral gate is
open followed by the second rocket signals that all six bulls have been released.
The third and the last signals that all have entered the bull ring and the
respective corral with this the event ends.
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