Winter Festivals
Winter Festivals
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 Tar Barrel Carrying Festival
Devons very own pagan ritual, celebrate Guy Fawkes on the biggest pub crawl of all ! Learn about the best way to do it & see some great footage from this crazy festival. Where to stay and other details to ensure you set the night alite. We have all the details you need and a few secret tips to get the most from this pagan ritual.Swans & Ladders An ancient battle of Italian quarters.
Horn Festival A day to remember anyone who has been cheated on.. ever
Guy Fawkes Day
Remember , remember the fifth of November... with an explosion of fireworks. Coopers Capers
Celebrate Americas only uncaptured hijacker- some say the criminal mastermind actually visits the festival. Ennis Trad Fest Big Traditional Irish Music festival in a small rural village. La Diablada in Puno
La Diablada Peru is a celebration of good and evil along the banks of Lake Titicaca.
Surin Elephant in Surin
Surin Elephant Festival watch the people of Thailand celebrate and worship their favourite animal, best experienced in Surin.Monkey Festival in Lopburi
Thailands awesome monkey party at the Pra Prang Sam Yot Buddhist temple. Watch the locals dance, hold a feast for the monkeys, pray for the monkeys and party on. Broome Mango Fest Western Australia celebrate it’s favourite fruit.
Melbourne Cup Carnival Melbournes biggest, most glamorous race meeting.
 Hogmanay Festival
Hogmanay in Edinburgh is the ultimate way to celebrate the new year. Seasoned participants Festivalpigs divulge their top tips on how to ring in the new year. Accommodation, best areas and many more details. What is it about Pagan rituals in Winter that gets us all warmed up !Woodford Folk Festival
Get back to the root traditions of Aborigine culture AT Australias biggest indigenous festival.  Santa RunSanta Run
Join the Welsh village of Newtown in a record attempt every year.
47 Samurai x 47 A re-enactment in Tokyo of stealth warriors.
Chichibu Yomatsuri The heaviest floats in Japan are raised to the highest hill in a colourful festival. Burning the Devil Fiesta
Guatemalas Burning Devil festival is the perfect way to exorcise your demons. Fiesta Santo Tomas
Fiesta Santo Tomas in Chicchicastenango in Guatemala: a death defying religous festival- all the details here. Fiesta Grande in Andacollo
Fiesta Grande Andacollo in Chile is a huge traditional celebration for Virgen Rosario. 
New Years Eve in Time Square
New Years Eve in Time Square is the best place to celebrate the past and rejoice to the future. 1 million people gather for this awesome street party. Kerstbier Beer in Essen
Kerstbier Beer Festival a quaint celebration Belgian and indeed world beers in the town of Essen.
Turkey Parade
Join the poultry & Farmers of Licque parading with pride throughout the streets.
Reveillon
Celebrate January Festivals in the New Year in Brasilian beach party style.
Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year, celebrate the new year with Dragons & fireworks as China's greatest celebrations start in Beijing & Hong Kong then echo around the world.
 Up Helly AA
It’s a Viking party setting not just the night but the whole Norse ship alight.Chennai Classical Month
Chennai month of classic music in India a month of Classical Music dedicated to the Chennai/Madras Southern Indian Culture. Carnival Blancos y Negros
Carnaval Blancos Negros in Pasto Columbia a South American Festival celebrated by slaves and masters through dance. 
Ati Atihan
Ati Atihan the Philippines most crazy celebration, world renowned as Asia's greatest party which doesn't disappoint. Australia Day Sydney
Australia Day in Sydney the ultimate Ozzy celebration down under and all over the world. Big Day Out
This is the Southern Hemispheres most awesome travelling music show, 2009 dates are almost sold out check here for tickets, news on acts and locations.
 San Sebastians Drum Fiesta Beat the January blues away with this Spanish Fiesta. Dubai month of Shopping
The Dubai Shopping Fest attracts more then two million shopaholics each year with retail spending in excess of US$1 billion.
 Full Moon Party
The Full Moon party on Koh Phangan where up to 30,000 people get a boat out to Haad Rin paradise beach off of Thailand and help themselves to local buckets of drink and Mushroom shakes.
Great Alaska Beer & Barley Fest
Alaska Beer & Barley Fest; Clear skies, cloudy beers, hundreds of brews, thousands of people and one great reason to celebrate: beer. Rijeka Carnival
Rijeka Carnival this festival was originally celebrated by Austrian and Hungarian aristocrats but today the world is welcome to this ugly mask party.  Mali Desert Fest
The Desert fest in Mali, travel back hundreds of years and witness the ancient gathering of the Tamasheks.
Singapore M1 Fringe
Singapore M1 Fringe the theme is Art&Family there are already lots of acts confirmed with loads of street performers promising to be there too. The cutting edge in performance. St. Jeromes Laneway
Laneway packs thousands of people into Australias laneways boiled by the Summer heat then blares cutting edge music down their ears. Sydney Performing Arts Fest
Sydney Festival the biggest & best theatre & performance festival in Australia with lots of free events. National Winter Ales
National Winter Ales in Manchester: England's answer to Oktoberfest, taste hundreds of beers from around the world with lots of local entertainment  Orange Throwing at the Ivrea Carnival
Orange throwing in Ivrea, italy is a different type of carnival. Your travel insurance policy won't cover this.
Tamworth Country Music Festival Country and west music festival in NSW. Rainbow Serpent Music
The Rainbow Serpent Music Festival providing everything from techy grooves to psychedelic funk. Australia's answer to Burning Man.
 Sundance Film Fest
Sundance Film Festival 2009: every January in Park City Utah, this year will remember Redford's great friend Paul Newman
Temple Bar Tradfest
Temple Bar Tradfest a great music celebration in Dublin's culture quarter with traditional musicians playing in every bar. Camel Wrestling in Selcuk Watch the ancient camel mating battle, the they have done for thousands of years....in a stadium. Mummers Day Parade
Get to Philly and party through the night, barely finished celebrating and dancing ? Ok now put on fancy dress and party through the streets.  St Anthonys Day in Spain
Celebrate the patron saint of animals by running through fire on a horse.
Wash the Bonfim
One of the oldest festivals of Brasil where a church is worshipped, followed by … a carnaval of course.
Thaipusam in Penang
Thaipusam in Penang, a great place to celebrate the Hindu Festival of Kavadi. Witness thr procession of the sick and dying as well as the Vel Skewers piercing the skin as followers repent. Need a break ? Then lye low at the beaches to the North of Penang. Try Batu Ferringhi beach.
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