Event Category: History

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If you want to eat chocolate relish and rejoice with Swiss. that they were able to defend in 1602 Geneva, the invaders from Savoy, then you just need to visit the biggest festival Geneva: Escalade. The name of the celebration received from the French word “staircase”, which army the Duke of Savoy tried to climb into the night to storm the city. По легенде все…

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Dong Zhi (冬至) – один из важнейших праздников в году для китайского народа. Отмечается 21-22 декабря в самый короткий день на территории Китая, Гонконга и Тайваня. Его также называют китайским днем благодарения. В этот день на празднование старается собраться вся семья, как бы далеко они не жили друг от друга. На юге Китая традиционно готовят сладкий суп…

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By one of the most important festivals in Spain include the Fallas festival. It is celebrated not only in the capital of Spain, but also in other areas of the autonomous communities. No reliable information about the origin of this tradition. Medieval chronicles tell of fires, in which the townspeople burned wood and old furniture, celebrating the arrival of spring. Other sources associated with the holiday carpentry…

Yearly, 13 March, Thailand celebrate the national day of the Thai Elephant (National Thai Elephant Day). Celebration takes place on a specially equipped site about 80 kilometers north of Bangkok. Entry is free. This is done to, so that more visitors come to see and pay homage to these most noble creatures of nature. At the festival can be seen…

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The event takes place every first Thursday of May. This holiday – one of the strangest festivals in Italy, takes place in a small village in Abruzzan Cocullo. People decorate the statue of St. Dominic(Defender of snake bites) precious stones, money and live snakes. Dressed bear statue in the village, together with snakes, which not only twists around the statue, but also those, who is it…