Event Category: Culture

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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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Храм Пашупатинатх, One of the most important temples of Lord Shiva, located near the river Bagmati. Shiva – god of creation, preservation and destruction. It is important to pray to Lord Shiva on this day, as sincere worship of his acts much stronger, You can get positive karma and spiritual liberation. Толпы народа собираются в этот день возле храма. Musicians playing the sitar, drums,…

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Pingxi became world famous thanks to its sky lanterns. Festival sky lanterns is one of the three most popular and well-known celebrations in the framework of the Lantern Festival. Есть ещё фестиваль фейерверков в Тайнане и салютов в Тайтуне. Starting from 1999 year, Taipei County Government allocates substantial financial resources to support the development of this festival, чтобы он…

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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…